Asira was a local god worshipped in pre-Islamic northern

Arabia The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plat ...

. He was revered at Taima and was strongly influenced by

Egyptian Egyptian describes something of, from, or related to Egypt. Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to: Nations and ethnic groups * Egyptians, a national group in North Africa ** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of years of ...

culture. Asira was mentioned only in name by the Babylonian king Nabonidus.

References

* Encyclopedia of Gods, Michael Jordan, Kyle Cathie Limited, 2002 Arabian gods {{MEast-myth-stub