In 1280, the Mongolian government issued a decree that forbade both Jews and Muslims to “take dependents or slaves and circumcise them by force.”

It is unknown whether the converts to Islam and Judaism were treated as equals to the rest of the community and whether the practice of converting male slaves continued after Mongolian rule, which prohibited it. The criteria which made someone a "slave" is also uncertain.

Kublai Khan (忽必烈, reign 1260–1294) prohibited Muslims and Jews from practising circumcision.

This event was captured by Rashid al-Din’s (1247–1318) The Collected Works of Rashid which was published in 1307.

The restrictions placed on Muslims and Jews regarding ritual meat preparation and circumcision led to a decrease in foreign trade and taxable income so significant that in 1287 Kublai Khan decided to relax these laws.

This event was captured in Rashid al-Din’s (1247–1318) writings in 1307.