The Mongols' Religious Tolerance toward Encountering the Religious Thoughts of the Mongol Empire Subjects

Throughout human history, religious beliefs and thoughts have been the most prominent basis for establishing good ties or hostile relations among nations interacting with one another. In the present study, the researcher has made an attempt to investigate Mongols' religious and doctrinal conceptions as well as their treat of religions they encountered in the course of their conquests. The Mongols' religious tolerance seems to have stemmed from their sense of laxity, their ignorance of religions or their indifference towards religious rites, beliefs and customs of their dependent nations (subjects). The present article has been written with some references to the historical sources about Mongols' conquests as well as the researches conducted in later centuries.