Relocation to Hornachos made Muslim life more secure rather than eroding it

Evidence

But to send Muslims from Granada to Hornachos was, on the contrary, to send them to an area where they could live their lives as Muslims in greater security and isolation than ever before, where, as far as can be ascertained, Arabic still survived until the end. Assimilation did not take place. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1701

Categorization

• QUESTION: The broader resettlement policy failed everywhere but had a plausible logic; Hornachos was the specific case where it backfired catastrophically. What made Hornachos uniquely sheltering — geography, the arrieros’ networks, prior settlement density?