Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Guhishtazad" in last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1255 Guhishtazad GUHIŠTĀZĀD http://syriaca.org/person/1255 179 eunuch In hagiography: Guhishtazad was a eunuch martyr at Karka d-Ledan. He was an old man who worked under Shapur II. He was head of the eunuchs and became a Christian, but he lapsed into Zoroastrianism. But the example of Simeon bar Ṣabbaʿe inspired Guhishtazad to become Christian again, and he died a martyr. Saints Syriaques GUHIŠTĀZĀD 179 ASMO 10-36 BHO 1117-19 AMS II, 120-30 Šuhadā'' I, 192-234 Devos "Notes" 242-46 References to Sozomene and to Martyrologie of 411. J.-M. Sauget BS XI, 1097-1100