[233] Jireček, op. cit., pp. 75-82.
[234] Zenta or Zedda was the name of a district comprising Montenegro and that part of Albania between the lake of Scutari and the Adriatic coast as for as Durazzo. The anonymous writer in Matković (Starine x., 1878, of the South-Slavonic Academy) describes the Via de Zenta.
[235] Op. cit., p. 63.
[236] Ulcinium, Dulcinium; in Slavonic, Olgun; in Albanian, Ulkin.
[237] On the site of San Sergio is the village of Obotti, which has of late acquired some prominence since an Italian steamship company has established a service up the Bojana for developing Italian trade. An Austrian company has imitated its example, and it seems as if there was a chance of reviving the old trade routes once more although of course they can never regain their old importance so long as the Turks continue to misgovern the land.
[238] 1290. Jireček, op. cit., p. 65.
[239] Lissos, Alexium, in Slavonic and Albanian Lješ.
[240] Jireček, pp. 66-7; this is now the Mirdit country.
[241] The name Πριξδριάνα is first mentioned as a Bulgarian bishopric in 1026.
[242] Jireček, p. 68. The Beglerbeg of Rumelia was the commander-in-chief of the Turkish armies in Europe.