Prior to
Ottoman rule, the population of Dobrošte consisted of
Albanian Catholics, as there were four Albanian Catholic churches in the village in addition to
Christian graves with
Albanian inscriptions. Dobrošte is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of
Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 160 Christian households, 10 bachelors and 21 widows. In World War II, 71 people were killed by the
Yugoslav Partisans. In 1917, Isen Hasani and Kadri Azemi fought against the Serbian Army in
Skopska Crna Gora, where they were eventually killed. From 1940 to 1945, Dobroste was headquarters of one of the
Balli Kombetar units in the northwest of
Macedonia. The most notable of these Ballists were Isen Rustemi and Halil Ivaja, as well as Ramadan Ramadani, Mete Azizi, Brahim Halimi, Llokman Lutfiu, and
Hafez Jusuf Azemi. == Geography ==