Charter of Ban Kulin

Charter of Ban Kulin
Copy B of the Charter of Ban Kulin.
Original titlePovelja Kulina bana/Повеља Кулина бана
Created29 August 1189
Commissioned byBan Kulin
Author(s)scribe Radoje
SubjectRagusan trade rights in the Banate of Bosnia
Purposetrade agreement

The Charter of Ban Kulin (Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian: Povelja Kulina bana, Повеља Кулина бана) was a trade agreement between the Banate of Bosnia and the Republic of Ragusa that effectively regulated Ragusan trade rights in Bosnia, written on 29 August 1189. It is one of the oldest written state documents in the region.

According to the charter, Bosnian Ban Kulin promises to knez Krvaš and all the people of Dubrovnik full freedom of movement and trading across his country. The charter is written in two languages: Latin and an old form of Shtokavian dialect, with the Shtokavian part being a loose translation of the Latin original.[1] The scribe was named Radoje, and the script is Bosnian Cyrillic (Bosančica).[2]

  1. ^ Amira Turbić-Hadžagić, Bosanski književni jezik (prvi razvojni period od 9. do 15. stoljeća), – u Bosanski jezik, časopis za kulturu bosankoga književnog jezika br. 4, Tuzla, 2005.
  2. ^ Suarez, S.J. & Woudhuysen 2013, pp. 506–07.

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