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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
open BBP 86 open 73 73
open Cama open 46 46
open HP ms 78 open 20 19 1
open HP ms 9 open 59 59
close   R 377 open 51 51
001v Illuminated unvan open       •        
006r Sa'd-i Vaqqas kills Rustam open       •        
032v Bahram Chubina given wine by the old woman open       •        
046v king enthroned open       •        
055v Bahram Chubina kills the fleeing Sava Shah open       •        
087r Nushzad killed in battle with Ram Barzin open       •        
107v Shangal receives Bahram Gur after he has killed the wolf open       •        
120r open       •        
126r Bahram Gur fights two lions to win the throne open       •        
135r Shapur goes to the court of Caesar open       •        
149r Ardashir kills Mihrak Nushzad open       •        
156r Iskandar mourned open       •        
165r Queen Qaydafa shows Iskandar his portrait open       •        
173v Iskandar attends the dying Dara open       •        
183v Rustam kills Shaghad before dying open       •        
188r Rustam shoots Isfandiyar in the eyes with a double-pointed arrow open       •        
201r Isfandiyar kills Arjasp to rescue his sisters open       •        
206r Isfandiyar's second labour: he fights the lions open       •        
226v Gushtasp kills a wolf in Rum open       •        
238v The execution of Afrasiyab open       •        
253r Kay Khusrau kills Shida open       •        
262v The eleventh combat: Gudarz kills Piran open       •        
271v Bizhan kills Human open       •        
283r open       •        
295v Barzu's mother prevents Rustam from killing Barzu open       •        
305r Scene from the Barzunama open       •        
317v Rustam rescues Bizhan from the pit open       •        
317v Rustam rescues Bizhan from the pit open       •        
330v Akvan Div flings Rustam into the sea open       •        
338v Rustam pulls the Khaqan of Chin from his elephant by lasso open       •        
347r Rustam kills Ashkabus and his horse open       •        
359r Illuminated unvan open       •        
369v The death of Farud open       •        
380v Kay Khusrau crosses the Oxus with Farangis and Giv open       •        
388r Faramarz captures Surkha, son of Afrasiyab open       •        
393v Guruy executes Siyavush open       •        
401r Siyavush plays polo before Afrasiyab open       •        
408v The fire ordeal of Siyavush open       •        
415v Rustam mortally wounds Suhrab open       •        
429v Rustam fights the armies of three Kings open       •        
436r Rustam's seventh labour: he kills the White Div open       •        
439r Rustam's first labour: Rakhsh kills a lion open       •        
445r Rustam catches Rakhsh open       •        
454v Scene from another epic open       •        
458r Scene from another epic open       •        
458r2 Faridun receives Manuchihr's victory message open       •        
462v The birth of Rustam open       •        
462v2 The murder of Iraj open       •        
472r Rudaba lets down her hair for Zal to climb up open       •        
472r2 Jamshid sawn in half before Zahhak open       •        
480v Kayumars enthroned open       •        
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