Kahl
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Kahl is a god of pre-Islamic Arabia. He was the chief god (tutelary deity) of the city of Qaryat al-Faw, the capital of the Kingdom of Kinda, beginning in the 2nd century BC. Based on recent evidence, it has been posited that Kahl was an Arabian version of the smiting or menacing god that is known in the regions of the Eastern Mediterranean and West Asia.
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When
- First attested
- 200 BCE
- Attested period
- -200 – 300
- Historical notes
- Attested from the 2nd century BC in Qaryat al-Faw.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Rummān, Kāhlum, Nuʿmān, Shams, Rb-hwd b-Rḥmnn, Rb-hd b-Mḥmd
- parent of
- Rahmanan
- allied with
- Almaqah
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“On the identity of the god Kahl”
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“Rahmanan may have evolved from Kahl, who had already gradually begun assimilating monotheistic characteristics between the 1st and 3rd centuries, partly attested in the 3rd-century Sabaic poem Zaid Inan 11.”
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