Nizam-ad-din Shami, who was a contemporary and personal secretary of Tamerlan, and "Zafar-name" ("Book of Victories") Sheref-ad-din Yazdi, who lived in the first half of the XV century. According to other sources, the flat Ingush, unlike the Ingush highlanders, begin to accept Islam in the 16th century, and the period of its wide distribution falls on the 18th century. According to the Georgian geographer and historian prince Vakhushti Bagrationi, at the beginning of the 18th century. Part of the Ingush, namely the Angusht society, were Sunni Muslims. The presence of ancient mosques of the XVIII-XIX centuries. recorded in mountainous Ingushetia. In the first half of the 19th century, the activities of Imam Shamil played a significant role in rooting Islam among the Ingushes. During the Caucasian War, his Naqshbandi tariqa became the official ideology of the Imamate, so that some Ingush societies - Karabulaks, Galashians - became followers of the Imam's teachings. See also List of Ingush people Ingushetia References External links News and History of Ingushetia The Ingush people Peoples of the Caucasus People Nakh peoples Ethnic groups in Russia Ethnic groups in Kazakhstan Ethnic groups in Turkey Ethnic groups in Iraq Muslim communities of Russia Muslim communities of the Caucasus