1st_ Pre-Islamic Divinity similar to Venus or Aphrodite, depicted as a stone topped with the shape of a head. Another version had a more biblical meaning, since for the Arabs it was the stone where Ishmael was born, or perhaps the stone where Abraham bound his camel before the aborted sacrifice of Ishmael. It is also called bachtan, although it would be more of a galicism. 2nd_ Mythical city, mentioned in an Egyptian legend of the 5th century bc . C. , possibly evoking Baktria (Ekbaktana).
