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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
open ACC 1243-1244 open 74 72 2
open Cat. No. 1, H. L. 358 open 28 28
open Cat. No. 1792, H. L. 1814 open 34 34
open Cat. No. 1793, H. L. 1815 A-B open 65 65
open Cat. No. 1794, H. L. 1816 A-B open 44 42 2
open Cat. No. 1795, H. L. 1817 open 29 29
open Cat. No. 1797, H.L. 1819 open 52 52
close   Cat. No. 2, H. L. 359 A-B open 37 37
Binding open     •          
Doublure open     •          
001r Bilqis enthroned (frontispiece) open     •          
001v Illuminated title page (verso side) open     •          
002r Illuminated title page (recto side) open     •          
009r Firdausi and his book introduced to Sultan Mahmud open     •          
016r Colophon open     •          
016v Illuminated unvan open     •          
019r Kayumars enthroned open     •          
036r open     •          
065v open     •          
082r Rustam's sixth labour: he kills Arzhang open     •          
100r Rustam discovers Suhrab's identity open     •          
127v open     •          
145v Siyavush plays polo before Afrasiyab open     •          
172r open     •          
188r Farud retreats to his fortress and is mortally wounded by Ruhham open     •          
213v Rustam kills Ashkabus and his horse open     •          
238r open     •          
263r open     •          
302v open     •          
315v open     •          
316r open     •          
347v open     •          
366v open     •          
380v open     •          
394r Rustam kills Shaghad before dying open     •          
413r open     •          
424v open     •          
448r Iskandar mourned open     •          
468r Bahram son of Bahram enthroned open     •          
477r open     •          
486v Bahram Gur enthroned after killing the lions open     •          
500r Bahram Gur hunts onagers open     •          
518r open     •          
537v Finispiece (verso side) open     •          
538r Finispiece (recto side) open     •          
open Cat. No. 2004 open 0
open Cat. No. 3, H. L. 360 A-B open 62 62
open Cat. No. 3, H.L. 361 A-B open 79 43 36
open Cat. No. 5-8, H. L. 362-365 open 61 61
open Cat. No. 6, H. L. 363 open 0
open Cat. No. 7, H. L. 364 open 0
open Cat. No. 8, H. L. 365 open 0
open Cat. No. 9, H.L. 366 A-B open 71 71
open H. L. 2770 A-B open 63 63
open H. L. 3355-3356 open 147 147
open H. L. 3356 open 56 56
open H. L. 3566 A-B open 62 60 2
open H. L. 3673, 3786 open 17 17
open H. L. 3787-3788 open 53 52 1
open H. L. 3791 open 5 5
open ms 3788 open 0
open Ms. 3787 open 0
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