The study focuses on the early Islamization of the Volga Bulgars, who officially converted to Islam in 922. It draws on the results of archaeological research in different parts of the Republic of Tatarstan. The systematic excavations that began in the region in the 1960’s uncovered the Biler (Bilyarsk), Tankeyev (Tankeyevsk) and Tetyush (Tetyushk) burial complexes. These burial complexes contained Early Muslim Bulgarian graves dating to the first half of the Xth century. The discovery of these burial complexes proved that Islam spread among the Volga Bulgars long before the official acceptance of Islam by the state.

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