Samori Ture  - founder of the  Wassoulou Empire  who resisted  French  rule in  West Africa . [231] [232] Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan  - 9th century  Uyghur  ruler who was one of the first  Turks  to convert to Islam. [233] Tuda Mengu  - Mongol leader of the  Golden Horde [234] Tughlugh Timur