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Zabur

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Ẓafār

Paul A. Yule

Royal capital of Ḥimyar (officially known as dhu-Raydān).

Zoroastrianism [in Arabia]

Samra Azarnouche

Pre-Islamic religion of Iran (Persia) and official religion of the Sasanian dynasty (3rd-7th centuries C.E.), named after the prophet Zarathushtra. Its polytheistic cult is based on dualistic thinking in which the god Ahura Mazdā (or Ohrmazd) and the principle of evil, Angra Mainyu (or Ahriman), face each other in a cosmic battle.