Apart from its name, which is a reference to the plain that extends to the south-east, very little is known about the Muslim settlement.

The island was a Muslim settlement before it was colonized by Spain in the 16th century.

These buildings with extensive alindams and verandahs are also seen generally surrounding the mosques in Muslim settlements.

In 1600, Loznica became an officially Muslim settlement with 55 houses.

Poovar has been one of the ancient Muslim settlements along the western coast of India.

Kulito was known as a center of Muslim settlement, with over 1,000 students in Koran schools in 1974.

Thus, the first small Muslim settlements emerged, which grew and influenced how people dressed, measured time, cooked food.

Probably in the next century, the kings also prohibited the building of walls around Muslim settlements.

This left the town, an old Muslim settlement lying in a deep valley, to face the Serbian attackers alone.

The Muslim settlement was thereafter established permanently south of the Douro's banks.