Settlement

Graboc i Epërm

Municipality Obiliq

Graboc i Epërm lies about 12 km west of Kastrio (Obiliqit). It is described as a compact settlement.

The source notes archaeological traces linking the locality with early phases of habitation. The author also records old religious remains or burial sites identified in the field or preserved in local tradition. In written records, the source traces the settlement at least to 1455, with further references in 1566–1574, 1689.

One of the cited registers for 1455 records 24 households; more granular demographic details are intentionally omitted here. 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: MJEKAJ (Graboci i Epërm)

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.