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 developed in the 16th century as a center for a kadiluk, with an eight-man garrison established there in 1530. The Ottoman conquest did not change the ethnic makeup of the region, which was inhabited by Christians, Serbs and Serbianized Vlachs during the 16th century.