Islam of the North

إسلام الشمال

A trail through Volga Bulgaria and Tatarstan.

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Persia & Central Asia
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4steps · 30min · newcomer · student

  1. Bulghar

    922: ابن فضلان يروي إسلام ملك الفولغا.

    Bulghār · Ibn Battuta, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah

  2. Golden Horde

    أوزبك خان يدخل الإسلام: الشمال يهتدي.

    The Jochid state of the Dasht (Golden Horde)

  3. Kazan

    عاصمة التتار: من خانات الفولغا إلى اليوم.

    Kazanaya

  4. Timur

    من سمرقند يحكم نصف العالم المعروف.

    Timurid Empire · Samarqand

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Overview

A path through the Volga Bulgars and Tatarstan: Islam reaches the Volga before Russia itself.

Sources

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islam.museum contributors. “Islam of the North”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-volga-north/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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