Zadig: personer, tidslinje og steder

Zadig recovers from a wound received defending Semira, but she rejects him, and he marries Azora.

Zadig pretends to be dead and exposes Azora when she agrees to cut off his nose to cure Cador.

Arimazes uses a broken poem to accuse Zadig of treason, but a parrot brings the fragment proving his innocence.

The king awards Zadig the golden cup for defending Coreb despite royal anger against him.

As chief judge, Zadig tests affection, favors moral education, and earns public love, but disturbing dreams leave him uneasy.

Moabdar orders Astarte and Zadig killed, but Astarte warns Zadig and Cador arranges his escape toward Egypt.

In Egypt, Zadig intervenes to protect a woman from a beating and kills her attacker after being wounded.

Sentenced to slavery for killing Cletofis, Zadig wins his buyer Setoc’s respect through practical knowledge and clever advice.

Zadig changes Setoc’s religious beliefs and gains support for a law that ends widow burning.

Zadig settles a religious dispute at Balzora Fair, then returns to Horeb to learn he faces execution by burning.

Almona exposes the priests’ bargain before the judges, secures Zadig’s pardon, and marries Setoc.

Arbogad protects Zadig from his bandits and reports Moabdar’s death, but cannot tell him what happened to Astarte.

Zadig prevents a fisherman’s suicide, gives him half his money, and sends him to Cador in Babylon.

Zadig finds Astarte among Ogul’s slaves and obtains her freedom by promising to cure her master.

Zadig wins the combat contest for Astarte’s hand and Babylon’s throne, but Itobad steals his armor and claims victory.

A hermit’s troubling acts challenge Zadig until the stranger reveals himself as Jesrad and tells him to return to Babylon.

Zadig solves the court’s riddles, defeats Itobad without armor, and becomes king beside Astarte.