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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 BBP 86 open 73 73
001v Illuminated title page (verso side) open       •        
002r Illuminated title page (recto side) open       •        
004r Bizhan kills Mahuy to avenge Yazdagird open       •        
006r The miller assassinates Yazdagird open       •        
012v Yazdagird III enthroned open       •        
013v Illuminated unvan open       •        
016v Mihr Hurmuzd murders Khusrau Parviz open       •        
026r The musician Barbad plays for Khusrau Parviz open       •        
028v Khusrau Parviz goes hunting open       •        
039r Bahram Chubina kills the monkey-lion open       •        
054v Bahram Chubina enthroned open       •        
093v Talhand dies on the back of his elephant during the battle open       •        
099v Anushirvan sits before the chessboard sent by the Raja of Hind open       •        
127r Anushirvan enthroned open       •        
131v Shiruy (Qubad) enthroned open       •        
153r Bahram Gur marries Arzu, the daughter of Mahyar the jeweller open       •        
160r Bahram Gur fights two lions to win the throne open       •        
163v Bahram Gur, Munzir and Nu'man receive a Persian delegation at Jahrum open       •        
165v A sea monster kills Yazdagird open       •        
167v Bahram Gur hunts in the company of Azada open       •        
169v Yazdagird the Sinner enthroned open       •        
176r Shapur Dhu'l Aktaf enthroned open       •        
189r Ardashir hangs Haftvad and his eldest son Shahuy open       •        
193r The execution of Ardavan by Ardashir open       •        
195v Ardashir gives advice to the Iranian people open       •        
200r Iskandar returns from China open       •        
203v Iskandar and the sage Khizr seek the Fountain of Life open       •        
211r Iskandar challenges Fur to single combat open       •        
218r Iskandar enthroned open       •        
219v Iskandar attends the dying Dara open       •        
223r The coronation of Bahman open       •        
230r The accession of Darab open       •        
231r Faramarz mourns Rustam and Zavara open       •        
234v Isfandiyar mourned open       •        
236v Rustam shoots Isfandiyar in the eyes with a double-pointed arrow open       •        
255v Isfandiyar kills Gurgsar during the seventh labour open       •        
256v Rustam boasts again of his lineage open       •        
266v Gushtasp puts Isfandiyar in chains open       •        
272r Gushtasp receives Zardusht and converts to the new faith open       •        
277v Gushtasp kills a dragon in Rum open       •        
283v Luhrasp enthroned open       •        
292r Zal reproaches Kay Khusrau open       •        
293v The execution of Afrasiyab open       •        
310r Kay Khusrau kills Shida open       •        
322v The eleventh combat: Gudarz kills Piran open       •        
335v Bizhan kills Human open       •        
346v Scene from the Barzunama open       •        
350v Scene from the Barzunama open       •        
355v Scene from the Barzunama open       •        
384v Rustam and Bizhan defeat Afrasiyab in battle open       •        
386v Rustam rescues Bizhan from the pit open       •        
403v Rustam kills Akvan Div open       •        
406r Rustam wrestles with Puladvand open       •        
413r Rustam pulls the Khaqan of Chin from his elephant by lasso open       •        
420v Rustam captures and kills Kamus open       •        
422v Rustam kills Ashkabus and his horse open       •        
439v Rustam comes to aid the Iranians open       •        
446v Farud kills Zarasp open       •        
453v Kay Khusrau's army besieges Bahman's castle open       •        
463r Zavara executes Surkha to avenge Siyavush open       •        
468r Siyavush taken prisoner before Afrasiyab open       •        
488r The fire ordeal of Siyavush open       •        
496r Rustam discovers Suhrab's identity open       •        
509v Kay Kavus airborne open       •        
517r Rustam's seventh labour: he kills the White Div open       •        
523r Kay Kavus enthroned open       •        
546r Sam consults the mobads about Zal open       •        
558r The murder of Iraj open       •        
569v Scene from the Narimannama open       •        
582r Jamshid enthroned open       •        
583r Tahmuras enthroned open       •        
583v The Div Khazarvan fights Siyamak open       •        
584v Kayumars enthroned open       •        
open Cama open 46 46
open HP ms 78 open 20 19 1
open HP ms 9 open 59 59
open R 377 open 51 51
open R 415a open 64 64
open R VII 90 open 13 3 10
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