From Dharmic religions
From Buddhism
- The Barmakid family - originally the guardians of the great Buddhist shrine near Balkh, upon conversion they became "the greatest family" in the early Abbasid caliphate.[171]
- Mahmud Ghazan - seventh ruler of the Ilkhanate.[172]
- Muhammad Khodabandeh - eighth Ilkhaid dynasty ruler in Iran from 1304 to 1316.[173]
- Mubarak Shah - head of the ulus of the Chagatai Khanate (1252–1260, March-September 1266).[174]
- Tarmashirin - Khan of the Chagatai Khanate following Duwa Timur.[175]
- Hussein Ye - An Islamic scholar of Chinese descent whose lectures are frequently aired on Peace TV.[176]