Arabic manuscript on paper, 303 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black and red ink, gold roundels between verses, inner margins ruled in red and gold, catchwords, sura headings written in thuluth script in white within gilt rectangular panels, occasional illuminated devices in outer margins, one double-page frontispiece in colours and gold, colophon incorporated within a full-page illuminated panel in colours and gold, brown morocco, covers decorated with stamped central medallions and cornerpieces of gilt paper onlay, rebacked 176 x 115 mm.