▁mis con ception s ▁of ▁Islam ▁w ides p read ▁in ▁the ▁medieval ▁West , ▁it ▁also ▁var ies ▁substantial ly ▁from ▁text ▁to ▁text , ▁sometimes , ▁for ▁example , ▁associ ating ▁the ▁Islam ic ▁world ▁with ▁great ▁wealth , ▁wisdom , ▁or ▁ch ival ry . ▁Rom ance ▁continued ▁to ▁serve ▁as ▁a ▁medium ▁for ▁I cel and ers ▁to ▁cont em plate ▁Islam ▁in ▁the ▁post - med ieval ▁period , ▁for ▁example ▁in ▁J ón ▁O dd sson ▁H j alt al ín ' s ▁eigh teenth - century ▁rom ance ▁F imm br æ ð ra ▁s aga , ▁which ▁combined ▁traditional ▁story t elling ▁with ▁Cont inental ▁En light en ment ▁scholar ship . ▁ ▁Perhaps ▁the ▁earliest ▁known ▁example ▁of ▁Muslim s ▁coming ▁to ▁I cel and ▁occurred ▁in ▁ 1 6 2 7 , ▁when ▁the ▁Dutch ▁Muslim ▁Jan ▁J ans zo on ▁and ▁his ▁Barb ary ▁pir ates ▁ra ided ▁port ions ▁of ▁I cel and , ▁including ▁the ▁south west ▁coast , ▁V est mann a ey jar , ▁and ▁the ▁eastern ▁f j ords . ▁This ▁event ▁is ▁known ▁in ▁I cel and ic ▁history ▁as ▁the ▁T yr k jar á ni ð ▁( the ▁" T urk ish ▁Ab du ctions "). ▁An ▁estimated ▁ 4 0 0 - 8 0 0 ▁I cel and ers ▁were ▁sold ▁into ▁sla very . ▁ ▁Islam ▁started ▁to ▁gain ▁presence ▁in ▁I cel and ic ▁culture ▁around ▁the ▁ 1 9 7