The Turks, from Shamanism to Islam

Subject Areas : The Journal of Islamic History and Civilisation

فهمیه  مخبر دزفولی ¹ (ندارد)

Received: 2005-07-09 Accepted : 2005-09-06 Published : 2005-08-23

Keywords: Turks, Central Asia, Shamanism, Islam,

Abstract :

The turk‘s emigrants were influenced by the religions andcultures of other peoples when they left their mother lands andpassed of many areas. Shamanism was the foremost belief of turksthat remaind among them for hundreds years. However turksgradually could rule on Islamic world after accepting of Islam, butone can pursue their past beliefs in Islamic times. In this essay, thepast religious beliefs of turks before Islam and the ways of Islamspreading was considered.