 After the fall of Belgrade on August 28, 1521, the Ottoman Empire under Sultan Suleiman occupied Belgrade and its surroundings.Central Serbia was incorporated into the Sanjak of Smederevo, then part of the Budin Eyalet.Begaljica (as Begaljevo) is first mentioned in an Ottoman defter dating to 1528, which registered a village with 5 households (families) and the Monastery of St. Rajko (Rajinovac) on the hill above the village.