Hlivno

Hlivno stands beside a great karst field in western Bosnia, where routes cross the mountains between the Bosnian interior and Dalmatia. A fortified town occupied the slopes above the basin, and the district of Hlivno was recorded in the early Middle Ages. Along with neighbouring Glamoč and Duvno, it entered the lands of the Bosnian ruler Stjepan II in 1326.

The town was contested during the Ottoman advance and appears under Ottoman rule in a register of 1485. In the sixteenth century a settlement grew below the old fortress, acquiring mosques and new quarters. A register of 1553 counted five neighbourhoods in the town, which belonged to the Sanjak of Klis. Its position near the Dalmatian frontier made it both a market for the surrounding uplands and a place of military importance.