Notable Mongol Muslims
- Berke - grandson of Genghis Khan and leader of the Golden Horde who was the first Mongol ruler to establish Islam in a Mongol state.
- Mahmud Ghazan - seventh ruler of the Ilkhanate.
- Muhammad Khodabandeh - formerly a Christian, he was the eighth Ilkhanid dynasty ruler in Iran from 1304 to 1316.
- Mubarak Shah - head of the ulus of the Chagatai Khanate (1252–1260, March-September 1266).
- Nawrūz (Mongol emir) - a convert to Islam; he played an important role in the politics of the Mongol Ilkhanate.
- Negudar - Mongol general and noyan
- Nogai Khan - Mongol general and great-grandson of Genghis Khan.
- Tarmashirin - Khan of the Chagatai Khanate following Duwa Timur.
- Tekuder - Mongol leader of the Ilkhan empire who was formerly a Nestorian Christian.
- Tuda Mengu - Mongol leader of the Golden Horde
- Tughlugh Timur - the Khan of Moghulistan.
- Öljei Temür, also known as Buyanshir Khan after he converted to Islam while he stayed at the court of Timur in Samarkand.
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