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The list of chapters follows the sequence found in Mohl's edition (1838-78), which were later given an alpha-numerical designation by Fritz Wolff (1935). There are some peculiarities: first, Shapur son of Ardashir is numbered 22* and number 30 was overlooked by mistake. These irregularities are smoothed out in the edition of Dabir-Siyaqi (1956), which otherwise follows Wolff's scheme. More recent editions (Bertel's et al.; Khaleghi-Motlagh) do not give numbers to the chapters, only titles. These have been assigned numbers for the purposes of the Project. A useful concordance of chapters and page numbers in the different editions can be found in Kumiko Yamamoto's The oral background of Persian epics (Leiden, 2003), pp. xiv-xviii.

Click on the red > to display the scene titles within each chapter. This sequence of scenes has arisen from the work done on this Project, and allows new titles to be added as necessary.

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illustrations		 14C 15C 16C 17C 18C 19C 20C no date
open -2 - Other epics 11 186 1 2 16 95 50 22
open -2a - Bahmannama 2 47 2 1 17 10 7 9
open -2b - Barzunama 4 305 8 44 113 48 74 1 17
open -2c - Garshaspnama 2 78 3 2 9 38 1 10 15
open -1 - Preliminary materials 2 15 2 6 3 2 2
open -1a - Illuminations 5 364 3 78 97 94 33 53 1 5
open -1b - Bindings 3 68 3 6 21 8 9 18 3
open -1c - Frontispieces and Finispieces 13 246 17 57 100 43 5 12 4 4
open -1d - Preface 9 82 4 25 29 12 3 7 1 1
open 0 - Introduction 9 34 7 6 10 4 3 3 1
open 1 - Kayumars (30 years) 4 201 11 36 59 47 12 28 1 7
open 2 - Hushang (40 years) 4 14 2 2 3 3 4
open 3 - Tahmuras Div-band (30 years) 2 25 5 7 7 2 4
open 4 - Jamshid (700 years) 11 129 3 31 24 26 16 25 4
open 5 - Zahhak (1000 years) 27 292 15 62 85 65 27 33 4
open 6 - Faridun (500 years) 54 579 39 112 146 136 35 87 23
open 7 - Manuchihr (120 years) 88 833 75 114 216 219 77 106 1 25
open 8 - Nauzar (7 years) 37 189 11 25 51 49 19 27 6
open 9 - Zav son of Tahmasp (5 years) 2 11 3 3 3 1 1
open 10 - Garshasp (9 years) 9 154 15 19 45 35 11 20 9
open 11 - Kay Qubad (100 years) 10 162 12 26 38 49 8 23 1 5
open 12 - Kay Kavus (150 years) 50 877 67 125 190 238 93 135 1 28
open 12b - Kay Kavus fights the King of Hamavaran 43 316 14 51 78 92 29 39 13
open 12c - Suhrab 58 546 23 89 131 161 44 77 20
open 12d - Siyavush 149 884 55 147 237 236 57 122 30
open 12e - Kay Khusrau comes to Iran 103 459 25 74 119 118 43 65 1 14
open 13 - Kay Khusrau (60 years) 98 478 41 59 124 124 42 77 11
open 13b - Kamus-i Kashani 75 500 35 59 143 146 26 74 17
open 13c - Rustam and the Khaqan-i Chin 79 477 32 72 114 117 35 85 1 21
open 13d - Rustam fights Akhvan Div 17 223 10 31 49 75 15 37 6
open 13e - Bizhan and Manizha 61 543 33 73 131 155 44 83 2 22
open 13f - The Twelve Rukhs 107 961 75 178 242 230 55 145 36
open 13g - The Great War between Kay Khusrau and Afrasiyab 151 826 45 141 213 196 56 129 46
open 14 - Luhrasp (120 years) 47 351 28 62 112 79 13 42 15
open 15 - Gushtasp (120 years) 225 1743 149 222 458 455 126 276 57
open 16 - Bahman son of Isfandiyar (99 years) 16 49 3 4 12 16 6 6 2
open 17 - Humay (32 years) 17 67 6 8 18 14 6 10 5
open 18 - Darab (12 years) 14 15 5 2 2 3 3
open 19 - Dara son of Darab (14 years) 17 199 3 28 59 54 13 31 11
open 20 - Iskandar (14 years) 106 586 71 77 143 138 51 73 1 32
open 21 - The Ashkanians (200 years) 45 176 25 21 52 39 9 18 12
open 22  - The Sassanians: Ardashir Babakan (42 years) 14 95 14 18 29 19 1 10 4
open 22* - Shapur son of Ardashir (31 years) 3 23 1 1 6 6 6 3
open 23 - Urmuzd son of Shapur (1 year, 2 months) 3 3 3
open 24 - Bahram son of Urmuzd (3 years, 3 months, 3 days) 3 4 2 2
open 25 - Bahram son of Bahram (19 years) 1 3 2 1
open 26 - Bahram Bahramiyan (4 months) 2 4 2 1 1
open 27 - Narsi son of Bahram (9 years) 2 4 2 1 1
open 28 - Urmuzd son of Narsi (9 years) 2 2 1 1
open 29 - Shapur Zul-aktaf (72 years) 33 133 11 21 36 41 8 13 3
30 - Unnamed Chapter 0 0
open 31 - Ardashir the Good (12 years) 2 2 2
open 32 - Shapur son of Shapur (5 years, 4 months) 2 3 1 2
open 33 - Bahram son of Shapur (14 years) 1 5 1 1 2 1
open 34 - Yazdagird the Sinner (21 years) 23 331 21 56 95 90 23 34 1 11
open 35 - Bahram Gur (1) (63 years) 64 347 52 45 86 77 25 49 13
open 35b - Bahram Gur (2) 51 195 27 25 50 49 12 22 1 8
open 36 - Yazdagird son of Bahram Gur (18 years) 2 5 4 1
open 37 - Hurmuz son of Yazdagird (1 year, 1 month) 2 2 1 1
open 38 - Piruz son of Yazdagird (11 years, 4 months) 10 19 5 4 6 4
open 39 - Balash son of Piruz (5 years, 1 month, 6 days) 15 14 2 1 7 3 1
open 40 - Qubad son of Piruz (40 years) 25 59 10 10 13 19 2 4 1
open 41 - Kisra Anushirvan (48 years) 128 550 66 69 154 137 18 68 38
open 42 - Hurmuzd (14 years) 75 271 28 32 73 64 10 41 1 22
open 43 - Khusrau Parviz (38 years) 173 626 63 81 166 150 27 91 1 47
open 44 - Qubad son of Parviz (7 months) 26 120 11 11 33 27 8 23 7
open 45 - Ardashir Shiruy (6 months) 4 6 1 2 2 1
open 46 - Farayin Guraz (50 days) 3 5 2 2 1
open 47 - Purandukht (6 months) 4 3 1 1 1
open 48 - Azarmdukht (4 months) 2 0
open 49 - Farrukhzad (1 month) 2 1 1
open 50 - Yazdagird (16 years) 24 162 7 26 29 52 16 25 1 6