List of converts to Shia Islam

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]

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

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

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