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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.

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open -2 - Other epics 11 187 1 2 16 95 50 23
open -2a - Bahmannama 2 47 2 1 17 10 7 9
open -2b - Barzunama 4 308 8 44 113 48 77 1 17
open -2c - Garshaspnama 2 80 3 2 9 40 1 10 15
open -1 - Preliminary materials 2 15 2 6 3 2 2
open -1a - Illuminations 6 382 3 83 104 99 33 54 1 5
open -1b - Bindings 3 81 3 6 25 14 9 20 4
open -1c - Frontispieces and Finispieces 13 252 17 60 100 43 5 14 4 5
open -1d - Preface 9 82 4 25 29 13 3 6 1 1
open 0 - Introduction 9 34 7 6 10 4 3 3 1
open 1 - Kayumars (30 years) 4 203 11 36 59 47 12 29 1 8
open 2 - Hushang (40 years) 4 14 2 2 3 3 4
open 3 - Tahmuras Div-band (30 years) 2 26 5 7 8 2 4
open 4 - Jamshid (700 years) 11 133 3 32 24 26 16 28 4
open 5 - Zahhak (1000 years) 27 293 15 63 84 66 27 33 4
open 6 - Faridun (500 years) 54 584 39 114 146 136 35 90 23
open 7 - Manuchihr (120 years) 87 843 79 114 218 220 77 109 1 25
open 8 - Nauzar (7 years) 37 190 12 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) 9 158 16 19 46 35 11 21 10
open 11 - Kay Qubad (100 years) 10 163 12 26 38 49 8 24 1 5
open 12 - Kay Kavus (150 years) 50 885 71 126 190 239 93 136 1 29
close 12b - Kay Kavus fights the King of Hamavaran 43 318 15 52 78 92 29 39 13
close Kay Kavus fights the King of Hamavaran open 11 4 3 2 1 1
close Rustam fights the King of Hamavaran (CHECK) open 1 1
close Kay Kavus asks the king of Hamavaran to marry his daughter open 3 2 1
close Kay Kavus marries Sudaba open 11 3 1 2 1 3 1
close Kay Kavus led captive before the King of Hamavaran open 2 2
close The King of Hamavaran imprisons Kay Kavus and his men in a mountain open 4 2 1 1
close Afrasiyab attacks the land of Iran open 3 1 2
close Rustam sends a message to the King of Hamavaran open 1 1
close Rustam fights the armies of three Kings open 10 1 1 1 3 3 1
close Rustam pulls the King of Sham from his saddle by lasso open 12 1 2 4 2 2 1
close Guraza captures the Shah of Barbaristan open 3 1 1 1
close Rustam parleys with the King of Hamavaran open 5 2 2 1
close Kay Kavus sends a message to Caesar and Afrasiyab open 4 1 1 1 1
close Kay Kavus restored, regulates the world open 2 2
close A div tempts Kay Kavus open 8 1 3 2 2
close Kay Kavus prepares for his flight to the heavens open 3 2 1
close   Kay Kavus airborne open 135 6 24 40 34 12 14 5
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close Kay Kavus falls back down to earth open 6 1 1 1 2 1
close Gudarz reproaches Kay Kavus open 6 1 4 1
close Rustam and the Iranians hunt in Afrasiyab's preserves open 10 1 1 2 4 2
close Rustam and the seven champions prepare to encounter Afrasiyab open 8 1 4 1 2
close Rustam fights Afrasiyab open 9 3 3 2 1
close Rustam fights the Turanians open 17 1 1 4 5 1 3 2
close Pilsam fights Gurgin, Gustakham and Giv (DUPL) open 2 1 1
close Rustam kills Alkus in combat open 37 1 7 6 13 3 7
close Rustam tries to lasso Afrasiyab open 5 1 4
open 12c - Suhrab 57 549 23 88 131 164 44 78 20
open 12d - Siyavush 149 885 56 146 237 237 57 122 30
open 12e - Kay Khusrau comes to Iran 103 463 25 75 119 120 43 66 1 14
open 13 - Kay Khusrau (60 years) 98 482 42 60 124 125 42 77 12
open 13b - Kamus-i Kashani 75 502 35 60 143 146 26 75 17
open 13c - Rustam and the Khaqan-i Chin 79 479 32 73 114 117 35 86 1 21
open 13d - Rustam fights Akhvan Div 17 223 10 31 49 75 15 37 6
open 13e - Bizhan and Manizha 60 544 34 74 130 155 44 83 2 22
open 13f - The Twelve Rukhs 107 975 76 185 242 233 55 148 36
open 13g - The Great War between Kay Khusrau and Afrasiyab 151 840 47 151 214 196 56 131 45
open 14 - Luhrasp (120 years) 47 361 29 69 112 81 13 42 15
open 15 - Gushtasp (120 years) 225 1760 152 225 458 463 126 279 57
open 16 - Bahman son of Isfandiyar (99 years) 16 50 3 4 12 17 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) 16 201 3 28 59 55 13 32 11
open 20 - Iskandar (14 years) 106 596 74 80 143 141 51 74 1 32
open 21 - The Ashkanians (200 years) 45 176 25 20 52 40 9 18 12
open 22  - The Sassanians: Ardashir Babakan (42 years) 14 96 14 18 29 20 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) 33 136 11 22 36 43 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) 23 336 23 56 96 91 23 35 1 11
open 35 - Bahram Gur (1) (63 years) 64 353 54 46 86 80 25 49 13
open 35b - Bahram Gur (2) 51 198 27 25 51 51 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 60 10 10 13 19 2 4 2
open 41 - Kisra Anushirvan (48 years) 128 558 69 69 155 140 18 69 38
open 42 - Hurmuzd (14 years) 75 273 28 32 73 65 10 42 1 22
open 43 - Khusrau Parviz (38 years) 173 639 67 83 166 155 27 92 1 48
open 44 - Qubad son of Parviz (7 months) 26 122 11 11 33 28 8 24 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) 24 166 7 26 29 56 16 25 1 6