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Đu l-Sharā "Lord of the Mountain", also known in Greek transliteration as Dusares, was worshipped at Petra (of which city he was the patron deity) by the Nabataeans. In Greek times, he was associated with Zeus because he was the chief of the Nabataean pantheon. His sanctuary at Petra contained a great temple in which a large cubical stone (Ka'ba) was the centrepiece. According to the Book of Idols (Kitab al-Asnām) by Hishām b. al-Kalbī, "The Banū al-Hāārith ibn-Yashkur ibn-Mubashshir of the ˤAzd had an idol called Đu l-Sharā."
Reference Ibn al-Kalbī; (author) and Nabih Amin Faris (translator & commentary) (1952): The Book of Idols, Being a Translation from the Arabic of the Kitāb al-Asnām. Princeton University Press. US Library of Congress | ||||||||
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