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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
open Lewis O. 166 open 43 43
open Lewis O. 50 open 52 50 2
open Lewis O. 51 open 30 30
open Lewis O. 52 open 41 41
open Lewis O. 53 open 28 28
open Lewis O. 54 open 11 11
open Lewis O. 55 open 25 25
open Lewis O. 56 open 17 15 2
close   Lewis O. 57 open 52 1 51
Binding open           •    
001v Firdausi and his book introduced to Sultan Mahmud open           •    
007v Illuminated unvan over start of the poem open           •    
010r Kayumars enthroned open           •    
017v Jamshid sawn in half before Zahhak open           •    
022r Faridun binds Zahhak open           •    
038v Rudaba lets down her hair for Zal to climb up open           •    
047v The birth of Rustam open           •    
054r Zal shoots Gulbad open           •    
062v Unidentified scene open           •    
067v Rustam's third labour: he kills a dragon open           •    
068r Rustam's fourth labour: he kills the witch open           •    
069v Rustam's seventh labour: he kills the White Div open           •    
085v Rustam mortally wounds Suhrab open           •    
107r Guruy executes Siyavush open           •    
117r Kay Khusrau crosses the Oxus with Farangis and Giv open           •    
127v Farud retreats to his fortress and is mortally wounded by Ruhham open           •    
132v Illuminated unvan open           •    
143r Rustam kills Ashkabus and his horse open           •    
150r Rustam pulls the Khaqan of Chin from his elephant by lasso open           •    
157v Rustam kills Akvan Div open           •    
169v Rustam rescues Bizhan from the pit open           •    
169v Rustam rescues Bizhan from the pit open           •    
176v Scene from the Barzunama open           •    
190r Barzu's mother prevents Rustam from killing Barzu open           •    
201v Scene from the Barzunama open           •    
209r Bizhan kills Human open           •    
216r The sixth combat: Bizhan kills Ruyin open           •    
217v The eleventh combat: Gudarz kills Piran open           •    
229r Kay Khusrau kills Shida open           •    
243vA The execution of Afrasiyab open           •    
243vB The execution of Garsivaz open           •    
249r Rustam and other champions searching in the mountains for their comrades lost in the snow open           •    
250v Illuminated unvan open           •    
259r Gushtasp enthroned open           •    
268v The death of Luhrasp in battle against the forces of Arjasp open           •    
274v Isfandiyar's fourth labour: he kills the sorceress open           •    
275v Isfandiyar's fifth labour: he kills the Simurgh open           •    
291r Rustam shoots Isfandiyar in the eyes with a double-pointed arrow open           •    
295v Rustam kills Shaghad before dying open           •    
304v Iskandar attends the dying Dara open           •    
312v Queen Qaydafa shows Iskandar his portrait open           •    
318r Iskandar builds a wall against Gog and Magog open           •    
345r Bahram Gur hunts in the company of Azada open           •    
352r A drunken shoemaker rides on Bahram Gur's escaped lion open           •    
360v Bahram Gur goes to the hunting grounds open         •      
378v Illuminated unvan at the start of Daftar IV open           •    
386r Nushzad killed in battle with Ram Barzin open           •    
399r Buzurjmihr arranges chess pieces before Anushirvan open           •    
439r Bahram Chubina captues Nastuh open           •    
459r Mihr Hurmuzd murders Khusrau Parviz open           •    
open Lewis O. 58 open 130 59 71
open Lewis O. 59 open 81 81
close Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art open 3 4 3 1
close Princeton, University Library (Firestone) open 5 285 89 196
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