Fundamental study on the history of Islam in the Caucasus
On the basis of unique manuscript "Raikhan al-khakaik va bustan ad-dakaik" ad-Derbendi (died in 1145) the author presented a brilliant study of the epoch of classic Islam in the Caucasus. Number of cardinal problems - genesis of political formations of Daghestan, process of islamization, theory and practice of Sufism, a special form of being of Islam in the North Caucasus, - are examined in the monograph.