In order for a settlement to become a city, a royal charter granting market right was required, and foreign trade required royally chartered staple port rights.
A fal tarha tamazduq a taqqil šund taɣrimt , ahušal ad ikrašš alkad n almalik ikfan turhagat s asimil n hebu tolas mamala wan jir addawla tan ahušal ad ila alkad wan alxaqan win port tan