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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
open Ms 1915 open 43 43
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
close   Ms 943 open 40 40
021 Kiyumarth on the throne open              
034 Jamshid sawn in half before Zahhak open              
043 Faridun brings Zahhak to Mount Damavand open              
062 Manuchihr receives Zal at his enthronement open              
071 Zal visits Rudaba open              
086 Rustam's birth open              
101 The battle of Rustam and Batiyara open              
128 The battle of Rostam and the dragon open              
129 Rustam kills the witch woman open              
168 Rustam mortally wounds Suhrab open              
182 The fire ordeal of Siyavush open              
213 Garvi kills Siyavosh open              
232 Kaykhusrau next to the spring open              
240 Kay Khusrau crosses the Oxus with Farangis and Giv open              
260 Jarira commits suicide over her son's body open              
303 Rustam overturns Chingish by seizing the tail of his horse open              
314 Rustam pulls the Khaqan of Chin from his elephant by lasso open              
332 Rustam kills Akvan Div open              
358 Rustam rescues Bizhan from the pit open              
371 The battle of Barzu with Tus and Fariburz open              
399 Barzu's mother prevents Rustam from killing Barzu open              
423 The battle of Barzu and an enemy before Rustam open              
470 The eleventh combat: Gudarz kills Piran open              
519 Kaykhusrau kills Afrasiyab open              
534 Rustam and other champions searching in the mountains for their comrades lost in the snow open              
548 Gushtasp kills the dragon open              
573 The horsemen of Arjasp fight Luhrasp open              
581 The battle of Isfandiyar and Kargsar open              
666 Iskandar in the land of the Brahmins open              
827 Anushirvan receives the Khaqan's daughter open              
849 Anushiravan`s death open              
857 The discourse of Bahram and armies open              
859 The capture of enemy before Bahram open              
869 Bahram kills Sava open              
897 Bahram Chubina enthroned open              
907 Khusrau Parviz accompanies Qasar's daugther to Iran open              
924 Gurdiya mourns for her brother Bahram Chubina open              
943 The battle of Shiruye and army open              
954 Hurmuz kills Khusrau Parviz open              
957 Shirin commits suicide by the coffin of Khusrau Parviz open              
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