Zamiad, angel presiding over the twenty-eighth day of the month, I. 62 n. Zamini-Serush, terrestrial angel, I. 9. Zanab, the tail of the dragon――a demon destroyed by Vichnu, II. 41, 42. _Zanadil_, “benevolent,” I. 180. _Zanar_, a thread, I. 66 n. 1; II. 53. Zand, an ancient language, in what countries spoken, I. 223 n. Zand-Avesta, work of Zoroaster, I. 222 ――various interpretations of this word, _ibid._ n. 1 ――translated into French, and German, 223 ――five books enumerated to which this name properly belongs, 225 n. ――when written, _ibid._ ――quoted, 7, 18, 31, 149, 193, 213, 214, 216, 223, 232, 236, 241, 257, 258, 264, 265, 268, 280, 282, 283, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 297, 310, 319, 321, 325, 331, 332, 334, 335, 346, 347, 357, 358; II. 26, and elsewhere, the chief authority concerning Zoroaster’s religion. Zarbád, descendant from Zardusht, disciple of Azar Kaivan, I. 125. Zaratusht, prophet, I. 30. Zaratusht Bahram (Mobed), author of Zaratusht-namah, his account of Zardusht’s birth, I. 214, 215 ――son of Pazhdu, 276. _Zardusht_, the variations of his name in different languages enumerated, I. 211 ――various epochs attributed to him, 212, 213 n. ――his legendary origin, 213 ――various opinions about his ancestors, 215 n. 1 ――he laughed on coming into the world, 218 ――escapes destruction in all the attempts of the magicians to destroy him, 219, 220, 221, 226, 227 ――his conduct in his fifteenth year, 229 ――in his thirtieth year travels towards Iran; his adventures on the road, 229, 230, 231 ――beholds a vision, _ibid._ ――is visited by the angel Bahman, and transported to heaven, 232, 233 ――explanation of the vision, 234 ――Zardusht converses with God, 235, 236, 237 ――sees Ahriman in hell, _ibid._ ――delivers a person from hell, _ibid._ n. ――undergoes severe trials, 238 ――receives a mission to king Gushtasp, 239 ――on his return receives a flock to be protected, 240 ――further instructions from several angels, 241 ――puts the magicians to flight by reading one chapter of the Zand-Avesta, 244 ――destroys two kings rejecting his doctrine, 245 ――arrives at the court of king Gushtasp, 245 ――his access and reception, _ibid._ n. 246 ――plants a cypress before the king’s palace, 246 n. ――refutes and confounds the sages around the king, 247, 248 ――presents and reads the Zand-Avesta, 249, 250 ――scheme of the philosophers against him, at first successful, 251, 252 ――offers to cure the king’s palsied charger under conditions, to which the whole royal family submits, to adopt his faith, 253, 254 ――his innocence proved, his enemies punished, 254, 255 ――cures and converts Lohrasp and Zerir, 255 ――prays God to grant four wishes to Gushtasp, 256 ――is declared a prophet by four angels before the king, 257, 258