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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 4248 open 58 58
014 The battle of Humay and Bahman open         •      
030 Battle of Tus with Fariburz open         •      
047 Battle of Rustam with Barzu open         •      
094 Rustam meets king of Iran after defeating Barzu open         •      
112 Bahman in private audience with Katayun open         •      
120 Lu'lu' and his army before Bahman open         •      
129 Rustam rescues Adhar from Bahman's prison open         •      
143 Adhar battles Pars open         •      
154 Battle of Bahman with Adhar open         •      
155 Battle of Adhar with Sam open         •      
157 Rustam fights the div open         •      
163 Faramarz and Bizhan fight the divs open         •      
166 Faramarz fights the dragon open         •      
170 Faramarz fights Simin Rukh open         •      
171 Faramarz fights the king of Hind open         •      
177 Bahman fights the dragon open         •      
183 Rustam fights the army of divs open         •      
185 King of Iran receives a messenger sent by Khaqan Chin open         •      
193 Rustam is injured by a div in battle open         •      
195 Rustam fights Bahman's army open         •      
198 Jamasp goes to Adhar open         •      
202 Bahman fights Lu'lu' open         •      
203 Katayun meets Bahman open         •      
212 Piruz fights Zal open         •      
219 Faramarz fights Ruhham open         •      
227 Battle of Ruhham with Banu Gushasp open         •      
230 Salman Barbari fights Zal open         •      
238 Faramarz fights Fir'aun the div open         •      
244 Scene from the Shabrangnama open         •      
246 Scene from the Shabrangnama open         •      
248 Scene from the Shabrangnama open         •      
255 Scene from the Shabrangnama open         •      
277 Banu Gushasp fights Pashutan open         •      
292 Banu Gushasp in battle open         •      
307 Court of Bahman open         •      
321 Sam fights Kuhyar open         •      
336 Bahman puts Zal in a cage open         •      
346 Lu'lu' meets the paladins open         •      
361 Gushtasp fights Ilyas open         •      
391 Jamasp rescues Isfandiyar open         •      
395 Isfandiyar kills the lions open         •      
397 Isfandiyar's third labour: he fights the dragon open         •      
399 Isfandiyar meets Pashutan open         •      
401 Isfandiyar's fifth labour: he kills the Simurgh open         •      
424 Zavara and Faramarz kill Isfandiyar's sons Nush-Azar and Mihr-i Nush open         •      
428 Rustam shoots Isfandiyar in the eyes with a double-pointed arrow open         •      
432 Farmarz holds council on invading Kabul open         •      
449 Iskandar attends the dying Dara open         •      
475 Iskandar kills a dragon open         •      
495 Ardshir fights Ardvan open         •      
525 Shapur besieges Qaysar's court and arrests Qaysar open         •      
542 Bahram Gur enthroned open         •      
564 Bahram Gur hunts lions open         •      
633 The battle between the armies of Chin and Haytal open         •      
645 Buzurjmihr advises Anushirvan open         •      
742 Khusrau Parviz hears from the monk again open         •      
757 The war between the generals of Khusrau Parviz and Bahram Chubina open         •      
818 Farrukhzad meets Yazdgird in his court open         •      
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 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