Bardh i Madh lies about 5-6 km west of Fushë Kosovë. The source describes it as a lowland settlement.
The source notes archaeological traces linking the locality with early phases of habitation. It also records traces or localities associated with earlier fortifications. In written records, the source traces the settlement at least to 1893, with further references in 1896, 1900.
One of the cited registers for 1913 records 130 households; more granular demographic details are intentionally omitted here. Following the expulsions of Albanians in 1877–1878, the source records the arrival of Albanian muhajir families from the Sanjak of Niš. For the period between the two world wars, the source also documents the settlement of Serbian or Montenegrin colonist families. Later emigration of some families to Turkey is also recorded. For 1998–1999, the source documents the expulsion or forced departure of residents, the burning, destruction or damage of homes and other property, the killing of residents.
Source
Source and further reading
Principal source: Prof. Dr. Jusuf Osmani, Settlements of Kosovo, Volume 1.
Source entry: BARDHI I MADH
This page presents only a selected part of a much broader published study of the settlement. For detailed archival references, family histories, microtoponymy and the full treatment of the settlement, consult the original volume.