LEBANON

Arabic Lubnān ( لبنان‎ ). Not mentioned in the Qurʾān, but tradition has it that Ishmael collected the stones for the Kaʿbah from five sacred mountains, one of which was Mount Libanus. The followers of Ismāʿīlu ʾd-Darāzī, known as the Druzes , a fanatical sect of Muslims, reside on the southern range of the Lebanon chain. [ DRUZES .]