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Zend Zend or Zand () is a Zoroastrian term for Middle Persian or Pahlavi versions and commentaries of Avestan texts. These translations were produced in the late Sasanian period. ''Zand'' glosses and commentaries exist in several languages, including ...

, a class of exegetical commentaries on Zoroastrian scripture *

Zand District Zand District () is in Malayer County, Hamadan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Zangeneh. It is the namesake of the Zand dynasty The Zand dynasty () was an Iranian dynasty, founded by Karim Khan Zand (1751–1779) that ini ...

, an administrative subdivision of Iran *

Zand Boulevard Zand street shiraz

Karim Khan Zand Boulevard is a boulevard in ce ...

, in Shiraz, Iran *

Z And Z Andromedae is a binary star system consisting of a red giant and a white dwarf. It is the prototype of a type of cataclysmic variable star known as symbiotic variable stars or simply Z Andromedae variables. The brightness of those s ...

, a variable star

As a tribal/clan and dynastic name

Zand tribe The Zand tribe ( Laki:ئیل زند) is a Laki-speaking Kurdish tribe mainly populating the countryside of Khanaqin in Iraq and in the provinces of Kurdistan and Hamadan of Iran. History The Zand tribe is originally from the Khanaqin area and ...

, a former Lak tribe of western Iran, a member of which founded the Zand dynasty *

Zand dynasty The Zand dynasty () was an Iranian dynasty, founded by Karim Khan Zand (1751–1779) that initially ruled southern and central Iran in the 18th century. It later expanded to include much of the rest of contemporary Iran (except for the provi ...

(1751-1794), a dynasty that ruled southern and central Iran *

Karim Khan Zand Mohammad Karim Khan Zand (; ) was the founder of the Zand dynasty, ruling all of Iran (Name of Iran, Persia) except for Khorasan province, Khorasan from 1751 to 1779. He also ruled over some of the Caucasus, Caucasian lands and occupied Basra f ...

(''r.'' 1751-1779), founder of the Zand dynasty

As a surname

Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi (born 1961) is an Iranian writer, film producer and human rights activist. Life Zand-Bonazzi was born in Tehran to journalist parents. She attended the American University of Paris as well as at the IDHEC, the Institute for ...

(born 1961), Iranian writer, film producer and human rights activist *

Kayvon Zand Kayvon Zand, also known as Nadia Kayvon Zand, is an American nightlife personality and founder of Zandwagon, a model management and specialty casting company. Background Zand was brought up in a single parent household by her mother.Berusch, ...

, musician and NYC nightlife personality *

Lazlo Zand ''Robotech'' is the American adaptation of three Japanese animated series: ''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross'', ''The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross'', and ''Genesis Climber MOSPEADA'', as a single TV series. The series is divided i ...

, fictional character from ''Robotech'' *

Nathalie Zand Nathalie Zylberlast-Zand (1883 – 1942) was a Polish Jewish neurologist who died in a Nazi prison during World War II. She published research under several names including Nathalie Zylberlast-Zandowa. Biography Nathalie was born 28 March 1883 ...

(1883–1942), Polish Jewish neurologist *

Nosson Zand Nathan Isaac Zand (born December 11, 1981), also known as Nosson Zand, is an American Chasidic rapper from Boston, Massachusetts. Biography Zand was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on December 11, 1981. He is best known by his Hebrew name N ...

(born 1981), Boston rapper * Shlomo Zand (born 1946), more commonly spelled Shlomo Sand, Israeli professor * Stephen Joseph Zand (1898–1963), engineer {{Disambiguation, surname, geo