Khotan, Xinjiang, China (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)

"Marco Polo’s rectified Itinerary from Khotan to Nia."

"The itinerary is suggested to run from Khotan—whose capital lies about 300 li west of the site identified as Pi‑mo—to further locations such as Uzun Tati, Nia, and Kiria."

"Khotan, 188"

"Book I. … Bolor—Khotan—Pein—City of Lop—Great Desert"

"When Marco Polo visited Khotan on his way to China, between the years 1271 and 1275, the people of the oasis were flourishing … His description of the territories further east, Pein, Cherchen, and Lop, which he passed through before crossing ‘the Great Desert’ to Sha-chou..."

"paper is still manufactured from mulberry trees in Khotan"

"Ilchi, modern capital of Khotan, i. 189n, 190n"