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Zend and Avesta

artifact item Origin / Domain: Persia Allegiance: divine

Epic Lore & Biography

The sacred Zoroastrian texts and commentaries of ancient Persia. In the Shahnameh, Prince Nushzad studied them but found no inner conviction, prompting his conversion to Christianity.

Shahnameh Distichs Featuring this Entity (4)

که ما راست گشتیم و ایزدپرست / کنون زند و استا سوی ما فرست
“"For we have become righteous God-worshippers; now send unto us the holy Zend and Avesta."”
Goshtasp • Daqiqi’s Tale: Esfandiyar’s World Conquest and the Spread of the Zoroastrian Faith بیت #24375
فرستاد زندی به هر کشوری / به هر نامداری و هر مهتری
“He dispatched volumes of the Zend scriptures to every country, to every chieftain and noble ruler.”
Goshtasp • Daqiqi’s Tale: Esfandiyar’s World Conquest and the Spread of the Zoroastrian Faith بیت #24377
مهان و کهانرا همه خواند پیش / همه زند و استا به نزدیک خویش
“He summoned all the nobles, great and small, bringing the Zand and Avesta near to him.”
Goshtasp • The Slander of Gorzam: Esfandiyar Bound in Chains at the Fortress of Gombadan بیت #24471
نیامد همی‌زند و استش درست / دو رخ را به آب مسیحا بشست
“The Zand and Avesta did not ring true to his heart; thus, he washed his face in the baptismal waters of Christ.”
Anooshirvan • Nushzad's Conversion to Christianity and His Imprisonment بیت #38299
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