The Volga Bulgar State's Adoption of Islam

922 CE · İdil (Volga) Havzası · religious

The Bulgar yiltawar (ruler) Almış Khan requested an envoy from Baghdad in order to formalize the adoption of Islam; Ibn Fadlan travelled from Baghdad to the Volga and wrote the most celebrated historical source documenting this conversion.

The Volga Bulgar State (700–1237) represents the first official union of peoples of Turkic origin with Islam at the level of a state.

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What was The Volga Bulgar State's Adoption of Islam?
The Bulgar yiltawar (ruler) Almış Khan requested an envoy from Baghdad in order to formalize the adoption of Islam; Ibn Fadlan travelled from Baghdad to the Volga and wrote the most celebrated historical source documenting this conversion.
When did The Volga Bulgar State's Adoption of Islam happen?
922 CE
Where did The Volga Bulgar State's Adoption of Islam take place?
İdil (Volga) Havzası