Late Middle Ages · Central Asia · Religion

1313

Özbeg Khan converts the Golden Horde to Islam

1313

The young khan of the western Mongol steppe declared Islam the state religion, executing Mongol princes who refused to convert. Under Özbeg the Horde reached its zenith, taxing Russian princes from Sarai on the Volga, trading with Genoa and Cairo, and turning the steppe into a Muslim corridor between Europe and China.

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Before and after in Central Asia

Before and after in Religion

Before: April 1312: Order of the Temple suppressed
After: March 1314: Jacques de Molay burned on the Seine

Era

Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Golden Horde