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 "id": "place/tarabulus-gharb",
 "class": "place",
 "slug": "tarabulus-gharb",
 "label": {
  "ar": "طرابلس (الغرب)",
  "en": "Tripoli (al-Gharb)"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "مدينة حصينة بسور من حجارة بيضاء، حسنة الشوارع متقنة الأسواق، فيها زيتون وتين ونخل وفواكه كثيرة، وقد استفتحها الملك رجار، وهي اليوم في طاعته. {cite:nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002 p. 297}",
  "en": "A fortified city with a wall of white stone, handsome streets and well-made markets, with olives, figs, palms and many fruits; al-Idrisi says King Roger took it, and it is now under his rule. {cite:nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002 p. 297}"
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "place"
 ],
 "regions": [
  "maghreb"
 ],
 "periods": [],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [],
 "coordinates": [
  32.8752,
  13.1875
 ],
 "data": {
  "kind": "city",
  "coordinates": [
   32.8752,
   13.1875
  ],
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq, ed. Cairo 2002, p. 297 (scan page)",
   "generated_by": "Claude (Haiku 5.5)"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1,
   "generated_by": "Claude (Haiku 5.5); page refs are scan indices"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "طرابلس (الغرب) مدينة حصينة بسور من حجارة بيضاء، حسنة الشوارع متقنة الأسواق، فيها زيتون وتين ونخل وفواكه كثيرة. يذكر الإدريسي أن الملك رجار استفتحها وأنها في طاعته. {cite:nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002 p.297}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "place/tarabulus-gharb",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Tarabulus (the West) is a fortified city with a wall of white stone, with fine streets and well-made markets. It has olives, figs, palms and many fruits. According to al-Idrisi, King Roger conquered it, and it is under his obedience. {cite:nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002 p.297}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "place/tarabulus-gharb",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "طرابلس (مغرب) سفید پتھر کی فصیل سے محفوظ ایک مضبوط شہر ہے، جس کی سڑکیں خوب صورت اور بازار عمدہ ہیں، اور یہاں زیتون، انجیر، کھجور اور بہت سے پھل ہیں۔ ادریسی بیان کرتے ہیں کہ بادشاہ راجر نے اسے فتح کیا اور یہ اس کی اطاعت میں رہا۔ {cite:nuzhat-al-mushtaq-2002 p.297}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "place/tarabulus-gharb",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-19"
  }
 },
 "degree": 4,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "updated": "2026-10-18",
 "connections": [
  {
   "to": "event/normans-take-tripoli-541",
   "type": "site_of",
   "inverse": true,
   "sources": [
    "source/shadharat-dhahab"
   ]
  },
  {
   "to": "event/tripoli-rising-against-normans",
   "type": "site_of",
   "inverse": true,
   "sources": [
    "source/tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar"
   ]
  }
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  "person/roger-of-sicily",
  "person/abu-yahya-ibn-matruh",
  "event/normans-take-tripoli-541",
  "event/tripoli-rising-against-normans"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}