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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 52 1023 10 202 282 282 88 111 48
open Georgia 2 6 7 1 1 5
open Germany 9 46 1228 41 183 330 426 88 101 59
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
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
close   Cat. No. 3, H.L. 361 A-B open 79 43 36
001v Illuminated unvan open       •        
011v Illuminated unvan open       •        
014r Kayumars enthroned open       •        
015v Jamshid enthroned open       •        
022v Faridun enthroned open       •        
040v The murder of Iraj open       •        
048v open       •        
053v Rudaba and Zal together open       •        
064r The birth of Rustam open       •        
075v open       •        
090v Kay Kavus airborne open       •        
104v Rustam mortally wounds Suhrab open       •        
118v open       •        
132r open       •        
156r open       •        
162r open       •        
178v open       •        
187v open       •        
196v open       •        
198r Colophon open       •        
198v Illuminated unvan open       •        
210v Rustam rescues Bizhan from the pit open     •          
212r open     •          
241r open     •          
245v open     •          
249v open     •          
260v open     •          
273v open     •          
285v open     •          
300v open     •          
301r open     •          
302v open     •          
303r open     •          
304v open     •          
312v open     •          
316v Gushtasp kills a dragon in Rum open     •          
322r Colophon open     •          
322v Illuminated unvan open     •          
322v Gushtasp enthroned open     •          
333v open     •          
340v A open     •          
340v B null open     •          
341r Isfandiyar's third labour: he fights the dragon open     •          
342r Isfandiyar's fourth labour: he kills the sorceress open     •          
342v Isfandiyar's fifth labour: he kills the Simurgh open     •          
363r Rustam shoots Isfandiyar in the eyes with a double-pointed arrow open     •          
365r Rustam kills Shaghad before dying open     •          
368v open     •          
380r Dara is killed by his own ministers open     •          
381r Iskandar enthroned open     •          
387v Iskandar kills the Fur of Hind open     •          
395v Khizr at the Fountain of Life open     •          
399r Approaching Babylon Iskandar meets Gushbistar open     •          
403r open     •          
406r The execution of Ardavan by Ardashir open     •          
409v Ardashir Babakan enthroned open     •          
420v Shapur Dhu'l Aktaf enthroned open     •          
428v Yazdagird the Sinner enthroned open     •          
430v open     •          
432v A sea monster kills Yazdagird open     •          
434v open     •          
436r open     •          
439v open     •          
445r open     •          
471r Colophon open       •        
471v Illuminated unvan open       •        
471v Anushirvan enthroned open       •        
499v open       •        
504v open       •        
517v Hurmuzd enthroned open       •        
526v open       •        
545r open       •        
549v open       •        
571r open       •        
579r open       •        
582v open       •        
586v Yazdagird III enthroned open       •        
594r open       •        
595v open       •        
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