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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
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 P. 3909, M. 493 open 54 54
0019 Zahhak hears Kava's complaint open   •            
0030 The King of Yemen receives Faridun's sons open   •            
0045 Manuchihr kills Tur in battle open   •            
0053 Sam asks the Simurgh to return Zal open   •            
0084 The birth of Rustam open   •            
0095 The battle between Qarin and Afrasiyab open   •            
0106 Rustam catches Rakhsh open   •            
0120 Rustam's first labour: Rakhsh kills a lion open   •            
0122 Rustam's third labour: he kills a dragon open   •            
0123 Rustam's fourth labour: he kills the witch open   •            
0125 Rustam's sixth labour: he kills Arzhang open   •            
0127 Rustam's seventh labour: he kills the White Div open   •            
0142 Kay Kavus airborne open   •            
0150 Tahmina visits Rustam's chamber open   •            
0171 Rustam discovers Suhrab's identity open   •            
0178 Tus and Gudarz encounter a maiden in the forest open   •            
0188 The fire ordeal of Siyavush open   •            
0227 Guruy executes Siyavush open   •            
0256 Kay Khusrau crosses the Oxus with Farangis and Giv open   •            
0282 Farud retreats to his fortress and is mortally wounded by Ruhham open   •            
0297 Tazhav mortally wounds Bahram open   •            
0329 Rustam kills Ashkabus and his horse open   •            
0348 Rustam pulls the Khaqan of Chin from his elephant by lasso open   •            
0366 Akvan Div flings Rustam into the sea open   •            
0392 Rustam rescues Bizhan from the pit open   •            
0414 Bizhan kills Human open   •            
0436A The fourth combat: Furuhil kills Zangala open   •            
0436B The fifth combat: Ruhham kills Barman open   •            
0437 The sixth combat: Bizhan fights Ruyin open   •            
0438A The seventh combat: Hujir kills Sipahram with a blow of his sword open   •            
0438B The eighth combat: Zanga kills Akhvasht open   •            
0439 The ninth combat: Gurgin kills Andariman open   •            
0440 The tenth combat: Barta fights Kuhram open   •            
0441 Piran escapes from Gudarz up the mountainside open   •            
0469 Kay Khusrau kills Shida open   •            
0483 Kay Khusrau besieges Gang Dizh open   •            
0506 The execution of Afrasiyab open   •            
0531 Gushtasp goes to Rum to fight the wolf open   •            
0572 Isfandiyar kills the wolfs open   •            
0614 Rustam kills Isfandiyar open   •            
0624 Rustam kills Shughad while dying in the pit open   •            
0664 Iskandar goes to Mecca from India open   •            
0681 Iskandar builds the Yajuj and Majuj open   •            
0705 the second battle of Ardshir with Haftvad open   •            
0736 Shapur attacks the army of Qaysar open   •            
0798 Bahram Gur wrestles before king Shangol of India open   •            
0825 Mazdak is hung up-side-down by the order of Kasra open   •            
0848 Buzarjomehr is interpreting Kasra's dream open   •            
0882 The inroduction of chess open   •            
0894 Talhand is killed on the back of an elephant open   •            
0937 Bahram kills Saveh open   •            
0997 Gustaham talking to the talisman made by Qaysar of Rum open   •            
1007 Bahram Chubineh kills Shirkapi open   •            
1062 Rustam fights Sa'd vaqqas open   •            
open P. 3911, M. K. 491 open 32 32
open P. 3913, M. K. 492 open 34 34
open P. 3915, D. B. 7341 open 32 32
open P. 3916, M. K. 494 open 78 78
open P. 3917, M. K. 562 open 66 66
open P. 3918, M. K. 4757 open 10 10
open P. 3923, M. K. 4820 open 10 10
open P. 3924, M. K. 562 open 1 1
open P. 742, M. K. 801 open 1 1
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