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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