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
Edoardo Agnelli in Jumu'ah prayer in Tehran
Sheikh Zakzaky

From Christianity
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

From Eastern Orthodoxy

Others

See also

References
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  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.

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