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Their religion, devoted to native gods with such names as Dushara, Uzza and Kutba, seemed alien even to the Nabataeans 'contemporaries.
The Power of Petra 2009
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Their religion was devoted to native gods with such names as Dushara, Uzza and Kutba, but little knowledge remains of these gods except their names.
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When heard of Khalid's advance, the guardian of al-Uzza hung a sword on her and said [Ibn Ishaq, p565]:
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Apart from the Ka'ba, there were three great goddesses, the daughters of God in the Arabia belief, namely al-Uzza, al-Lat and al-Manat.
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Her most infamous ancestor was old Uzza, who was hanged in 1850 for murdering his second wife by putting arsenic in her soup, and it was later discovered that he had also struck a death blow to his own son.
Miriam Makes News 2007
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Anyone can do a Google search for "uzza robbins" or "robbins uzza" use the quotation marks to come up with some interesting websites of information about Ol' Uzza.
Miriam Makes News 2007
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Khalid arrived and brought the temple of al-Uzza down to the ground.
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Her most infamous ancestor was old Uzza, who was hanged in 1850 for murdering his second wife by putting arsenic in her soup, and it was later discovered that he had also struck a death blow to his own son.
Archive 2007-11-01 2007
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The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai
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The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son
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