ِDarʿā - أذرعات
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ِDarʿā; أذرعات; Adhriʿāt; درعا; اذرعات
[T]he Edrei of the Bible, to-day Derʿa, chief town of Ḥawrān, 106 km. south of Damascus. Situated on the borderline between a basaltic region and the desert, the town, formerly renowned for its wine and oil, was always a great market for cereals and an important centre of trade routes.
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
location: 32.625139 36.116233
identifier: https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5271
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/5271
identifier: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678002
Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal 17
Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition P. Bearman
http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678002 Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places Roger Bagnall Richard Talbert Tom Elliott Lindsay Holman et al.