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open Armenia 1 1 56 56
open Australia 2 2 2 2
open Austria 1 3 85 85
open Belgium 1 1 0
open Canada 3 35 67 9 29 19 6 2 2
open Denmark 2 37 73 6 16 31 14 2 4
close Egypt 1 7 239 71 72 49 14 11 22
close Cairo, Dar al-Kutub open 7 239 71 72 49 14 11 22
open Adab Farsi 78 open 2 2
open Ms. Ta'rikh Farisi Tal'at, no. 71 open 17 17
open Ms. Ta'rikh Farisi, no. 18 open 16 11 5
open Ms. Ta'rikh Farisi, no. 53 open 12 12
open Ms. Ta'rikh Farisi, no. 59 open 72 72
close Ms. Ta'rikh Farisi, no. 60 open 49 49
Shamsa open              
000 Binding open              
001v Kayumars enthroned (frontispiece) open              
002r Rustam in combat (frontispiece) open              
002v-3 Double illuminated carpet page open              
005r End of prose preface open              
005v Unvan at start of poem open              
008v Kayumars enthroned open              
011v Jamshid enthroned, carried by Divs open              
019v Faridun defeats Zahhak open              
026v The murder of Iraj open              
034r Faridun receives the severed head of Salm open              
064r Afrasiyab executes Nauzar open              
068v Rustam lifts Afrasiyab by the belt open              
077v Rustam's seventh labour: he kills the White Div open              
086v Kay Kavus airborne open              
103r Rustam mortally wounds Suhrab open              
112r The fire ordeal of Siyavush open              
136r Guruy executes Siyavush open              
150v Kay Khusrau crosses the Oxus with Farangis and Giv open              
190r Rustam kills Ashkabus and his horse open              
192r Rustam captures and kills Kamus open              
210v Rustam fights a sea monster open              
213v Bizhan slaughters the wild boar open              
225v Rustam rescues Bizhan from the pit open              
353r The eleventh combat: Gudarz kills Piran open              
367v Kay Khusrau throws Shida to the ground open              
387r The execution of Afrasiyab open              
405v Gushtasp kills Ilyas in combat open              
420v Gushtasp puts Isfandiyar in chains open              
429r Isfandiyar's second labour: he fights the lions open              
445v Isfandiyar kills Arjasp to rescue his sisters open              
465r Rustam shoots Isfandiyar in the eyes with a double-pointed arrow open              
483v Iskandar attends the dying Dara open              
496r Queen Qaydafa shows Iskandar his portrait open              
518v Ardashir recognizes Shapur during a polo game open              
547r Bahram Gur fights two lions to win the throne open              
551v A drunken shoemaker rides on Bahram Gur's escaped lion open              
574v Bahram Gur kills a dragon in India open              
617r Buzurjmihr arranges chess pieces before Anushirvan open              
628v Anushirvan and Buzurjmihr ? open              
631v Bahram in battle? open              
638v Caesar's envoys before Anushirvan open              
652v open              
692r Bahram Chubina kills Maqatura open              
706r Shirin greets Khusrau Parviz returning from the hunt open              
722v Shirin commits suicide by the coffin of Khusrau Parviz open              
731r Sa'd-i Vaqqas kills Rustam open              
737v The miller assassinates Yazdagird open              
open Ms. Ta'rikh Farisi, no. 73 open 71 71
open France 8 51 1022 9 202 282 282 88 111 48
open Georgia 2 6 7 1 1 5
open Germany 9 44 1217 41 179 330 426 88 101 52
open Greece 1 3 3 2 1
open Hungary 3 5 57 20 2 35
open India 36 105 2879 75 378 364 674 83 1076 17 212
open Iran 18 91 1781 4 146 623 234 88 473 213
open Iraq 1 1 0
open Ireland 2 29 632 110 62 143 151 106 58 2
open Israel 1 15 58 7 18 3 29 1
open Italy 9 12 336 1 17 91 176 51
open Kuwait 2 18 58 9 36 1 1 2 9
open Malaysia 2 4 18 2 15 1
open Netherlands 1 1 20 20
open Pakistan 19 43 235 4 15 65 147 1 3
open Poland 5 5 30 29 1
open Portugal 1 1 0
open Qatar 1 16 168 6 10 18 134
open Romania 1 1 1 1
open Russia 5 33 1147 53 149 201 451 162 131
open Singapore 1 2 2 2
open Spain 1 1 80 80
open Sweden 1 2 31 31
open Switzerland 6 133 636 45 151 200 98 23 116 1 2
open Tajikistan 2 4 39 32 7
open Turkey 6 77 1191 141 542 429 79
open UK 29 268 3928 31 715 1095 972 362 562 12 176
open USA 39 402 3180 309 254 706 984 223 582 6 113
open Uzbekistan 1 13 252 128 109 3 3 9
open destroyed 2 2 1 1
open dispersed mss 1 15 506 413 34 51 8
open private collections 9 37 183 112 7 22 36 1 5
open unknown country 1 4 7 1 6
open unknown location 3 10 0