title: Zand
text: # Zand
  
  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
  * Zand Bank, a digital bank in United Arab Emirates
  
  ## 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
  