Zand

Zand

Zand may refer to:

* Zand tribe
* the Iranian Zand dynasty (1773-1794)
* Zand, Netherlands ("zand" in Dutch means sand and appears in various geographical names)

or to these (near-)homophones:
* Zend-Avesta or Zand-Avesta: the commentaries ("Zend", or "Zand") on primary sacred texts of Zoroastrianism (see Avesta).
* Zend or Zand language: misnomer resultant from a confusion of the commentaries with the Avesta proper (see Avestan language).


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