Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms, Volume 32

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Europeans with technical skills teach the indigenous peoples. The current King is generous and frugal, maintaining good diplomatic relations with various nations. Abroad, he welcomes guests; at home, he civilizes the unrefined and the stubborn. Compared to Morocco original: 摩羅果 (Moluoguo) and other such states, the governance here is notably more orderly. The territory governs two large tribal districts and thirty-three small tribes. It spans an area of 215,000 square li a Chinese unit of distance; 215,000 square li is approximately 31,000 square miles, with a population of over one million people.

Tripoli original: 特黎波里 (Teliboli): To the east it borders Egypt original: 伊揭 (Yijie), to the south it borders Fezzan original: 菲山 (Feishan), to the west it borders Tunis original: 都尼司 (Dunisi), and to the north it is bounded by the sea. It governs twenty-four small tribes. Its products include woolen cloth, gauze, carpets, olives, gold dust, and ivory.

Fezzan original: 菲山 (Feishan): To the north it borders Tripoli, and to the east, south, and west it is bounded by the desert. It is located to the south of Tripoli. It governs nine small tribes.

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