al-Ghuta
الغوطة
A broad belt around Damascus, about two stages long and one stage wide, with many villages and estates, among them Darayya, Barza and Kawkab; rivers cut through its orchards and monasteries. 1
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al-Ghuta: a wide area around Damascus, extending about two stages in length and one stage in width. It has many villages and estates. Among its names al-Idrisi mentions Darya, Barza and Kawkab. It has rivers that cut through its orchards and monasteries. 2
al-Maqdisi counted the Ghuta of Damascus among the four gardens of the world, together with the river al-Ublah, the meadow of al-Sughd and the ravine of Bawan. 3
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 366
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.366
- Ahsan al-Taqasim fi Ma'rifat al-Aqalim of al-Muqaddasi, p.32
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