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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 11 189 1 2 16 95 50 24 1
open -2a - Bahmannama 2 48 2 1 17 11 7 9
open -2b - Barzunama 4 312 8 45 113 48 80 1 17
open -2c - Garshaspnama 2 83 3 2 10 42 1 10 15
open -1 - Preliminary materials 2 17 2 7 3 2 2 1
open -1a - Illuminations 6 403 3 86 108 101 36 61 1 7
open -1b - Bindings 3 85 3 8 25 16 9 20 4
open -1c - Frontispieces and Finispieces 13 254 17 60 102 43 5 14 4 5
open -1d - Preface 9 84 4 25 31 13 3 6 1 1
open 0 - Introduction 9 34 7 6 10 4 3 3 1
open 1 - Kayumars (30 years) 4 206 11 36 60 47 12 29 1 10
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) 11 135 3 32 24 27 16 29 4
open 5 - Zahhak (1000 years) 26 300 15 63 84 69 27 35 6
open 6 - Faridun (500 years) 53 587 39 114 149 137 34 90 23
open 7 - Manuchihr (120 years) 87 854 76 114 220 223 77 114 1 29
open 8 - Nauzar (7 years) 37 191 11 25 52 50 19 27 6
open 9 - Zav son of Tahmasp (5 years) 2 11 3 3 3 1 1
open 10 - Garshasp (9 years) 9 159 15 19 46 35 11 22 11
open 11 - Kay Qubad (100 years) 10 165 12 26 39 50 8 24 1 5
open 12 - Kay Kavus (150 years) 50 897 70 126 193 243 93 140 1 31
open 12b - Kay Kavus fights the King of Hamavaran 42 320 14 52 79 93 29 40 13
open 12c - Suhrab 57 559 25 89 132 166 44 80 22
open 12d - Siyavush 149 896 57 146 241 240 56 125 31
open 12e - Kay Khusrau comes to Iran 103 465 25 75 120 120 43 66 1 15
open 13 - Kay Khusrau (60 years) 97 490 41 60 127 128 42 79 13
open 13b - Kamus-i Kashani 75 511 35 60 148 148 26 77 17
open 13c - Rustam and the Khaqan-i Chin 78 489 34 75 115 118 36 87 1 23
open 13d - Rustam fights Akhvan Div 17 228 10 31 49 76 15 39 8
close 13e - Bizhan and Manizha 60 545 34 74 130 155 44 84 2 22
close Introducing the story of Bizhan and Manizha open 1 1
close Firdausi's companion relates the story of Bizhan and Manizha open 2 1 1
close Kay Khusrau holds court open 3 1 1 1
close The Armaniyan seek help from Kay Khusrau open 2 2
close Bizhan slaughters the wild boar open 62 9 12 17 14 5 3 2
close Gurgin betrays Bizhan open 2 1 1
close Bizhan arrives at Manizha's camping ground open 3 2 1
close Manizha's nurse speaks with Bizhan open 8 2 1 2 2 1
close Bizhan comes to Manizha's tent open 12 3 2 4 1 1 1
close Manizha entertains Bizhan in the meadows open 27 1 2 8 6 4 6
close Bizhan is brought to Manizha's palace open 4 1 1 2
close Manizha entertains Bizhan in her appartments open 3 1 1 1
close Garsivaz arrests Bizhan in Manizha's appartments open 4 4
close Bizhan brought before Afrasiyab open 19 3 3 3 2 2 5 1
close Piran stays the execution of Bizhan open 12 2 1 3 2 4
close Bizhan is brought to the pit open 10 1 1 4 2 2
close Manizha is brought to the pit open 5 1 4
close Manizha feeds Bizhan open 2 1 1
close Gurgin returns to Iran and lies to Giv about the fate of Bizhan open 1 1
close Gurgin tells his story to Kay Khusrau open 3 1 1 1
close Kay Khusrau searches for Bizhan in the magic cup open 7 3 1 1 2
Kay Khusrau writes to Rustam open 0
close Giv takes Kay Khusrau's letter to Rustam open 4 2 1 1
