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Jamshid (700 years)
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Zahhak consults physicians
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After the appearance of the snakes, the physicians are consulted, but are unable to do anything. The Devil reappears in the guise of a physician, and advises Zahhak that the only remedy is to feed the snakes with humans' brains.
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Bertels
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f. 002v
Government Museum
ms.
ACC 114
f. 023r
John Rylands University Library of Manchester
ms.
Ryl Pers 910
(1518)
f. 001r
Aga Khan Trust for Culture
ms.
2005.1.70-72, 99-103 (Ir.M. 29-29/B, 69-69/D)
(1576)
f. 014r
Punjab University Library
ms.
O 16/7249
(1600)
f. 012
ISTAC
ms.
No shelf mark
(1612)
f. 021
Gulistan Museum
ms.
Ms 1946
(1638)
f. 429r
The K.R. Cama Oriental Institute
ms.
R 415a
(1785)
f. 024r
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
ms.
Ms. or. fol. 172
f. 013
Rampur Raza Library
ms.
P. 3923, M. K. 4820
(1838)