Sharban is described in the source as a settlement in the wider Prishtina–Fushë Kosovë area. The source describes it as a hilly and mountainous settlement.
It also records traces or localities associated with earlier fortifications. 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 1348, with further references in 1455, 1566–1574.
One of the cited registers for 1455 records 25 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. 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.
Source
Source and further reading
Principal source: Prof. Dr. Jusuf Osmani, Settlements of Kosovo, Volume 1.
Source entry: SHARBANI
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.