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Zamzam 288 Zohak Zamzam, (tj^j, a famous well at Mecca wMch the Muham- madans pretend was made from the spring of water, which God shewed to Hagar and Ishmael whom Abraham had driven from his house, and obliged to retire to Arabia. Zangi Shallid, "^f" ls^'}> a Muhammadan saint whose Dargah is in Agrah towards the gate of the Hatheapul. Zardasht, '^'^'^jj, the celebrated Persian Magian Zoroaster. The religion of the first Persians appears to have been the worship of the planets ; but in the reign of Darius Hystaspes or Gashtasp, the adoration of fire and the elements was introduced by Zardasht, and continued to be the religion of the State until its conquest by the Mubammadans. The fugitives known as Gabrs and Parsfs, still follow this faith. The doctrines and practices of this system are collected in a work called Avesta, or Zand Avesta, being written in the Zand language. The Zand Avesta was translated into French, by Anquetil Du Perron and subsequently much studied and elucidated by Eask, Barnouf and other Continental scholars. Zarra, ^)<J) the poetical name of Mirza Bhuchchu of Dehli or Lakhnau, who has left a Persian Diwan which he completed in 1774 A. D., 1188 A. H. Zarra, ?/<S, the poetical title of Mirza Eaja Eam Nath who served under the emperor Shah 'Alam the blind. He chose the takhallus of ■' Zarra" i. e., atom or dust, in reference to " 'Aftab," the poetical appellation of his patron the king. Zeib-un-Nisa Eegam, "r^j, a daughter of the emperor 'Alamgir, born on the 6th of February, 1639 A. D., 10th Shawwal, 1048 A. H. ; was well versed in Persian and Arabic, had the whole Kuran by heart, wrote a beautiful hand, and is the author of a commentary on the Kuran entitled " Zeib-ul-Tafasfr." She was also a good poetess, and has left a Diwan in Persian, Her poetical name was " Makhff." She died, unmarried, in the year 1702 A. D., 1113 A. H. Her tomb was close to the EabuH gate at Dehli, but was demolished when the Kaj- putana Eailway was constructed. Zila'i, ts*^ij, the son of Yusaf, a learned Musalman and author, who died 1361 A. D., 762 A. H. ZiUi, ^J^, poetical name of Sultan Muhammad Mirza, which see. Zinat Mahal, <-^'^ -^Vj, the wife of Bahadur Shah, king of Dehlf, who was still living in 1873 in British Burma as a State prisoner. Zinat-un-Nisa Begam, '-^■'l '^■'^j, a daughter of the emperor. 'Alamgir. She died in 1710 A. D., 1122 A. H. and is buried in the yard of the mosque called " Zinat-ul-Masajid," in Dehli. This mosque which is built of red stone, was erected by her, and is situated on the^ banks ^of the Jamna at a place called Dariaganj in Shahjahanabad. Zingis Khan, (Arabic characters), vide Changez Khan. Zinut Mahal, tJ^* ^'^ij, the title of Bilal Kunwar the jiiother of Shah 'Alam king of Dehli. Ziyad, <i'^3, supposed to be an illegitimate son of Abu Sufian by a woman named Abia. He was Mu'awia's brother by the father's side, and was publicly acknow- ledged by him to be his brother. He was reckoned one of the companions of Muhammad although he was born in the first year of the Hijrat, 622 A. D., and was but eleven years old when Muhammad died. In Ali's reign he was made lieutenant of Persia ; this ofiSce he dis- charged much to his own credit, and to the advantage of the people. He was a man of incomparable parts, and singular greatness of spirit. Besides the lieutenancy of Basra, Mu'awia gave Ziyad those of Khurasan, Sajistan, India, Bahrein and Amman. He died of the plague on his fingers, on the 22nd of August, 673 A. D., 3rd Eama- zan, 53 A, H. in the 53rd (lunar) year of his age, and was buried near Kiifa. A little before his death, he gathered the people together, and filled both mosque and street, and castle with them, in order to impose upon them by oath the renunciation of the line of 'Alf ; but the plague had just seized him, and the accident was after- wards looked upon by all as a providential deliverance. Ziyae Earani, ls^/J vide Ziya-uddin Baram. Ziyae Burhanpuri, LSJiJ^^^j'. ^^i^, author of a Persian Diwan. Ziya-uddin Ahmad Khan, Nawab, o^'^ i^i'^^b^ij, the son of Nawab Ahmad Baksh Khan of Firozpur and Lohari. His poetical name is Nyyar and Eakhshan. He succeeded to his father's estate on the 1st January, 1870. Ziya-uddin Barani, ij^j^ CJi'^^^^i^, also called Ziyae Baranf, flourished in the reign of Sultan Muhammad Shah Tughlak and Firoz Shah Tughlak, kings of Dehli, and ia the author of the history called " Tarikh Firoz Shahi," which gives an account of eight kings from the first year of Sultan Ghayas-uddin Balban 1266 A. D., to the sixth year of Sultan Firoz Shah Tughlak 1356 A. D., 757 A. H., at which period our author was 74 (lunar) years of age. His uncle Malik 'Ala-ul-Mulk was Kotwal of the city of Dehli in the reign of Sultan Ala-uddfn Khiljf, and his father who held the title of Muwayyad-ul-Mulk, was appointed in the iirst year of that monarch 1296 A. D. to the Nayahat of Baran or Baran Shahr, now called Bulandshahr, which city appears to have been the birthplace of our author, on which account he calls him- self in the above-mentioned history Ziyae Baranf. Baran is also the name of a Pergunnah in Bulandshahr. Ziya-uddin Ghazanfar, Maulana, i^.<^k:^ ^^J'^} was born at Kumm but educated at Kashan. Besides many Kasidas and Ghazals &c., he left a Masnawi called " Pir wa Jawan" of about 3,000 verses. He was living about the year 1585 A. D., 993 A. H. Ziya-uddin Khujandi, (Arabic characters) a poet who died in 1225 A. D., 622 A. H. Ziya-uddin Nakhshabi, is*^^ u:!'^'^'^^ author of the " Ttiti-nama," or Tales of a Parrot in Persian, and also of a story called " Gulreiz," containing the story of Prince Masum Shah and the princess Naushaba. He is also the author of a treatise entitled " Lazzat-un-Nisa," {vide Hasan 'All the poet laureate). Ziya-ullah, Sayyad, an author who died in 1691 A. D., 1103 A. H. Zohak, vide Zuhak.