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===Other baetyls of the pagan Arabs=== | ===Other baetyls of the pagan Arabs=== | ||
The black stone was not the only important stone in Arabia. | The black stone was not the only important stone in Arabia. Historians have pointed out how other Arabian centers were host to their own Ka'bahs, often having their own divine stones of various colors. | ||
{{Quote|1=Gustave Edmund Von Grunebaum's ''Classical Islam: A History, 600 A.D. to 1258 A.D.'' (pg 24)|2=Ghaiman had a red stone and the Ka'ba of al-'Abalat (near Tabala) had a white stone.}} | {{Quote|1=Gustave Edmund Von Grunebaum's ''Classical Islam: A History, 600 A.D. to 1258 A.D.'' (pg 24)|2=Ghaiman had a red stone and the Ka'ba of al-'Abalat (near Tabala) had a white stone.}} | ||