(eds.), "al-Ghūṭa - الغوطة " in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5032
  
    
      
        
          al-Ghūṭa
          الغوطة
          Ghouta
          
          The G̲h̲ūṭa of Dimas̲h̲ḳ [q.v.] is the area of gardens and orchards which surrounds the former Umayyad capital below the gorges of Rabwa and which is made fertile by a close network of irrigation trenches fed by the Baradā [q.v.]. The G̲h̲ūṭa extends from the eastern slopes of Mount Ḳāsiyūn [q.v.] as far as the streams and the water brought in from the Baradā allow bushes to be grown. Beyond this, to the east, is the Mard̲j̲ , a region of pasture and wide stretches of arable land.
          
            وجنوبيها [من ديار العرب] وشيء من غربيهاثم يمتد عليها من ايلة على مدائن قوم لوط والبحيرة المنتنة التي تعرف ببحيرة زغر الى الشراة والبلقاء وهي من عمل فلسطين وأذرعات وحوران والبثنية والغوطة ونواحى بعلبك وذلك من عمل دمشق
          
          
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            Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik
                        Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal
                        
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                        Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
                        P. Bearman