Tatat turks started to converting to Islam in the beginning of 10th century. In 922, Almas Silke Han, the khan of Idil-Bulgarian State, officially converted to Islam and the commitee sent by Cafer el-Muktedir, the khalif came from Baghdat, conveyed the rules of Islam to the public. Islam was accepted as official religion in other khanates such as Noghai, Sibir and Astrahan. In Siberia, the procces of converting into Islam was later in the second half of the 14th centrury with the help of the members of Asian Naqshibandi tariqa. Kazan Tatars played a significant role in the spread of Islam in Siberia. In 1563, Şeybani Küçüm Han from Siberia Khanate invited religious functioanries from Kazan Khanate and enabled the spread of Islam. Western Siberia with a population of around 300.000 Muslim Siberian tatar Turks since 14th century has become one of the leading places where Islam has been practiced in the best way and where Islamic traditions has been adapted in a most appropriate way. But after the invasion of Kazan Khanetes in 1552, evangelisation policy was adopted toward Muslim Tatars, following this in 1556, Russian diffusion a harsh religious pressure reigned after the collapse of Siberia Khanate. Evangelisated Tatars was named ‘Kreşin Tatars’ with the meaning of ‘christened’. In this article, the Russian efforts to evangelsation of the Muslim Tatar Turks, especially in Siberia has been studied and within this framework, the brutuality practiced with this aim has been demonstrated.
Siberia, Islam, Tatars, Evangelisation, Siberia Tatars, Kazan Khanate
| Author : | Ercan ALKAYA |
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| Number of pages: | 25-30 |
| DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.7827/TurkishStudies.6749 |
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