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What do you think of someone who says that after their attack on Muslims in Baghdad, the Tatars embraced Islam and spread it in parts of Asia?

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Some historians differentiate between Mongols and Tatars, considering Mongols the origin, while Tatars were a group that joined their armies. The original religion of the Mongols was the worship of planets and the sun, but they were influenced by the lands they conquered, with some embracing Buddhism, Christianity, or Islam. Some of their leaders converted to Islam, such as Berke Khan, leader of the Golden Horde, who spread Islam among his tribe and allied with the Mamluks against Hulagu. Tekuder Ahmad, one of Hulagu's sons, also embraced Islam and worked to attract his followers to Islam. Mahmud Ghazan assumed power in Persia and declared Islam the official religion of the state, despite his army continuing to invade Sham and commit corruption. The Mongols continued to rule by the Yassa, Genghis Khan's constitution, even after their conversion to Islam. Then, his brother, Oljaitu Khodabanda, adopted the Shi'ite doctrine and tried to spread it. The researcher emphasizes that Islam's influence on souls is immense, but Islam had spread in Asia before the Mongols, and many Mongols who attributed themselves to Islam did not know it truly, and their new religion did not prevent them from continuing their aggression against Muslim lands, which led some scholars to issue a declaring them infidels.

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