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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
open Ms. 11555 open 1 1
open Ms. 11556 open 0
close   Ms. 1339 open 60 60
004r Gushtasp meets Zarir open              
005v Gushtasp seeks work in Rum with the smith Burab open              
008r Gushtasp kills a wolf in Rum open              
014r Gushtasp enthroned open              
021r Isfandiyar kills Bidarafsh open              
024r Gushtasp puts Isfandiyar in chains open              
026v Gushtasp flees from Arjasp (sic) open              
028r Jamasp releases Isfandiyar open              
030v Isfandiyar lassoes the Turanian hero Gurgsar open              
032v Isfandiyar's first labour: he fights the wolves open              
033r Isfandiyar's second labour: he fights the lions open              
034r Isfandiyar's third labour: he fights the dragon open              
035r Isfandiyar's fourth labour: he kills the sorceress open              
036r Isfandiyar's fifth labour: he kills the Simurgh open              
037v Isfandiyar's seventh labour: Gurgsar leads him across the lake to Ruyin Dizh (the Brazen Hold) open              
038v Isfandiyar kills Gurgsar during the seventh labour open              
039v Isfandiyar disguised as a merchant before Arjasp open              
042v Isfandiyar kills Arjasp to rescue his sisters open              
046v Isfandiyar on the march to Zabul open              
048r Rustam kicks aside the rock pushed by Bahman open              
051v Rustam and Isfandiyar parley open              
054r Rustam boasts about his strength open              
058r The first combat of Rustam and Isfandiyar open              
059r Zavara and Faramarz kill Isfandiyar's sons Nush-Azar and Mihr-i Nush open              
062r The Simurgh heals Rustam's wounds open              
064v Rustam shoots Isfandiyar in the eyes with a double-pointed arrow open              
067r Isfandiyar mourned open              
072r Rustam kills Shaghad before dying open              
075r The laundryman rescues Darab from the water open              
077v Darab and Rashnavad fight the Rumis open              
084r Iskandar executes Dara's murderers open              
089r Kayd gets his daughter ready for Iskandar open              
092v Iskandar kills the Fur of Hind open              
099v Iskandar kills a dragon open              
101v Iskandar and the sage Khizr seek the fountain of Life open              
103r Iskandar builds a wall against Gog and Magog open              
104v Iskandar and the talking tree open              
107v The execution of Ardavan by Ardahsir open              
109r The story of Haftvad's daughter open              
120r Shapur Dhu'l Aktaf enthroned open              
130r Bahram Gur hunts in the company of Azada open              
135v Bahram Gur fights two lions to win the throne open              
139v A drunken shoemaker rides on Bahram Gur's escaped lion open              
152v Bahram Gur captures the Khaqan of Chin open              
160r Bahram Gur kills a monkey-lion before the throne of Shapur of India open              
161r Bahram Gur kills a dragon in India open              
170v Qubad returns to Iran ? open              
175v Anushirvan enthroned open              
184v Buzurjmihr interprets a dream for Anushirvan open              
201r Buzurjmihr arranges chess pieces before Anushirvan open              
207r Talhand dies on the back of his elephant during the battle open              
221v Hurmuzd enthroned open              
231v Bahram Chubina kills the fleeing Sava Shah open              
247v Bahram Chubina's night attack on the camp of Khusrau Parviz open              
263r Battle of Bahram with Sutud ? open              
267v Bahram Chubina kills the monkey-lion open              
275v Qalun is arrested and beaten to death open              
280r Khusrau Parviz visits Shirin in her castle open              
283r The musician Barbad plays for Khusrau Parviz open              
293r Mihr Hurmuzd murders Khusrau Parviz open              
close Tehran, Gulistan Museum open 11 512 51 112 132 177 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