ON THE WAYS OF ISLAM PENETRATION INTO THE NORTH CAUCASUS (VII-XVIII CENTURIES)

ON THE WAYS OF ISLAM PENETRATION INTO THE NORTH CAUCASUS (VII-XVIII CENTURIES)

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The Islamization of the peoples in the North Caucasus starts with the Arab campaigns in the region in VII-VIII centuries.Further, the Eastern direction was stimulated by both external (Iran, the Ottoman Empire, etc.) and internal (the ruling upper classes of Dagestan and the Jeans Muslim clergy) actors.

The Islamization of Chechnya came from Dagestan and to a lesser extent it came to Ingushetia.From the coast of the Black sea (the West direction), Islam spread among the Adyghe peoples as a result of the activities of the Turkish and Crimean missionaries and gazis.Another direction was the North: the new religion was quickly established on the plain and then moved to the mountains.

A number of areas experienced a cross impact here of several directions.