Zand Explained

Zand may refer to:

• Zend, a class of exegetical commentaries on Zoroastrian scripture
• Zand District, an administrative subdivision of Iran
• Zand Boulevard, in Shiraz, Iran
• Z And, a variable star

As a tribal/clan and dynastic name

• Zand tribe, a former Lak tribe of western Iran, a member of which founded the Zand dynasty
• Zand dynasty (1773-1794), a dynasty that ruled southern and central Iran
• Karim Khan Zand (r. 1751-1779), founder of the Zand dynasty

As a surname

• Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi (born 1961), Iranian writer, film producer and human rights activist
• Kayvon Zand, musician and NYC nightlife personality
• Lazlo Zand, fictional character from Robotech
• Nathalie Zand (1883–1942), Polish Jewish neurologist
• Nosson Zand (born 1981), Boston rapper
• Shlomo Zand (born 1946), more commonly spelled Shlomo Sand, Israeli professor
• Stephen Joseph Zand (1898–1963), engineer