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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
open Iran 18 91 1781 4 146 623 234 88 473 213
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
close Pakistan 19 43 235 4 15 65 147 1 3
close Bahaulpur, Library open 1 0
close Islamabad, Ganj Bakhsh open 4 0
close Karachi, Hamdard Library open 2 0
close Karachi, National Museum open 4 0
close Karachi, National Museum of Pakistan open 4 0
Lahore, Faqir Khana Museum open 0 0
close Lahore, Faqir Khaneh open 1 0
close Lahore, Kitabkhana al-Riaz open 1 0
close Lahore, Lahore Museum open 7 56 2 1 51 2
Lahore, Lahore Museum open 0 0
Lahore, Panjab University Library open 0 0
close Lahore, Punjab Public Library open 1 0
close Lahore, Punjab University Library open 11 179 4 13 64 96 1 1
open 2759 open 1 1
open 122 open 4 4
open 1556 open 12 11 1
open 1663 open 2 2
open 2750 open 18 18
open O 15/7248 open 25 25
open O 16/7249 open 17 17
close   O 17/7250 open 22 22
Start of the prose Preface open              
000 Start of Prose Preface open              
016r Rustam lifts Afrasiyab by the belt open              
021v Rustam's first labour: Rakhsh kills a lion open              
023r Rustam's third labour: he kills a dragon open              
024r Rustam's fourth labour: he kills the witch open              
027r Rustam's seventh labour: he kills the White Div open              
056r Rustam mortally wounds Suhrab open              
059r Tus and Gudarz encounter a maiden in the forest open              
060v Siyavush returns from Zabulistan open              
066v The fire ordeal of Siyavush open              
077r Siyavush plays polo before Afrasiyab open              
134r Sam asks the Simurgh to return Zal open              
140v Rudaba lets down her hair for Zal to climb up open              
153r Sam and Zal leaving for Kabul to meet Rudaba and her family open              
154v The birth of Rustam open              
157r Rustam kills Zal's white elephant open              
158v Rustam fights Mihtar, kotwal of Kuh-i Sipand open              
158v Rustam fights Mihtar, kotwal of Kuh-i Sipand open              
170r Rustam catches Rakhsh open              
186v Zahhak hears Kava's complaint open              
218r Rustam kills Chingish open              
open O 19/7251 open 23 23
open Pe I 1B 1535 open 30 30
open Pe I 1c 1722 open 25 25
close Lahore, Shish Mahall open 1 0
close Multan, Library open 1 0
close Peshawar, Ajaib Gohar Museum open 1 0
close Sadiq Abad, Ghausiyyah Library open 2 0
close Sargodha, Khilafat open 1 0
close Sheikhupoora, Mir Val Library open 1 0
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