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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
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
close UK 29 268 3928 31 715 1095 972 362 562 12 176
close Birmingham, Special Collections open 1 72 20 52
close Cambridge, Ancient Indian and Iran Trust open 1 29 29
close Cambridge, Cheffins open 1 5 5
close Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum open 5 101 28 4 69
close Cambridge, University Library open 10 271 11 69 12 1 121 12 45
close Exeter, Devon and Exeter Institution open 1 0
close London, The British Library open 39 1290 295 346 457 102 86 4
close London, The British Museum open 34 73 14 7 8 5 37 1 1
close London, Christie's open 16 102 13 81 1 4 3
open 1999 April 19, lot 50 open 13 13
close   2001 May 1, lot 109 open 32 32
001v Solomon and Queen of Sheba enthroned open     •          
002r Solomon and Queen of Sheba enthroned open     •          
010v Firdausi in the hammam open     •          
027v Faridun takes Zuhhak to mount Damavand open     •          
039r Manuchihr catches up with fleeing Salm open     •          
056v Zal assumes throne open     •          
069r Rustam lassoes Rakhsh open     •          
077v Rustam stabs the white Div in the heart with his dagger open     •          
088r Rustam fights Pilsam open     •          
099v Rustam mourns the death of Suhrab open     •          
107r Siyavush climbs the mount of fire open     •          
167r Rustam shoots Ashkabus in the chest with an arrow open     •          
213v Bizhan reaches for his dagger open     •          
246r The queen of Afrasiyab and her daughters meet Kaykhusrau open     •          
264v Lurasp is enthroned open     •          
265r Lurasp is enthroned open     •          
289v Isfandiyar lassoes Gurgsar open     •          
302v Rustam eats with Bahman open     •          
312v Rustam shoots Isfandiyar in the eye with his tamarisk arrow open     •          
318r Rustam shoots Shughad through the tree trunk open     •          
354v Ardshir points out his son shapur from the group of children palying Polo open     •          
369r Shapur II captures Qaysar open     •          
375v Bahram Gur breaks the antlers of a male deer with an arrow open     •          
402v Musicians entertain Shangul and Bahram Gur open     •          
413r The army of Khushnavaz flees the battlefiled open     •          
418v Kasra Anushiravan hangs Mazdak from his feet open     •          
436v Execution of Mahbud and the Jew by Nushirvan open     •          
469v Bahram Chubina mounts the head of Sava on a spear open     •          
487v Bahram Chubina shoots Khusrau Parviz with an arrow open     •          
514v Khusrau Parviz addresses Gurdiya open     •          
537v Group of poets seated in landscape open     •          
538r Group of poets seated in landscape open     •          
open 2001 October 16, lot 76 open 24 24
open 2001 October 16, lot 85 open 1 1
open 2002 October 15, lot 152 open 19 19
open 2002 October 15, lot 169 open 0
open 2002 October 15, lot 193 open 2 2
open 2008 October 6, lot 306 open 2 2
open 2008 October 6, lot 62 open 2 2
open 2009 March 31, Lot 183 open 1 1
open 2009 March 31, lot 184 open 1 1
open 2009 March 31, lot 185 open 1 1
open 2009 March 31, lot 186 open 1 1
open 2009 March 31, lot 187 open 1 1
open 2009 March 31, lot 191 open 1 1
open 2009 March 31, lot 222 open 1 1
close London, Colnaghi Auction House open 1 1 1
close London , Francesca Galloway open 4 4 3 1
close London, Keir Collection open 29 142 10 63 26 43
close London, Noor Collection open 1 0
close London, Royal Asiatic Society open 2 46 31 1 14
close London, Sam Fogg open 14 77 1 39 8 20 9
close London, School of Oriental & African Studies open 6 94 4 47 40 3
close London, Sotheby's open 44 142 4 1 107 26 1 3
close London , Spink open 2 3 2 1
close London, Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding open 19 47 28 19
close Manchester, John Rylands University Library of Manchester open 11 579 76 239 102 162
close Oxford, All Souls College open 2 68 21 47
close Oxford, Bodleian Library open 14 561 2 173 56 41 123 56 109
close Oxford, Merton College open 1 18 16
close Private, Lady Homayun Renwick open 4 2 1 1
close Private, St. Gall open 1 1 1
close St Andrews, University of St Andrews Library open 1 37 37
close Windsor, Windsor Castle open 2 161 89 71 1
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