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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
open India 36 105 2879 75 378 364 674 83 1076 17 212
close Iran 18 91 1781 4 146 623 234 88 473 213
close Isfahan, Central Library, University of Isfahan open 1 30 30
close Mashhad, Astan Quds Razavi open 1 58 58
close Qum, Astana Muqaddasa open 1 0
close Qum, Markaz-i Ihya-yi Miras-i Islami open 2 16 15 1
close Tehran, Anthropology Encyclopedia Center open 1 2 1 1
close Tehran, Central Library, University of Tehran open 3 61 1 60
close Tehran, Gulistan Museum open 11 512 51 112 132 177 40
close   Ms 1915 open 43 43
0039 Faridun defeats Zahhak open              
0075 Rudaba and Zal together open              
0133 Rustam's third labour: he kills a dragon open              
0138 Rustam's seventh labour: he kills the White Div open              
0167 Suhrab fights Gurdafarid open              
0184 Rustam mortally wounds Suhrab open              
0236 Aghriras is getting killed open              
0245 Guruy executes Siyavush open              
0257 Rustam fights Afrasiyab, Human and the Turanians open              
0292 The Iranians mourn Farud open              
0335 Rustam kills Ashkabus and his horse open              
0339 Rustam captures and kills Kamus open              
0341 Rustam overturns Chingish by seizing the tail of his horse open              
0354 Rustam pulls the Khaqan of Chin from his elephant by lasso open              
0382 Bizhan is brought to Manizha's palace open              
0422 Bizhan kills Human open              
0456 Kay Khusrau mourns for Piran and the dead Turanians open              
0477 Kay Khusrau throws Shida to the ground open              
0514 The execution of Afrasiyab open              
0535 Gushtasp kills a wolf in Rum open              
0538 Gushtasp kills a dragon in Rum open              
0559 Bidarafsh kills Zarir, the brother of Gushtasp open              
0579 Isfandiyar's first labour: he fights the wolves open              
0580 Isfandiyar's second labour: he fights the lions open              
0582 Isfandiyar's third labour: he fights the dragon open              
0590 Isfandiyar kills Arjasb to rescue his sisters open              
0619 Rustam shoots Isfandiyar in the eyes with a double-pointed arrow open              
0629 Rustam kills Shaghad before dying open              
0642 Humay bequeaths the throne to Darab open              
0655 Darab is getting killed open              
0681 Iskandar kills the dragon open              
0753 Bahram hunts the ostriches open              
0763 Bahram Gur fights two lions to win the throne open              
0769 Bahram Gur hunts lion in the thicket open              
0778 Bahram Gur hunts lion open              
0787 Bahram Gur hunts lions open              
0791 Bahram Gur kills the dragon that had killed a youth open              
0808 Bahram Gur kills a dragon in India open              
0832 Mani before Qobad open              
0937 Bahram Chubina kills the fleeing Sava Shah open              
1003 Bahram Chubina kills the monkey-lion open              
open Ms 1946 open 82 82
open Ms 2173 open 18 18
open Ms 2226 open 12 12
open Ms 2239 open 94 94
open Ms 2245 open 108 108
open Ms 2247 open 4 4
open Ms 2250 open 43 3 40
open Ms 2255 open 35 35
open Ms 716 open 33 33
open Ms 943 open 40 40
close Tehran, Hunarha-yi Ta'ziini open 2 50 4 46
close Tehran, Iranian National Museum (Iran Bastan) open 10 100 38 62
close Tehran, Majlis Library (Parliament of IRI) open 3 140 21 61 58
close Tehran, Malik National Library & Museum open 4 72 36 30 6
close Tehran, Melli Library (National Library of Iran) open 10 236 133 14 89
close Tehran, Museum of Contemporary Arts open 1 125 120 5
close Tehran, Riza Abbasi Museum open 36 272 4 22 51 36 122 37
close Tehran, Sa'ad Abad open 1 21 21
close Tehran, Sepahsalar Library (Shahid Motahhari Library) open 2 64 13 51
close Tus, Tus Museum open 2 22 1 21
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