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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 Tehran, Hunarha-yi Ta'ziini open 2 50 4 46
close Tehran, Iranian National Museum (Iran Bastan) open 10 100 38 62
open 20658 open 22 22
open 20659 open 2 2
open 3590 open 0
open 4336 open 26 26
close 4361 open 43 38 5
0030 Kayumars enthroned open              
0044 The enthronement of Zahhak open              
0070 Manuchihr kills Tur in battle open              
0089 Rudaba lets down her hair for Zal to climb up open              
0134 Rustam catches Rakhsh open              
0155 Rustam's seventh labour: he kills the White Div open              
0176 Kay Kavus airborne open              
0192 Suhrab fights Gurdafarid open              
0227 The fire ordeal of Siyavush open              
0247 Siyavosh plays polo before Afrasiyab open              
0261 Discourse of Siyavush and Garsivaz open              
0273 Guruy executes Siyavush open              
0285 Human attacks Rustam to allow Afrasiyab to escape open              
0298 Kay Kavus receives Kay Khusrau on his arrival from Turan open              
0323 Bizhan fights Farud on foot open              
0332 The Iranians withdraw after Piran defeats them open              
0357 The Iranians attack the Turanians at night open              
0374 Rustam kills Ashkabus and his horse open              
0378 Rustam captures and kills Kamus open              
0394 Rustam pulls the Khaqan of Chin from his elephant by lasso open              
0417 Kay Khusrau receives Rustam after he has killed Akvan Div open              
0439 Rustam feasts with Kay Khusrau open              
0449 Rustam rescues Bizhan from the pit open              
0471 Bizhan and Human wrestle for a second time open              
0501 Kay Khusrau mourns for Piran and the dead Turanians open              
0523 Kay Khusrau throws Shida to the ground open              
0537 Kay Khusrau besieges Gang Dizh open              
0557 Kay Kavus and Kay Khusrau approach the sacred fire open              
0583 Luhrasp enthroned open              
0601 Gushtasp reunited with Zarir open              
0620 Arjasp flees from the battlefield open              
0657 The battle of Argasb and Isfandiyar and Argasb is getting killed open              
0673 Rustam kicks aside the rock pushed by Bahman open              
0706 Rustam shoots Isfandiyar in the eyes with a double-pointed arrow open              
0730 Rustam kills Shaghad before dying open              
0744 Iskandar attends the dying Dara open              
0766 Queen Qaydafa shows Iskandar his portrait open              
0842 Bahram Gur hunts in the company of Azada open              
0852 Bahram Gur wins the crown by killing two lions open              
0895 Bahram kills a wolf in India open              
1035 Bahram Chubina kills the fleeing Sava Shah open              
1096 Bahram Chubina and Khusrau Parviz fight for the third time open              
1146 Mihr Hurmuzd murders Khusrau Parviz open              
open 4362 open 0
open 4532 open 3 3
open 4555 open 1 1
open 4579 open 2 2
open 4745 open 1 1
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