On 6-7 December 2021, the international conference “Islamic way of the Volga Region and the Arab world. The destiny crossroads” took place in Moscow at the base of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Scientists from Iran, Kazakhstan, UAE and other countries participated in it.
Within the conference, the stages of interaction between the Arab world and many other regions of the world in the Middle Ages were viewed through the prism of narratological, archaeological, epigraphic and anthropological research.
The report of J. G. Muhametshin “Memorial epigraphy of Bolgar as the source for studying social-historical terms of feudal society” was devoted to titulature, which can be seen on tombstones of Volga Bulgaria. It is a valuable source of information giving an idea of social graduation of Bulgar society.
The conference revealed important issues of source studies and international relations in the Arab-Muslim world in the Middle Ages.

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