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. The 1530 defter registered 14 households. The 1536 defter registered 17 households, and apart from Rajinovac also the Monastery of St. Todor. The 1560 defter registered Rajinovac and a Monastery of St. Peter. Nothing is known about the monastery in the vicinity of Begaljica. Belgrade and its surroundings were under constant threat due to the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.