 According to "Tazkirah Bughra Khan", Satuq converted to Islam when he was twelve.He was taught about Islam by Samanid merchant Abu an-Nasr from Bukhara.Nasr befriended the Khan of Kashgar, Satuq's step-father and uncle Oghulchak Khan and was granted special dispensation to build a mosque in the town of Artux just outside Kashgar.