Satuq Bughra Khan's Conversion to Islam

940 CE · Yedisu / Taşkent · religious

Satuq Bughra Khan, founder of the Kara-Khanid dynasty formed from the Karluk and Yagma tribes, converted to Islam and then brought his own tribe into the faith as well.

This was the voluntary mass conversion of a non-Muslim Turkic ruler. It is regarded as the political and religious spark of the Turco-Islamic synthesis; the Kara-Khanids were the first Turkic dynasty to adopt Islam.

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What was Satuq Bughra Khan's Conversion to Islam?
Satuq Bughra Khan, founder of the Kara-Khanid dynasty formed from the Karluk and Yagma tribes, converted to Islam and then brought his own tribe into the faith as well.
When did Satuq Bughra Khan's Conversion to Islam happen?
940 CE
Where did Satuq Bughra Khan's Conversion to Islam take place?
Yedisu / Taşkent