ɪts fˈaʊndɚ, kjˈʊlɪn, wʌz mˌeɪd bˈɑːsniəz bˈæn baɪ ðɪ ˈiːstɚn ɹˈoʊmən ˈɛmpɚɹɚ mænwˈɛl aɪ kəmnˈɛnəs ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi, bˌʌt hiː wʌz pɹˈɛzənt ɪn bˈɑːsniən pəlˈɪɾɪkəl ænd sˈoʊʃəl lˈaɪf sˈɪns ɪts tˈeɪkoʊvɚ baɪ ðə bˈɪzɐntˌiːnz fɹʌmðə hʌŋɡˈɛɹiənz ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti θɹˈiː.
Its founder, Kulin, was made Bosnia's Ban by the Eastern Roman Emperor Manuel I Comnenus in 1180, but he was present in Bosnian political and social life since its takeover by the Byzantines from the Hungarians in 1163.