Discover how wandering Sufi masters achieved one of history's most remarkable religious transformations, converting the mighty Mongol Khanates to Islam through personal relationships and cultural adaptation rather than conquest.
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The conversion of the Mongol Khanates to Islam, focusing on the influence of Sufi orders and political integration using Eastern Islamic primary sources
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