Los pobladores árabes de La Malahá Historical milestone · La Malahá, Comarca de Alhama, Granada Image of La Malahá, not of the place itself. In the year 740 Qaysi Arab settlers arrived in La Malahá with the Syrian troops of general Balj, who created a complex system of irrigation and salt exploitation; in 1489 the Catholic Monarchs granted the exploitation of the salt pans to Muhammad XIII 'El Zagal'. 740; 1489 Photo: SergioSaanchez (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in La Malahá