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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 ACC 1243-1244 open 74 72 2
001r Shamsa open   •            
001v Illuminated unvan open   •            
002v Firdausi and the poets of Ghazna open   •            
005v Illuminated title page (verso side) open   •            
006r Illuminated title page (recto side) open   •            
008v The Div Khazarvan fights Siyamak open   •            
015r open   •            
022v The murder of Iraj open   •            
027v Manuchihr kills Salm open   •            
035r Rudaba and Zal together open   •            
044r The birth of Rustam open   •            
054r open   •            
057r open   •            
058v Rustam's seventh labour: he kills the White Div open   •            
063v open   •            
082v Guruy executes Siyavush open   •            
100r open   •            
108r open   •            
120v open   •            
130v Rustam kills Ashkabus and his horse open   •            
132v Rustam captures and kills Kamus open   •            
140r open   •            
150r Rustam kills Akvan Div open   •            
160r Rustam feasts with Kay Khusrau open   •            
163v Rustam rescues Bizhan from the pit open   •            
174r Bizhan kills Human open   •            
184r A The first combat: Fariburz fights Gulbad open   •            
184r B The fourth combat: Furuhil kills Zangala open   •            
184v A The fifth combat: Ruhham kills Barman open   •            
184v B The sixth combat: Bizhan kills Ruyin open   •            
185r A Hujir leads away the horse and body of Sipahram open   •            
185r B The second combat: Giv stuns Guruy Zirih open   •            
185v A The third combat: Guraza kills Siyamak by throwing him to the ground open   •            
185v B The eighth combat: Zanga kills Akhvasht open   •            
193r Kay Khusrau kills Shida open   •            
200r open   •            
210v The execution of Afrasiyab open   •            
222r Gushtasp kills a wolf in Rum open   •            
223v Gushtasp kills a dragon in Rum open   •            
233v open               •
234r open   •            
235v open   •            
242r The death of Luhrasp in battle against the forces of Arjasp open   •            
245v null open   •            
248r Isfandiyar's second labour: he fights the lions open   •            
248v Isfandiyar's third labour: he fights the dragon open   •            
249v Isfandiyar's fourth labour: he kills the sorceress open   •            
250r Isfandiyar's fifth labour: he kills the Simurgh open   •            
251r Isfandiyar's sixth labour: he escapes from a snow storm open   •            
252v Isfandiyar's seventh labour: Gurgsar leads him across the lake to Ruyin Dizh (the Brazen Hold) open   •            
261v open   •            
270v Rustam shoots Isfandiyar in the eyes with a double-pointed arrow open   •            
275v Rustam kills Shaghad before dying open   •            
289r Iskandar enthroned open   •            
298r Iskandar builds a wall against Gog and Magog open   •            
302v The great sages mourn the death of Iskandar open   •            
308v open   •            
328v Bahram Gur hunts in the company of Azada open   •            
334r Bahram Gur enthroned open   •            
337v A drunken shoemaker rides on Bahram Gur's escaped lion open               •
349r open   •            
354r Bahram Gur wrestles before Shangul open   •            
355v Bahram Gur kills a dragon in India open   •            
365v Anushirvan enthroned open   •            
376r Anushirvan's first majlis for Buzurjmihr open   •            
390r Buzurjmihr arranges chess pieces before Anushirvan open   •            
402r open   •            
410v open   •            
418r open   •            
428r open   •            
430v open   •            
436r open   •            
441r The angel Surush rescues Khusrau Parviz open   •            
448v The captive Qulun mortally wounds Bahram Chubina open   •            
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
open Cat. No. 2, H. L. 359 A-B open 37 37
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