Pult or Pulat ( sq-definite, Pulti or Pulati), is a region in northern

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. It is bordered by the Malësia Region to its north and by the Dukagjin Highlands to its east and its south. The region has traditionally been inhabited by the Plani, Kiri, Suma, Xhani, Drishti and Rrjolli

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. The Pult region is situated on the Kir river and extends beyond Drisht to Prekal.

Name

The name has evolved with accordance with the evolution of the phonetic system of

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from the ancient name ''Pólatum'' (compare names like Dúrrës, from ''Dúrazzo''; Drisht, from ''Drívasto'').

History

Stefan Nemanja Stefan Nemanja (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: , ; – 13 February 1199) was the Grand Prince (Grand Župan#Serbia, Veliki Župan) of the Grand Principality of Serbia, Serbian Grand Principality (also known as Raška (region), Raš ...

(1166–1196) conquered Pult around 1185, after the capture of

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. The area is mentioned in the Charter of Hilandar, noting that Pult was inhabited by

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. The Russian diplomat and historian Ivan Yastrebov designated Pult as part of the Dukagjin region. In 1332, two

-inhabited towns were recorded in the Pult region; ''Polatum Maius'' ("Greater Pult") and ''Polatum Minus'' ("Lesser Pult"). The

Dukagjini family The House of Dukagjini is an Albanian noble family which ruled over an area of Northern Albania and Western Kosovo known as the Principality of Dukagjini in the 14th and 15th centuries. They may have been descendants of the earlier Progoni f ...

ruled the region during the

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, and Pult was therefore part of the Principality of Dukagjini. At one point during the 16th–17th centuries, Pjetër Spani of the Spani family was the Lord of Pult. In the early 17th century, there was a catholic church dedicated to

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in Upper Pult.

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{{reflist Historical regions in Albania

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