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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
open Ms. no. 577 open 43 43
close Ms. no. 579 open 45 39 6
Illuminated unvan open       •        
0009r Kayumars enthroned open       •        
0033r Faridun enthroned open       •        
0077r Rudaba lets down her hair for Zal to climb up open       •        
0110v The birth of Rustam open       •        
0114v The second battle between Nauzar and Afrasiyab open       •        
0153r Rustam's seventh labour: he kills the White Div open       •        
0172v Kay Kavus airborne open       •        
0207r Rustam discovers Suhrab's identity open       •        
0248v Siyavush plays polo before Afrasiyab open       •        
0288v Rustam kills Pilsam open               •
0297v Giv finds Kay Khusrau in Turan open       •        
0339r Farud kills Zarasp open       •        
0365r Colophon open               •
0368v Illuminated unvan open               •
0404v Rustam kills Ashkabus and his horse open       •        
0427r Rustam pulls the Khaqan of Chin from his elephant by lasso open       •        
0452v Akvan Div flings Rustam into the sea open       •        
0492v Rustam rescues Bizhan from the pit open       •        
0521r Bizhan kills Human open       •        
0550v The sixth combat: Bizhan kills Ruyin open       •        
0584v Kay Khusrau throws Shida to the ground open       •        
0629r Jahn arrives with a message from Afrasiyab open       •        
0654v Illuminated unvan open       •        
0698v Arjasp flees from the battlefield open       •        
0721r Isfandiyar's second labour: he fights the lions open       •        
0724v Isfandiyar's fourth labour: he kills the sorceress open       •        
0770v Rustam shoots Isfandiyar in the eyes with a double-pointed arrow open       •        
0799r Rustam kills Shaghad before dying open       •        
0829r Iskandar attends the dying Dara open       •        
0855r Queen Qaydafa shows Iskandar his portrait open       •        
0926v Shapur son of Shapur enthroned open       •        
0951r Bahram Gur hunts in the company of Azada open       •        
0985r Bahram Gur and Mahyar listen to Arzu's harp playing open       •        
1030v Illuminated unvan open       •        
1050v Anushirvan enthroned open       •        
1092v Anushirvan's seventh majlis for Buzurjmihr open       •        
1182v Bahram Chubina kills the fleeing Sava Shah open       •        
1211r Khusrau Parviz and Bahram Chubina meet open       •        
1251r The war between the generals of Khusrau Parviz and Bahram Chubina open       •        
1287r Shirin greets Khusrau Parviz returning from the hunt open       •        
1331r Sa'd-i Vaqqas kills Rustam open       •        
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