List of converts to Shia Islam

Converts to Shia Islam or commonly known as enlightened (mustabsir) refers to people who have been sure about the justice done by Ali and his descendants as well as studying the Shia thoughts, finally convert to Shia Islam and testify the position of Muhammad prophet's family.[1]

## From Sunni Islam

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Edoardo Agnelli in Jumu'ah prayer in Tehran

* Malcolm Shabazz -the son of Qubilah Shabazz, the second daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz
* Kabir Bello – Nigerian football striker[2]
* Qasim Umar Sokoto -a contributor to the Islamic Movement of Nigeria,[3] the prayer leader and Islamic teacher in Sokoto, the Northern city of Nigeria
* Tajul Muluk -a Shia religious leader of Madura Island, Indonesia
* Edoardo Agnelli -the eldest child and only son of Gianni Agnelli, the industrialist patriarch of Fiat[4]

Sheikh Zakzaky

* Ibrahim Zakzaky -an outspoken and foremost Shi'a Muslim cleric in Nigeria
* Hasan Shahhata -Shi'a Muslim cleric in egypt
* Muhammad al-Tijani -a Tunisian Shia Islamic scholar, academic and theologian
* Abdullah al-Dahdouh -Shi'a Muslim cleric from Morocco
* Mujahid Abdul-Karim -an African-American convert to Islam, who is best known for his involvement and "spearheading" of the 26 April 1992 Watts Gang Truce
* Abdillahi Nassir -a Shia cleric based in Mombasa, Kenya
* Riad Al Solh -the first prime minister of Lebanon after the country's independence
* Al-Qadi al-Nu'man -an Isma'ili jurist and the official historian of the Fatimid caliphs
* Ali al-Sulayhi -the founder and sultan of the Sulayhid dynasty in Yemen
* Khvajeh Ali Safavi -great-great-grandfather of Ismail I of Persia
* Nasir Khusraw -Ismaili missionary and poet
* Öljaitü -the eighth Ilkhanid dynasty ruler from 1304 to 1316 in Tabriz[5]
* Ali Adil Shah I -the fifth Sultan of Bijapur Sultanate
* Humayun -the second Sultan of Mughal Empire
* Rustam II -the twelfth ruler of Bavand dynasty
* Ibrahim II Sheykhshah -the fortieth ruler of Shirvan

## From Christianity

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Marziah Hashemi

* Hamid Algar – scholar and convert to Shia Islam, received his Ph.D. in oriental studies from Cambridge[6][7]
* Marzieh Hashemi – an American-Iranian journalist and television presenter. She is a natural-born citizen of the United States and a naturalized citizen of the Islamic Republic of Iran[8]
* Gary Legenhausen – an American philosopher who teaches at the Imam Khomeini Education and Research Institute[9]
* Rebecca Masterton – a British Islamic scholar, educator, public speaker,[10] academic, author, television presenter, and philosopher of the Shia Islam
* Christian Bonaud – (Yaḥyā Bonaud) was a French Islamologist, philosopher, writer, translator, commentator of the Qur'an in French, and a professor at the Jāmī Theological Center at Al-Mustafa International University in Iran.
* Dawud Salahuddin
* Khosrow Khan Gorji – a eunuch of Armenian origin, who became an influential figure in Qajar Iran
* Qarachaqay Khan – a military commander in Safavid Iran of Armenian origin
* Shemavon of Agulis
* Khosrow Soltan Armani – a 17th-century Safavid official, military commander, and gholam of Armenian origin
* Allahverdi Khan – an Iranian general and statesman of Georgian origin
* Amir Beg Armani – a 17th-century Safavid official, courtier, and gholam of Armenian origin
* Aliqoli Jadid-ol-Eslam (António de Jesus) – a Portuguese figure in 17th century
* Rayan al-Kildani \- ethnic Assyrian Iraqi politician, who leads the Babylon Brigade and is sanctioned by the United States

### From Eastern Orthodoxy

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* Abdullah Beg of Kartli – a Georgian royal prince (batonishvili) of the House of Mukhrani of the Bagrationi dynasty
* Ali Mirza of Kakheti – a prince of the Georgian Bagrationi dynasty of the Kingdom of Kakheti
* Abd-ol-Ghaffar Amilakhori
* Bijan Beg Saakadze
* Constantine I of Kakheti
* David XI of Kartli
* Heraclius I of Kakheti
* Parsadan Gorgijanidze
* Jesse of Kakheti
* Manouchehr Khan Gorji
* Simon I of Kartli
* Simon II of Kartli
* Siyavosh Beg (qollar-aghasi)
* Iase Tushi
* Vakhtang V of Kartli

## Others

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* Fábio Carvalho – a Brazilian–Portuguese goalkeeper who last played for Esteghlal Khuzestan in Iran Pro League
* Bruce Conde – a US Army officer, stamp collector, royal imposter, and a general for Royalist forces during the North Yemen Civil War
* Antonio Inoki
* Abdul Kadir (politician)
* Samir Kuntar
* Leila Rajabi
* Sean Stone
* Bahmanyar
* Al-Fadl ibn Sahl
* Al-Hasan ibn Sahl
* Ya'qub ibn Killis
* Abu'l-Hasan Mihyar al-Daylami
* Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan

## See also

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* List of converts to Islam
* Twelver
* Shia Islam

## References

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1. ^ Sindawi, Khalid. "Jordan's Encounter with Shiism". hudson Institute. Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
2. ^ "اعتدال - ۱۳۸۶/۱۱/۱۶ - صفحه ۱۰ - ورزش". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
3. ^ "ABNA24.com". Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
4. ^ "The curse of inheritance: Do wealthy dynasties always make for happy heirs?". Belfast Telegraph. 19 July 2007. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
5. ^ Alizadeh, Saeed; Alireza Pahlavani; Ali Sadrnia. Iran: A Chronological History. p. 137.
6. ^ "Professor Hamid Algar, the Distinguished Shia Muslim Scholar in USA". english.irib.ir. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
7. ^ "Hamid Algar". Al-Islam.org. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
8. ^ "Marzieh Hashemi: Muslim, Christian & Jew no problem with each other, but it's the Medias that are trying to upraise some contrasts among them". Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
9. ^ "Dr. Muhammad Legenhausen". al-islam.
10. ^ "Imam Khomeini Conference". Voice of Unity-Muslim Youth Magazine. 6 June 2009. Archived from the original on 4 September 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2012.

## External links

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* The Enlightened to Shia Islam Centre (mostabserin website)
* Reborn program on AHLULBAYT TV about the enlightened to Shia Islam

## Further reading

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* كتاب التحول المذهبي بحث تحليلي حول رحلة المستبصرين إلى مذهب أهل البيت تأليف الشيخ علاء الحسون (arabic)