Zahumlje

Zahumlje, also known as the Land of Hum, was a medieval principality located in today's Herzegovina.

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The book De Administrando Imperio from the 10th century, written by Byzantine emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitos, mentions the land of the Zachlumoi or Zahumlje as a Serb tribe.

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De Administrando Imperiohttp://wikisource.org/wiki/De_Administrando_Imperio states:

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: "From Ragusa begins the domain of the Zachlumi and stretches along as far as the river Orontius; and on the side of the coast it is neighbour to the Pagani, but on the side of the mountain country it is neighbour to the Croats on the north and to Serbia at the front."

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