Z~ ENTRIES: CAPTIONS OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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ZAND DYNASTY | Figure 1. Portrait of Karim Khan Zand (© British Library Board, MS Or. 4938; Rieu, Persian Manuscripts, Supp., p. 262). |
ZARUDNIĬ, NIKOLAĬ ALEKSEEVICH | Figure 1. Nikolaĭ Alekseevich Zarudniĭ. |
ZENDA BE GUR | Figure 1. Book cover of Zenda be gur. |
ZHUKOVSKIĬ, VALENTIN ALEKSEEVICH | Figure 1. A portrait of Valentin Alekseevich Zhukovskiĭ. |
ZIGGURAT | Figure 1. Tepe Sialk, view to the north, undated. Photograph by M. Schicht. After Stöllner, I, p. 205, fig. 7. |
ZIGGURAT | Figure 2. Choga Zanbil, undated. Photograph courtesy of Georg Gerster. |
ZIGGURAT | Figure 3. Zabil, reconstruction. Drawing by J.-H. Sixtus. After Ghirshman, 1966, p. 60, fig. 40. |
ZIGGURAT | Figure 4. Zabil, building phase 1. Drawing by J.-H. Sixtus. After Ghirshman, 1966, p. 41, fig. 27. |
ZIGGURAT | Figure 5. Choga Zabil, building phase 2. Drawing by J.-H. Sixtus. After Ghirshman, 1966, p. 43, fig. 29. |
ZIGGURAT | Figure 6. , platform. Drawing by F. Hole and N. Kouchoukos. After Harper, p. 27, fig. 23. |
ZIGGURAT | Figure 7. Tepe, terrace complexes I and II. Excavation grid by W. Kleiss, first published with wrong orientation in Negahban, plan 2. After the corrected version in Stöllner, I, p. 300, fig. 3. |
ZIGGURAT | Figure 8. vessel, Jiroft (?), architectural decoration. After Majidzadeh, 2003, p. 71, no. 71. |
ZODIAC | Figure 1. Illustration of the zodiac in the Bundahišn, TD1, fol. 20 v. |
ZODIAC | Figure 2. Illustration of the zodiac in the Bundahišn, ed. and tr. M. Bahar, 1990, p. 58. |
ZODIAC | Figure 3. horoscope of the world, after D. N. MacKenzie, "Zoroastrian Astrology in the ‘Bundahišn’," BSOAS27/3, 1964, p. 514. |
ZOROASTER vi. As perceived by later Zoroastrians | Figure 1. Zoroaster depicted on a wall-hanging, from a portrait of the prophet popular in the late 19th century. |
ZOROASTER vi. | Figure 2. Portrayal of Zarathuπtra, found in Karaka’s History of the Parsis, which depicts the prophet in the guise of one of the sculptured figures at Tāq-e Bostān. |
ZOROASTRIANISM ii. Historical Review: from the Arab Conquest to Modern Times | Figure 1. A popular, 20th-century depiction of the Prophet Zarathustra on a stained glass window at the Tata Fire Temple, Bandra, India. (Copyright ©Jamsheed K. Choksy). |
ZOROASTRIANISM ii. Historical Review: from the Arab Conquest to Modern Times | Figure 2. A Vidēvdād manuscript with Avestan scripture, Pahlavi liturgical sade or instructions, Farsi/New Persian headings, and Old Gujarati (written in Devanagari script) ritual sade, 1704. (Copyright ©Jamsheed K. Choksy). |
ZOROASTRIANISM ii. Historical Review: from the Arab Conquest to Modern Times | Figure 3. Mobed seated in front of fire altar and ritual offerings, holding flowers, while performing a Jašan ritual, Dadar, India, 1984. He wears a padān over his mouth to avoid defiling the fire. (Copyright ©Jamsheed K. Choksy). |
ZOROASTRIANISM ii. Historical Review: from the Arab Conquest to Modern Times | Figure 4. Ruins of a fire temple of the Sasanian period, at Firuzabad (q.v.), Fars Province, Iran. (Copyright ©Jamsheed K. Choksy). |
ZOROASTRIANISM ii. Historical Review: from the Arab Conquest to Modern Times | Figure 5. Entrance to the precinct of the Irān Šāh fire temple, Udwada, Gujarat. (Copyright ©Jamsheed K. Choksy). |
ZOROASTRIANISM ii. Historical Review: from the Arab Conquest to Modern Times | Figure 6. Ārāmgāh for Iranian Zoroastrian burials, at Kerman, Iran, built in the 20th century. (Copyright ©Jamsheed K. Choksy). |
ZOROASTRIANISM ii. Historical Review: from the Arab Conquest to Modern Times | Figure 7. A mid-19th-century daḵma for exposure of the dead, at Yazd, Iran. (Copyright ©Jamsheed K. Choksy). |
ZOROASTRIANISM ii. Historical Review: from the Arab Conquest to Modern Times | Figure 8. Iranian Zoroastrian wedding ceremony, officiated by Mobed Mehraban Firouzgary, Tehran, Iran, 2003. (Copyright ©Jamsheed K. Choksy). |
ZOROASTRIANISM ii. Historical Review: from the Arab Conquest to Modern Times | Figure 9. Interior of the Banu Rostam Farrokh fire temple, at Kerman City, built 1924. (Copyright ©Jamsheed K. Choksy). |
ZOROASTRIANISM ii. Historical Review: from the Arab Conquest to Modern Times | Figure 10. Interior of the 20th-century Arbab Rustom Guiv Darbe Mehr fire temple, at Hinsdale, Illinois, built 1983. (Copyright ©Jamsheed K. Choksy). |
ZOROASTRIANISM ii. Historical Review: from the Arab Conquest to Modern Times | Figure 11. The Kusti bastan ritual of bestowing the sacred cord cord, at a Navjote initiation ceremony, performed at Karachi, Pakistan, 2003. (Copyright ©Jamsheed K. Choksy). |
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Originally Published: January 1, 2000
Last Updated: August 28, 2015