Islamization of Circassia

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Spread of Islam among the Adygs began in the XVIII century. In 1717 The Ottoman Empire elevated the cause of the Islamization of the Circassians to the rank of state policy. It was carried out by the Crimean khans Devlet-Giray and Kazy-Giray.^[1]

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