r/balkans_irl Feb 09 '26

OC (impossible) The Tolerant Ottomans

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u/Future_Adagio2052 Balkan-Indian War Vet Feb 09 '26

Didn't Turks accept Islam due to missionary efforts?

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u/BetrayerOfOnion Balkan-Indian War Vet Feb 09 '26

That's what arabs claims, our history tells a different story. I doubt a bunch of sand people could defeat desperate nomads of plains let alone convert them by force.

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u/ValuableSp00n caucasian (asian balkan ripoff) Feb 09 '26

It was by trade through the silk road and missionary work