After some time these very Slavic pirates decided to permanently settle
in a quarter of Palermo which was named after them. These were most
certainly South Slavic pirates from the Adriatic littoral who were quite
active sea rovers during the period in question. These Sicilian Slavs are mentioned by Ibn Hauqal, an
Arabic geographer and traveler from the second half of the 10th
century, as well as by Yaqut, who also mentions a different quarter of
Palermo whose name was "The Quarter of the Slavic Mosque". It must also
be added that the total number of Slavs who settled in Palermo was
probably larger than the one calculated above(1200) since we should also add
the Slavs from the "The Quarter of the Slavic Mosque" and also possible
later arrivals to both quarters. Eventually, the Sicilian Slavs become
completely assimilated; the name Harat as-Saqaliba disappears with time
and in the Latin-written documents of the 12-13th century it is
displaced with the designation of Seralcadi (ar. Shari' al-qadi "Street of the Judge").
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