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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
open Egypt 1 7 239 71 72 49 14 11 22
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
close India 36 105 2879 75 378 364 674 83 1076 17 212
close Aligarh, Maulana Azad Library open 4 100 14 86
close Alwar, Government Museum open 3 196 11 14 171
close Amritsar, Kasla College open 2 0
Baroda, Baroda Museum and Picture Gallery open 0 0
close Calcutta, Asiatic Society of Bengal open 1 0
close Calcutta, Indian Museum open 2 12 12
close Calcutta, National Library open 2 0
close Calcutta, Victoria Memorial Museum open 1 0
Chandigarh, Chandigarh Museum open 0 0
close Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh Government Oriental Mss & Res. Inst. open 1 0
close Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh State Museum open 1 2 2
Hyderabad, Birla Museum open 0 0
close Hyderabad, Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian Art, Hyderabad open 1 1 1
close Hyderabad, The Salar Jung Museum open 8 301 49 222 19 11
open Cat. No. 1106 A./Nm. 106 (M. no. 7) open 19 19
open Cat. No. 4578 open 0
open Ms. no. 575 open 33 31 2
open Ms. no. 576 open 18 18
close   Ms. no. 577 open 43 43
Binding open       •        
0002v Sulayman enthroned (frontispiece) open       •        
0003r Bilqis enthroned (frontispiece) open       •        
0004v Illuminated unvan open       •        
0018v open       •        
0027r Colophon open       •        
0028v Illuminated unvan open       •        
0034v Hushang kills the Black Div open       •        
0051r Faridun binds Zahhak open       •        
0063r The murder of Iraj open       •        
0087r Rudaba lets down her hair for Zal to climb up open       •        
0111r Rustam kills Zal's white elephant open       •        
0133r Rustam catches Rakhsh open       •        
0151r Rustam's seventh labour: he kills the White Div open       •        
0166v Kay Kavus airborne open       •        
0189r Rustam discovers Suhrab's identity open       •        
0201r The fire ordeal of Siyavush open       •        
0234v Guruy executes Siyavush open       •        
0263r Kay Khusrau crosses the Oxus with Farangis and Giv open       •        
0287r Farud retreats to his fortress and is mortally wounded by Ruhham open       •        
031r Razmihr helps Qubad escape to the Haytaliyan open       •        
0331r Rustam kills Ashkabus and his horse open       •        
035r Hurmuzd learns about the treachery of Bahram Chubina open       •        
0364v Akvan Div flings Rustam into the sea open       •        
0388v Rustam rescues Bizhan from the pit open       •        
0417r Scene from the Barzunama open       •        
0438v Barzu's mother prevents Rustam from killing Barzu open       •        
0456v Scene from the Barzunama open       •        
0593r Gushtasp kills a dragon in Rum open       •        
0629r Isfandiyar's third labour: he fights the dragon open       •        
0678v Rustam shoots Isfandiyar in the eyes with a double-pointed arrow open       •        
0727r Iskandar kills the Fur of Hind open       •        
0796v Shapur captures the King of Rum open       •        
0807r Bahram Gur hunts in the company of Azada open       •        
0818v Bahram Gur fights two lions to win the throne open       •        
0864v Bahram Gur distributes tribute to the rich landowners open       •        
0900v Anushirvan falls sick and Nushzad rebels against him open       •        
0955r Buzurjmihr predicts the contents of the locked chest open       •        
0977r Sava Shah assembles his army for war against Hurmuzd open       •        
1061r Bahram Chubina kills the monkey-lion open       •        
515r The eleventh combat: Gudarz kills Piran open       •        
open Ms. no. 579 open 45 39 6
open Ms. no. 580 open 62 61 1
open Ms. no. 581 open 81 79 2
close Jaipur, City Palace Museum open 1 0
close Lucknow, Lucknow Museum open 2 0
close Mumbai, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya open 3 10 4 6
close Mumbai (Bombay), Hakim Collection open 1 0
close Mumbai (Bombay), The K.R. Cama Oriental Institute open 7 326 46 186 83 11
close New Delhi, National Archives open 1 0
close New Delhi, National Museum open 15 558 195 42 78 233 10
close Patiala, State Archives open 2 0
close Patna, Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library open 28 1039 29 124 246 97 519 17 7
close Rampur, Rampur Raza Library open 10 318 55 66 197
close Secunderabad (Haydarabad), R.K. Tanden Collection open 2 0
Thanjavur Mhraja Serfoji's Sarasvati Mahal Library, Mahal Campus, Thanjavur 613009, Tamilnadu, India , Royal Palace Library open 0 0
close Vadoda, Baroda Museum open 4 0
close Vadoda, Baroda Oriental Institute open 1 0
close Varanasi, Bharat Kala Bhavan open 2 16 4 10 2
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