Jablanica appears in the Ottomandefter of 1467 as a hass-ı mir-liva property in the vilayet of Dulgoberda. The settlement had a total of 20 households and the anthroponymy attested depicts a mixed Albanian-Slavic character, with a slight predominance of personal names belonging to the Slavic onomastic sphere: PopJovani, Nikolla Susjaku, Viho son of Pop Jovan, Dimitri Lopi, Dimitri Vasko, Shagdo son of Gjinko, Andrija son of Prodan, Nikolla son of Vilkashin, Gjergj Forkaleci, Rajko Kuzini, Nikolla son of Pop Jovan, Gjure son of Shagdo, Dimitri son of Rajko Kuzini, Petko son of Dimitri Vasko, Gjurec son of Gjorgo, Alekoja son of Nikolla, Miho son of Dimitri, Dragoslav son of Nikolla, Miho son of Gjon, and Radoslav son of Prodan.[1]
Jablanica has traditionally been inhabited by Orthodox Christian Macedonians and a Torbeš population.[2]
^Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 5.
^Vidoeski, Božidar (1998). Dijalektite na makedonskiot jazik. Vol. 1. Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite. ISBN9789989649509. p. 333. "Исламизираните Македонци во струшките села Јабланица, Боро(в)ец, Октиси, Подгорци и Лабуништа живеат заедно со православното население".