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In antiquity, the area of Konitsa was part of the terrirory of the [[Greeks|Greek]] tribe of the [[Molossians]].
A Greek school was operating already from the end of 18th century by a Georgios Mostras,
John Murray, a British travel book writer, documented the city in 1872 as composed of 500 families and mostly populated by Albanians.<ref>{{cite book|last=(Firm)|first=John Murray|title=A handbook for travellers in Greece: describing the Ionian Islands, continental Greece, Athens, and the Peloponnesus, the islands of the Ægean Sea, Albania, Thessaly, and Macedonia|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=FbkBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA433|year=1872|publisher=J. Murray|pages=433–}}</ref> During the [[Albanian National Awakening]] the [[tekke]] of Konitsa, similarly to other Albanian [[bektashi]] tekkes, was a covert center of culture, learning and tolerance, but also national activism against the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref name="Sellheim1992">{{cite book|last=Sellheim|first=R.|title=Oriens|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=la-RTLQiFRAC&pg=PA298|accessdate=3 October 2010|year=1992|publisher=BRILL|isbn=9789004096516|page=298}}</ref> On the other hand, the local Greek population displayed tolerance towards actions by the Albanians that didn't reveal chauvinist inclinations.<ref>M. V. Sakellariou.[http://books.google.gr/books?lr=&as_brr=0&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&id=UV1oAAAAMAAJ&dq=epirus%2B4000&q=Philiates%2BTepeleni#search_anchor''Epirus, 4000 years of Greek history and civilization.''] [http://www.add.gr/comp/ekdotiki/ Ekdotike Athenon], 1997. ISBN 9602133716. p 361: "The Greek population displayed toleration whenever the action taken.</ref>
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