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Zahumlje, also known as the Land of '''Hum''' and '''Chelm''', was a Medieval principality located in today's Herzegovina . EARLIEST WRITTEN MENTIONS De Administrando Imperio {Link without Title} states: : "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." : "The Zahumljani (Zachlumoi) that now live there are Serbs, originating from the time of the prince (archont) who fled to emperor Heraclius" : "The land of the Zahumljani comprise the following cities: Ston (το Σταγνον), Mokriskik (το Μοκρισκικ), Josli (το Ιοσλε), Galumainik (το Γαλυμαενικ), Dobriskik (το Δοβρισκικ)" Zahumlje then bordered the lands of Pagania (''Paganoi'') to the west and southwest, Travunia (''Terbounia'') to the east and southeast, and Serbia to the north. The Chronicle Of The Priest Of Duklja mentions Zahumlje as a part of Red Croatia and states a source from 753 , ''De Regno Sclavorum''. The book De Administrando Imperio from the 10th Century , written by the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitos , mentions the land of the ''Zachlumoi'' or Zahumlje as a one of the lands given to the Serbs that came unsatisfied from ''Servia'' in the Byzantine '''theme of Serbia''' (''thema Servia'') to inhabit in the first half of the 7th Century . RULERS OF ZAHUMLJE Zahumlje entered into confederations with the Serb princes of Raška early on. The Serb prince Časlav Klonimirović of the House Of Vlastimirović fully incorporated this area into his domain between AD 927 and 940 . In the 12th and 13th Century , Zahumlje was ruled by the a dynasty of local rulers:
The recorded rulers of Zahumlje in the 14th Century include:
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