List of converts to Islam from Hinduism

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This is a list of some converts to Islam from Hinduism.

Name	Notes	Refs.
Fathullah Imad-ul-Mulk	Founder of Imad Shahi dynasty	[1] [2]
Malik Hasan Bahri	Founder of Nizam Shahi dynasty	[3]
Ali Mohammed Khan	Founder of Rohilla dynasty	[4]
Kabir Suman	Formerly known as Suman Chattopadhyay; musician	[5]
Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah	Sultan of Bengal; introduced Islam to many Hindus after his conversion	[6]
Murshid Quli Khan	The first Nawab of Bengal	[7]
Malik Maqbul	Formerly known as Yugandhar, Delhi Sultanate Vizier	[8] [9]
Malik Kafur	Commander of Alauddin Khalji, born as Hindu eunuch slave	[10]
Steven Vikash Chand	Arrested in the 2006 Toronto terrorism arrests	[11]
Ziya-ur-Rahman Azmi	Islamic scholar, compiler of Al-Jami al-Kamil - A Hadith Encyclopedia	[12]
Dipika Kakar	Actress	[13]
Khusrau Khan	Sultan of Delhi	[14] [15]
Khanzada Nahar Khan	Khanzada Rajput ruler of Mewat. Formerly known as Raja Sonpar Pal.	[16] [17]
Mudzaffar Shah I	Legendary king, said to be the first Sultan of Kedah.

References

1. Puri, B. N.; Das, M. N. (2003). A Comprehensive History of India: Comprehensive history of medieval India. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 85. ISBN   978-81-207-2508-9.
2. Jr, Everett Jenkins (2010). The Muslim Diaspora (Volume 1, 570-1500): A Comprehensive Chronology of the Spread of Islam in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. McFarland. p. 328. ISBN   978-0-7864-4713-8.
3. Fischel, Roy S. (2020). Local States in an Imperial World: Identity, Society and Politics in the Early Modern Deccan. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. pp. 71–72. ISBN   978-1-4744-3609-0.
4. Gupta, Hari Ram (1999) [1980]. History of the Sikhs. Vol. III: Sikh Domination of the Mughal Empire (1764–1803) (2nd rev. ed.). Munshiram Manoharlal. p. 11. ISBN   978-81-215-0213-9. OCLC   165428303. The real founder of the Rohilla power was Ali Muhammad, from whom sprang the present line of the Nawabs of Rampur. Originally a Hindu Jat, who was taken prisoner when a young boy by Daud in one of his plundering expeditions, at village Bankauli in the parganah of Chaumahla, and was converted to Islam and adopted by him.
5. I followed my heart, Deccan Chronicle, archived from the original on January 2, 2011
6. N. Hanif (2000), Biographical Encyclopaedia of Sufis: South Asia, p. 320, ISBN   9788176250870
7. Sarkar, Jadunath, ed. (1973) [First published 1948]. The History of Bengal. Vol. II: Muslim Period, 1200–1757. Patna: Academica Asiatica. OCLC   924890.
8. Jayapalan, N. (2001). History of India. Atlantic Publishers & Distri. p. 70. ISBN   978-81-7156-928-1.
9. Iqtidar Alam Khan (25 April 2008), Historical Dictionary of Medieval India, p. 88, ISBN   9780810864016
10. "Complete Biography of Malik Kafur". 10 March 2012. Archived from the original on 20 December 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
11. A convert who wanted to spread the faith The Globe and Mail — June 7, 2006
12. Azmi, Zakir (3 March 2017). "Journey from Hinduism to Islam to professor of Hadith in Madinah". Saudi Gazette . Retrieved 27 December 2021.
13. Amena, Rasti (20 June 2022). "Throwback: When Dipika Kakar opened up about embracing Islam". The Siasat Daily.
14. ( B. P. Saksena 1992 , p. 431):"Mubarak Khalji, was murdered by his favorite, a Hindu converted to Islam named Khusrau Khan."
15. B. P. Saksena (1992) [1970]. "The Khaljis: Qutbuddin Mubarak Khalji". In Mohammad Habib; Khaliq Ahmad Nizami (eds.). A Comprehensive History of India. Vol. 5: The Delhi Sultanat (A.D. 1206-1526). The Indian History Congress / People's Publishing House. OCLC   31870180.
16. Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 15, page 26 - Imperial Gazetteer of India - Digital South Asia Library
17. Census of India, 1901. 14 May 2024. p. 152. Retrieved 9 August 2023.