The town developed in the 16th century as the center of a kadiluk, with a garrison holding eight timars in 1530. The Ottoman conquest did not change the ethnic structure of the area which, in the 16th century, was inhabited only by Christians, Serbs and Serbianized Vlachs.
The town emerged in the 16th century as the center of a kadiluk, with a garrison holding eight timars in 1530. The Ottoman conquest did not alter the ethnic composition of the area which, during the 16th century, was inhabited solely by Christians, Serbs and Serbianized Vlachs.