zâd

Updated: June 13, 2025

Says Ismai: In the alphabet of the Romans there is no zad and among the Persians there is no tha. A longish definition and description of oratory by Ibn ul Mukaffa. Ibn Mukaffa again referred to. Mention of Sahal Ibn Harun. Mention of Abdallah Ibn Mukaffa. Reference to Khalid al Kisravi. Reference to Ibn al Mukaffa. Khalid al Kisrawi. Al Hurmuzan. On the service of kings.

Konstantin Aleksandrovich Inostrantzev - Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I

It is curious to note his confusion of "Zad," his belief that the "Congo waters are at all seasons thick and muddy," and his conviction that "the annual flood," which he considered perpetual, "commences before the rains fall south of the equator." The latter is to a certain extent true; the real reason will presently be given.

Sir Richard Francis Burton - Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2

As Sarkoja talked with Zad he cast occasional glances in my direction, while she seemed to be urging him very strongly to some action.

Edgar Rice Burroughs - A Princess of Mars