close Rustam feasts with Giv open 2 1 1
close Kay Khusrau praises Rustam open 3 1 1 1
close Rustam feasts with Kay Khusrau open 29 7 4 7 6 2 2 1
close Rustam asks Kay Khusrau for the release of Gurgin open 1 1
Rustam assembles his troops to go to Turan open 0
close Rustam disguised as a merchant before Piran open 7 2 1 2 2
close Manizha appeals to Rustam open 13 1 3 5 2 1 1
close Manizha brings Bizhan the food sent by Rustam open 2 1 1
close Bizhan learns of Rustam's arrival open 1 1
close Rustam fights Barkhiyas Div (interpolation) open 19 2 3 9 1 4
close Rustam removes the stone from the mouth of Bizhan's pit open 15 4 1 2 5 2 1
close Rustam asks Bizhan to forgive Gurgin open 9 3 2 3 1
close Rustam rescues Bizhan from the pit open 192 4 25 56 59 12 29 1 6
close Bizhan and Rustam after the rescue from the pit open 12 3 5 4
close Rustam and Bizhan carry out a raid on Afrasiyab's palace open 9 2 3 3 1
Afrasiyab comes in pursuit of Rustam open 0
close Rustam and Afrasiyab draw up their battle lines open 2 2
close Rustam and Bizhan defeat Afrasiyab in battle open 19 2 2 1 9 1 3 1
close Rustam returns to Iran open 2 1 1
close Giv and Gudarz greet Rustam returning with Bizhan open 1 1
close Rustam comes before Kay Khusrau after returning with Bizhan open 8 1 1 2 1 3
close   Kay Khusrau holds a feast for Rustam after Bizhan's rescue open 3 1 1 1
246r Ms. 1978   •            
327r Spencer Pers. ms. 62         •      
191r Spencer Indo-Pers. ms. 16           •    
open 13f - The Twelve Rukhs 107 980 77 185 244 235 55 148 36
open 13g - The Great War between Kay Khusrau and Afrasiyab 151 853 47 151 217 204 56 133 45
open 14 - Luhrasp (120 years) 46 367 28 69 115 85 13 42 15
open 15 - Gushtasp (120 years) 225 1809 152 224 464 503 124 285 57
open 16 - Bahman son of Isfandiyar (99 years) 16 52 3 4 12 19 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) 16 209 3 28 63 59 13 32 11
open 20 - Iskandar (14 years) 98 607 72 80 145 151 51 75 1 32
open 21 - The Ashkanians (200 years) 44 182 25 20 53 45 9 18 12
open 22  - The Sassanians: Ardashir Babakan (42 years) 14 97 14 18 29 21 1 10 4
open 22* - Shapur son of Ardashir (31 years) 3 26 2 1 6 8 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 4 3 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) 32 140 11 22 37 46 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) 23 343 23 56 98 96 23 35 1 11
open 35 - Bahram Gur (1) (63 years) 62 360 53 46 89 85 25 49 13
open 35b - Bahram Gur (2) 40 202 27 25 51 55 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) 13 15 2 1 7 4 1
open 40 - Qubad son of Piruz (40 years) 24 62 10 10 14 20 2 4 2
open 41 - Kisra Anushirvan (48 years) 116 568 69 69 156 149 18 69 38
open 42 - Hurmuzd (14 years) 75 275 29 32 73 65 11 42 1 22
open 43 - Khusrau Parviz (38 years) 165 648 67 83 167 163 27 92 1 48
open 44 - Qubad son of Parviz (7 months) 26 124 11 11 33 29 8 25 7
open 45 - Ardashir Shiruy (6 months) 4 7 1 3 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) 24 173 7 26 29 61 16 27 1 6