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This is a List of converts to Islam from Paganism. Baraq – a ruler of the Chagatai Khanate who took the name Ghiyas-ud-din after converting. Berke – grandson of Genghis Khan and leader of the Golden Horde who was the first Mongol ruler to establish Islam in a Mongol state. Nogai Khan – Mongol general and great-grandson of Genghis Khan. Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan – 9th century Uyghur ruler who was one of the first Turks to convert to Islam.