of the prophet Muhammad Religion According to Abbasgulu Bakikhanov, Surakat is a convert from Muslims to pagans, according to another version, to Christianity. Regarding the faith of Surakat and the entire population of Nutsaldom, the majority indicates that the population was Christian of the Georgian-Greek Orthodox Church. In the "Tarikhi of Dagestan", Surakat is simply called "infidel", that is, not a Muslim, but the population as idolaters. In the later compiled sources of the "Chronicle of the Nakhchu Tribe" and "Tarikhi Argvani" of the 18th century, he and his brother are called Jews at all. However, in the village of Khunzakh two Arabic inscriptions were found on a local stone of Islamic content, which according to the handwriting can be attributed to the 11th–12th centuries. See also Avar Khanate Sarir Avars References Sources Rafi, Muhammad. "Tarihi Dagestan — History of Dagestan". Bakikhanov, Abbasgulu. "Golestan-e Eram (The Blooming Flower Garden)". Baku: Elm. p. 31. Записки Кавказского отдела Императорского русского географического общества — Notes of the Caucasian Department of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society. Vol. 7 (1st ed.). Tbilisi. 1866. p. 52. Aitberov, Timur; Ivanov A. A. (1981). New Arabic inscriptions of the 12th–16th centuries. from Dagestan // Written monuments and problems of the history of culture of the peoples of the East. pp. 38–41. Aliev, Bagmomed (2002). "The struggle of the peoples of Dagestan against foreign invaders". Makhachkala. ISBN 5-94434-009-6. Avar Khans Khans 12th-century rulers in Asia 11th-century rulers 11th-century rulers in Europe 12th-century rulers in Europe 11th-century rulers in Asia History of Dagestan Avar Khanate Avar people