▁discovered ▁the ▁plot ▁and ▁cr ushed ▁the ▁reb els . ▁His ▁ad option ▁of ▁Islam ▁as ▁a ▁state ▁religion ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁consp i racy ▁of ▁Sh aman ist ▁and ▁Buddh ist ▁princes , ▁whom ▁he ▁sub du ed ▁sever ely . ▁Ö z ▁Beg ▁determined ly ▁spread ▁Islam ▁among ▁the ▁Golden ▁Hor de ▁and ▁allowed ▁mission ary ▁activities ▁to ▁expand ▁in ▁the ▁surrounding ▁regions . ▁Ö z ▁Beg ▁found ▁out ▁that ▁his ▁compet itor ▁was ▁back ed ▁by ▁the ▁en vo ys ▁of ▁the ▁Great ▁Khan ▁Ay ur bar w ada ▁Bu y ant u ▁and ▁this ▁fact ▁helped ▁d eter ior ate ▁his ▁relationship ▁with ▁the ▁Y uan ▁D ynast y . ▁The ▁last ▁of ▁his ▁reb elli ous ▁relatives ▁was ▁sh aman ist ▁Il bas an ▁of ▁the ▁eastern ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁Golden ▁Hor de , ▁who ▁was ▁murder ed ▁in ▁ 1 3 2 0 . ▁Ö z ▁Beg ▁installed ▁the ▁Muslim ▁M ub ar ak ▁Kh w aja ▁as ▁a ▁replacement ▁to ▁the ▁throne ▁of ▁the ▁White ▁Hor de , ▁but ▁he ▁disc ou rag ed ▁their ▁independence . ▁In ▁the ▁long ▁run , ▁Islam ▁enabled ▁the ▁Khan ▁to ▁eliminate ▁inter - f action al ▁strugg les ▁in ▁the ▁Hor de ▁and ▁to ▁stabil ize ▁state ▁institutions . ▁Russian ▁scholar ▁Lev ▁G um ile v ▁wrote ▁that ▁in ▁this ▁manner ▁was ▁Ö z ▁Beg ▁able ▁to ▁turn ▁the ▁k han ate ▁into ▁a ▁s ultan ate . ▁ ▁Khan ▁Ö z ▁Beg ▁ur ged ▁the ▁Mong ol ▁el