Arabic manuscript on paper, 243 leaves, 17 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black, roundels marking verse-endings, text written within cloudbands on a gold ground throughout, inner margins ruled in black and gold, illuminated marginal devices, sura headings written in red naskhi script on a gold ground within illuminated panels, one double-page frontispiece illuminated in colours and gold, preceded by the index and two further illuminated pages, double page of illumination at end, Qajar lacquer binding depicting roses and other flowers, doublures with flowering bushes, front cover detached 153 x 99 mm.