Vneshtari (Samadrexha) lies about 8 km west of Theranda, in a long valley enclosed by hills. Traces of antiquity, including roof tiles and bricks, have been recorded in its territory, while a rise known as Tuma is associated in local tradition with an early burial site.
Samadrexha has very early written documentation. It appears as Sllamodrava in a charter from 1198 and under related forms in documents from 1282–1302. An Ottoman register from 1591 records Sllamoderzha with 51 households. After the Second World War several families migrated to Australia and Macedonia.
Before the 1998–99 war the village had around 450 houses and approximately 4,820 Albanian residents. Offensives in August 1998 and March and May 1999 burned 419 houses, 30 business premises and hundreds of other buildings. Schools, libraries, mills, workshops and the minarets of the mosque built in 1802 were destroyed. Twelve KLA fighters from the village were killed.
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Source and further reading
Principal source: Prof. Dr. Jusuf Osmani, Settlements of Kosovo 4 — Theranda (Suhareka), Prishtina, 2003.
Source entry: VNESHTARI (Samadrexha)
This page presents a selected summary from the published study of the settlement. For complete archival references, family histories, microtoponymy and the full treatment, consult the original volume.