Primorje was a ''
župa'' in
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''
zemlja'', encompassing most of ''
Bosansko Primorje
''Bosansko Primorje'' (, or Bosnian Littoral) is a historical coastal region on the eastern Adriatic shores, which between the beginning of the 14th and the end of the 17th century stretched from the Neretva river delta to Kuril area of Petrovo ...
'', with the center in
Slano
Slano is a village in southern Croatia with a small harbour in the bay of the same name. It is located 27 km northwest of Dubrovnik.
History
The area of Slano was already populated in the prehistoric period (ruins of a hill-fort and tumuli ...
. ''Župa'' was a part of the Bosnian medieval state from
1326
Year 1326 (Roman numerals, MCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 21 – The foundation of Oriel College, Oxford, Oriel Co ...
to
1399
Year 1399 ( MCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events January–December
* January – Timur the Lame captures and sacks Haridwar.
* February 3 – ...
. The ''župa'' had a northwestern border with the ''župa'' of Žaba, the northeastern border with ''župa''
Popovo, southeast with
Dubrovnik, in the southwest it is the
Adriatic Sea and ''Stonska prevlaka'' (
Isthmus of
Ston). Recognizable features are
Rijeka Dubrovačka,
Zaton,
Gruž, Islands (Elifati) and ''Slansko primorje''. At the time of Bosnian rule, the most important magnates in this area were the
Sanković family
Sanković is a village situated in Mionica municipality in Serbia
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until their fall in 1404.
In 1399,
King Ostoja sold the coast from Kuril to Ston () to the people of Dubrovnik, and thus also the župa of Primorje. Later, the king of Ostoja fought a
war with Dubrovnik in 1403-1404 because of this, but he could not recover what he had ceded. This was confirmed by the peace of Bosnia and Dubrovnik in 1405. However, the village of
Lisac in the župa Primorje remained a controversial issue for the foreseeable future, which was raised by the Bosnian
Duke Sandalj.
References
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Župas of the medieval Bosnian state