Ceklin

Ceklin (Serbian Cyrillic: Цеклин; pronounced [tsɛ̌kliːn]) or Ceklinjani (Цеклињани) is a historical tribe and region of Old Montenegro.

The tribe seat is at the village of Ceklin, which comprises thirteen clans. Other villages in the tribal region are: Strugari, Ulici, Bokovo, Jankovići, Đalci, Drušići, Rvaši, Zagora, Bobija, Vranjina, Dujeva (with smaller villages/subsections: Mihaljevići, Trnovi Do and Riječani), town of Žabljak Crnojevića (with many brotherhoods) and at the end of the territory known as Riječka Okolina and Varošica Rijeka in which there are other tribes present.

During the reign of the Crnojević family in Zeta, old Ceklin was named Donje Dobro, while neighbouring Gornje Dobro later received the name Dobrsko Selo. These names are attested in Ottoman defters from the beginning of the 16th century and in Mariano Bolizza's 1614 work. At the time of Ivan Crnojević, Ceklin was only the name of a settlement. A. Jovićević derives Ceklin from Tekla, from St. Thecla, to whom a church is dedicated to, according to folklore by the native Mihaljevići in the 15th century. In the charters of Ivan Crnojević from 1485 and 1489, the village of Ceklin is named Cvetlin (Цвѣтлин) and Cetlin (Цѣтлин), which are the first mentions of the village with this name. The 1489 charters mentions the "nobility of Cetlin", Radič Rašković, Radelja Mirujević, Sćepan Nikolić and Vuk Piperović.

In the Ottoman defters of 1521 and 1523, Ceklin (Cjetlin) and Donje Dobro are mentioned parallelly, and according to order, Donje Dobro was used for Donji Ceklin (Mihaljeviće and Strugare).

The "old" or "real" Ceklinjani (стари, прави Цеклињани) inhabited the original Ceklin, a small area beneath the Ceklinštak mountain, divided into Gornji kraj (Upper area) and Donji kraj (Lower area). All older clans of the tribe were formed in this area. The tribe expanded its borders in the 17th century, pushing the Bjelice tribe out from what is now Ceklin. They further expanded in the 18th and 19th centuries. The "old" Ceklinjani (Gornjaci and Donjaci) did not allow the immigrant families in Ceklin to take part in the settlement of conquered territory.

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