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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
close 12 - Kay Kavus (150 years) 50 885 71 126 190 239 93 136 1 29
close Kay Kavus enthroned open 22 6 5 3 3 5
close A minstrel div tempts Kay Kavus to invade Mazandaran open 11 4 1 5 1
close Zal counsels Kay Kavus open 4 1 1 1 1
Zal and his army greet Kay Kavus (DUPL) open 0
close The White Div blinds Kay Kavus and his army open 11 1 5 2 3
close Kay Kavus sends a message to Zal and Rustam open 5 1 1 1 2
close Rustam roasts an onager open 3 3
close Rustam's first labour: Rakhsh kills a lion open 111 10 19 24 28 11 18 1
close Rustam's first labour: Rakhsh kills a dragon (variant) open 1 1
close Rustam reproaches Rakhsh for killing the lion open 8 3 1 4
close Rustam washes Rakhsh in a spring open 4 3 1
close   Rustam's second labour: he finds a spring and kills an onager open 13 4 1 1 3 2 2
002B 25.68.1, 34.24.1-6, 57.51.33, 69.74.1-9 •              
008vB 25.68.1, 34.24.1-6, 57.51.33, 69.74.1-9 •              
091v Oriental 12688   •            
065v MS 266       •        
189r Ms. or. fol. 209       •        
190v Ms. or. fol. 209       •        
084r Cod. pers. 10     •          
300v R 415a         •      
V4_141 Ms 1550           •    
127r Ms. 24949         •      
close Rustam's third labour: he kills a dragon open 117 7 11 21 32 15 24 1 6
close Rustam's fourth labour: he kills the witch open 72 7 8 10 17 11 15 4
close Rustam relaxes after killing the dragon open 2 1 1
close Rustam camps in a field and gets into a fight with the watchman open 16 4 3 3 4 2
close Rustam's fifth labour: he lassoes Aulad open 39 1 2 9 12 7 7 1
close Rustam's sixth labour: he kills Arzhang open 50 2 7 7 19 10 5
close Rustam kills Aulad and cuts off the head of Arzhang (VAR) open 1 1
close Rustam confronts the divs after killing Arzhang open 6 3 1 2
close Rustam enters the cave in which Kay Kavus and his men are chained open 9 1 2 4 1 1
close Rustam's seventh labour: he kills the White Div open 284 16 48 80 82 15 34 9
close Rustam anoints the eyes of Kay Kavus with the blood of the White Div open 5 2 1 1 1
close Kay Kavus dicates a letter to the King of Mazandaran open 1 1
close Farhad goes to Mazandaran with Kavus's letter open 1 1
close Rustam travels to Mazandaran with a message from Kay Kavus open 5 1 1 1 1 1
Rustam charges the Mazandaranis with an uprooted tree open 0
close Rustam shakes hands with Kalahur, champion from Mazandaran open 3 1 2
Rustam delivers Kavus's letter to the King of Mazanadaran open 0
close Rustam fights the Mazandarani champion Juya open 20 2 1 4 5 2 6
close Kay Kavus' s champions fight the King of Mazandaran open 6 1 3 2
close Rustam overpowers the King of Mazandaran open 14 1 4 2 5 2
close The King of Mazandaran changes himself into a rock open 21 6 6 3 4 2
close Rustam throws the King of Mazandaran in the form of a rock before Kay Kavus open 4 1 1 1 1
close Rustam meets Kay Kavus after the battle with the king of Mazandaran open 1 1
close The King of Mazandaran is executed open 9 2 3 2 1 1
The execution of the King of Mazandaran in front of Kay Kavus and Rustam (DUPL) open 0
close Kay Kavus returns to Iran and rewards Rustam for his deeds open 6 1 2 1 1 1
open 12b - Kay Kavus fights the King of Hamavaran 43 318 15 52 78 92 29 39 13
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