Perhaps the earliest known example of Muslims coming to Iceland occurred in 1627, when the Dutch Muslim Jan Janszoon and his Barbary pirates raided portions of Iceland, including the southwest coast, Vestmannaeyjar, and the eastern fjords. This event is known in Icelandic history as the "Tyrkjaránið" (the "Turkish Abductions"). An estimated 400-800 Icelanders were sold into slavery.