Knez/Zupan Caslav Klonimirovic Vlastimirovic ??? - 960

Ruler of Serbia (son of Klonimir, grandson of Strojimir). The last and the greatest of the Unknow Archont's descendants. He ruled from 927 - 960. He liberated the central Serbian tribes from Bulgarian empire, concluded a voluntary confederation with the chiefs of Bosna/Bosnia that brought them out of Croatia's control and together with Zahumlje, Pagania/Neretva, Travunia, Zeta/Duklja and Raska established a Serb state that encompassed the shores of the Adriatic sea, the Sava river and the Morava river valley as well as Northern Albania. Serbia and Montenegro  -Serbia    - Kosovo and Metohia    - Vojvodina  - Montenegro Official language Serbian 1 Capital Belgrade Area  - Total  - % water 88,361 km² n/a Population  - Total ( 2002) census - without Kosovo  - Density 7. ... The word Bulgarian can mean: From or related to Bulgaria The Bulgarian language Ethnic Bulgarians This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The source of the Bosna river on the outskirts of Sarajevo. ... Bosnia and Herzegovina (officially Bosna i Hercegovina, shortened to BiH, also in English variously written Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bosnia-Hercegovina) is a mountainous country in the western Balkans. ... Zahumlje, also known as the Land of Hum, was a medieval principality located in todays Herzegovina. ... Zeta can refer to: Zeta (letter), a letter of the Greek alphabet. ... Duklja (Latin: Doclea or Dioclea, after the town of Dioclea) was a vassal state of Byzantium until it won its independence in 1042, ruled by the Vojislavljevic Dynasty, located in Zeta, or modern Montenegro and northern Albania including the city of Shkodër. ... Raška (Raschka, Rascia, Rassa) was the central and most successful medieval Serbian state (or župa, area ruled by a župan) that unified neighboring Serbian tribes into the main medieval Serbian state in Balkans. ...

After Caslav's death, in 0960, the Bulgars and Byzantium took advantage of the discord caused by the power vacume. Bosna's chiefs declared independence and disolved into independent statelets because the rest of Caslav's domain was swallowed up by Byzantium and Bulgaria. In 968 however, Bosnia was violently conquered by the Croatian king Kresimir and after the Bosnian chiefs were put down, it was incorporated into the Croatian state. Bulgars (also Bolgars or proto-Bulgarians) a people of Central Asia, probably originally Pamirian, whose branches became Slavicized and perhaps Turkic over time. ... Byzantium was the original name of the modern city of Istanbul. ... The source of the Bosna river on the outskirts of Sarajevo. ... The Republic of Bulgaria is a republic in the southeast of Europe. ...

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[The Catholic Encyclopedia: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02694a.htm]