Dhu '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. HeHis sanctuary at Petra contained a great temple in which a large cubical stone (Ka'ba) was the centrepiece. This article is about the Jordanian site of Petra. ... Petra, the Nabataean capital The Nabataeans, a people of ancient Arabia, whose settlements in the time of Josephus gave the name of Nabatene to the border-land between Syria and Arabia from the Euphrates to the Red Sea. ... Statue of Zeus The Greek sculptor Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tall Statue of Zeus in about 435 bc. ... Petra, the Nabataean capital The Nabataeans, a people of ancient Arabia, whose settlements in the time of Josephus gave the name of Nabatene to the border-land between Syria and Arabia from the Euphrates to the Red Sea. ... This article is about the Jordanian site of Petra. ...

According to the Book of Idols (Kitab al-Asnām) by Hishām b. al-Kalbi, "The Banu al-Hārith ibn-Yashkur ibn-Mubashshir of the Azd had an idol called Dhu al-Shara."

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 #52006741

External link

• Nabataean religion (http://nabataea.net/gods.html)
• The Kitab al-Asnam ("Book of Idols") (http://answering-islam.org.uk/Books/Al-Kalbi/uzza.htm): translation as posted by an evangelical Christian site.
• Kitab al-Asnam (http://www.alwaraq.com/index2.htm?i=137&page=1) in the original Arabic (description on p. 5)