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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
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
close Russia 5 33 1147 53 149 201 451 162 131
close Moscow, Museum of the Orient open 5 3 3
close St Petersburg, The Hermitage Museum open 2 13 1 12
close St Petersburg, Institute of Oriental Manuscripts open 10 368 134 60 158 16
close St Petersburg, National Library of Russia open 15 733 53 14 138 409 4 115
close Dorn 329 open 53 53
001v Hunting scence. Mahmud Shah Inju'id receiving Mongol envoys (frontispiece) open •              
002r Hunting scence. Mahmud Shah Inju'id receiving Mongol envoys (frontispiece) open •              
011v Faridun defeats Zahhak open •              
015v Tur muders Iraj open •              
021v The Simurgh brings Zal to Sam open •              
032v The infant Rustam on horseback open •              
040r Rustam catches Rakhsh open •              
045r Rustam's first labour: Rakhsh kills a lion open •              
045v Rustam's third labour: he kills a dragon open •              
046r Rustam's fourth labour: he cut the witch in two open •              
047v Rustam's seventh labour: he kills the White Div open •              
065r The fire ordeal of Siyavush open •              
077v Guruy executes Siyavush open •              
088r Kay Khusrau crosses the Oxus with Farangis and Giv open •              
097r Farud retreats to his fortress and is mortally wounded by Ruhham open •              
102v Tazhav kills Bahram open •              
115v Rustam captures and kills Kamus open •              
123v Rustam besieges the Kafur's fortress of Bidad open •              
137r Rustam removes the stone from the mouth of Bizhan's pit open •              
145r Bizhan and Human rest near a spring open •              
152rA Fariburz kills Kalbad open •              
152rB The second combat: Giv fights Guruy Zirih open •              
152vA The third combat: Guraza fights Siyamak open •              
152vB The fourth combat: Furuhil fights Zangala open •              
153rA The fifth combat: Ruhham fights Barman open •              
153rB The sixth combat: Bizhan fights Ruyin open •              
153vA The seventh combat: Hujir fights Sipahram open •              
153vB The eighth combat: Zanga-yi Shavaran fights Akhvast open •              
154rA The ninth combat: Gurgin fights Andariman open •              
154rB The tenth combat: Barta fights Kuhram open •              
154v The eleventh combat: Gudarz fights Piran open •              
163r Kay Khusraw kills Shida open •              
176r Kay Khusrau kills Afrasiyab while Garsivaz watches open •              
181v Kay Khusrau's champions lost in the snow open •              
210r Rustam shoots Isfandiyar in the eyes open •              
214r Ablution and annointment of Rustam's body open •              
222r Dara is killed by his vazirs open •              
234v Iskandar Watching the Wall Built Against Gug and Magug open •              
243r Ardashir pours molten lead down the worm's throat open •              
258v Bahram Gur's mount tramples Azada open •              
267v Bahram Gur kills the dragon that had devoured a youth open •              
274r The battle between the armies of Bahram Gur and the Khaqan of Chin open •              
288r Anushirvan executes Mazdak and five of his followers open •              
296v Anushirvan finds a young man in his harem open •              
307r Buzurjmihr and the envoy of Kannuj playing chess open •              
321r Bahram Chubina Spinning Donned as a Woman open •              
335v Gustaham in conversation with the weeping talisman open •              
343r Bahram Chubina kills the lion-dragon open •              
352v The musician Barbad plays for Khusrau Parviz open •              
363v Sa'd-i Vaqqas kills General Rustam open •              
368v Mahuy Suri and Two of his Sons Condemned to Death in front of Bizhan open •              
369r Mahmud, Sultan of Ghazna, and his Advisers (finispiece) open •              
open Dorn 331 open 12 12
open Dorn 332 open 13 13
open Dorn 333 open 193 193
open Dorn 334 open 27 27
open PNS 117 open 1 1
open PNS 13 open 48 48
open PNS 266 open 69 69
open PNS 381 open 50 50
open PNS 382 open 30 30
open PNS 383 open 4 4
open PNS 394 open 67 67
open PNS 64 open 66 66
open PNS 65 open 75 75
open PNS 90 open 25 25
close St Petersburg, Oriental Library, St Petersburg University open 1 30 30
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