 The town numbered 184 houses, a considerable size for the time, and was ruled by an appointed Orthodox priest.In 1528 a fire destroyed 124 houses.In 1534 as the Kingdom of Hungary was conquered by the Ottoman Turks, the castle was besieged during the rebellion of Czibak Imre, the bishop of Oradea and two years later John Zápolya donated the castle along with other possessions to Török Bálint making him the richest nobleman of Hungary.