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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
open UK 29 268 3928 31 715 1095 972 362 562 12 176
close USA 39 402 3180 309 254 706 984 223 582 6 113
close Ann Arbor, Special Collections Library open 1 19 19
close Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Museum of Art open 2 37 36 1
close Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum open 6 163 4 23 126 10
close Bloomington, The Lilly Library of Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana University open 2 14 1 13
close Boston, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum open 2 2 2
close Boston, Museum of Fine Arts open 47 87 16 17 19 22 3 1 9
close Bridgeport, Olsen Foundation open 2 5 2 3
close Buffalo, NY, Albright-Knox Gallery open 1 0
close Cambridge, Harvard University Art Museums open 78 96 19 10 48 14 2 1
close Cambridge, Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library open 3 5 1 3 1
Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago open 0 0
close Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Art Museum open 1 5 5
close Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art open 9 11 5 2 4
close Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts open 1 1 1
Honolulu, Honolulu Academy of the Arts open 0 0
close Houston, Texas, Art and History Trust open 2 0
close Kansas, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art open 2 3 3
close Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art open 26 34 5 9 18 2
close Minneapolis, Institute of Arts open 1 0
Minneapolis, Minneapolis Institute of Art open 0 0
close New Haven, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library open 4 43 19 24
New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery open 0 0
close New Haven, Yale University Manuscript Library open 13 0
close New York, Brooklyn Museum of Art open 15 25 4 4 8 5 4
close New York , Metropolitan Museum of Art open 34 585 114 23 135 291 16 6
close New York, The Morgan Library and Museum open 2 75 5 70
New York, New York Alex Gallery open 0 0
close New York, Public Library open 12 621 211 125 277 6 2
Oregon, Portland Art Museum open 0 0
close Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia open 11 510 50 142 13 41 193 71
close Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art open 3 4 3 1
close Princeton, University Library (Firestone) open 5 285 89 196
open Islamic MSS, Third Series no. 310 open 51 51
open Ms. 56 G open 38 38
open Ms. 57 G open 36 36
open Ms. 58 G open 120 120
close   Ms. 59 G open 40 40
001v Illuminated title page (verso side) open              
002r Illuminated title page (recto side) open              
013r Faridun defeats Zahhak open              
019v Salm and Tur murder Iraj open              
023v Manuchihr and the Iranians attack the army of Tur open              
026r Manuchihr kills Salm open              
032v Zal shoots fowl open              
034r Zal by Rudaba's castle open              
042v Manuchihr feasts with Zal after meeting with mubads (add the title) open              
047r Rustam kills Zal's white elephant open              
048r Rustam fights Mihtar, kotwal of Kuh-i Sipand open              
051v Qubad fights Barman open              
054v Afrasiyab beheads Naudhar open              
057v Rustam lassoes Rakhsh open              
059r Rustam lifts Qulun at the tip of the spear open              
065r Rakhsh grabs the lion by his teeth and threw him on the ground open              
066v Rustam's third labour: he kills a dragon open              
067r Rustam splits the witch woman in half open              
068r Rustam's fifth labour: he lassoes Aulad open              
069r Rustam beheads Arzhang open              
070r Rustam stabs the white Div in the heart with his dagger open              
078r Kaykavus flies into the skies open              
084r Suhrab spears Hajir in the waist open              
088r Kay Kavus apologises to Rustam for his behaviour open              
093v Rustam discovers Suhrab's identity open              
096v Tahmina learns of Suhrab's death open              
102r The fire ordeal of Siyavush open              
112r Siyavush rides his horse to play Polo against Afrasiyab open              
123v Giruy beheads Siyavush open              
147v Bizhan kills Palashan open              
173v Rustam overturns Chingish by seizing the tail of his horse open              
200v Rustam pulls Bizhan out of the well open              
245v Kay Khusrau beheads Afrasiyab with a strike of his sword open              
261v Gushtasp kills a dragon in Rum open              
286v Isfandiyar's third labour: he fights the dragon open              
385r Bahram Gur shoots a lion with arrow open              
387r Bahram Gur kills the dragon that had killed a youth open              
395r Bahram Gur kills a wolf in India open              
396r Bahram Gur kills a dragon in India open              
close Richmond, Virginia, Museum of Fine Arts open 1 1 1
close San Diego, San Diego Museum of Art open 22 56 34 6 10 2 2 2
San Francisco, Asian Art Museum open 0 0
Seattle, Seattle Art Museum open 0 0
close Washington DC, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery open 59 308 26 58 199 10 2 12
close Washington, D.C., Freer Gallery of Art open 31 182 104 6 7 35 24 6
close Worcester, Worcester Art Museum open 4 3 1 2
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