Persian Literature, Ancient and Modern

by Elizabeth A. Reed

Z.

• Zal (the white-haired child), [18], [228], [234], [245], [261];
  • banishment of, [229];
  • sheltered in Simurgh’s nest, [230];
  • restoration of, [233].
• Zedekiah, king, [38].
• Zend, [110], [117].
• Zend Avesta, [20], [109], [111]:
  • age of, [109], [113];
  • divisions of, [109], [111];
  • derivation and language of, [109];
  • extracts from, [135], [140], [142], [148], [152], [159];
  • teaching of, [127], [146].
• Zoroaster, or Zarathustra, [109], [112], [118], [127], [141], [144], [148];
  • life of, [118].
• Zoroastrianism, [124], [162].
• Zoroastrian Period, [25].
• Zyd, vision of, [284], [306].

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Footnotes:

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[1]. Accad is first mentioned as one of the beginnings of the kingdom of Nimrod in Genesis x, 10.

[2]. Mr. Theo. G. Pinches, in his notes on this chapter, says: “The Sumerians are generally regarded as of the same race as of the Accadians. Sumerian is a dialect of Akkadian. Sumer and Akkad both contained Semitic and non-Semitic inhabitants.”

[3]. Decouvertes en Chaldee par E. de Sarzec, Plate No. 29.

[4]. The catalogue of the astronomical works in the library of Sargon I instructs the reader to write down the number of the book that he needs, and the librarian will thereupon give him the tablet required.—Sayce, Bab. Lit., p. 9.

[5]. Diodorus, Sec. 23.