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This manuscript is decorated with numerous paintings finely drawn from the 2nd half of the 18th century.

It begins with a letter to the king stating that this chronicle is a gift and the reasons for this present. There is a wonderful painting depicting Shah Alem II on horseback, holding a falcon and examining a French company of soldiers that Gentil presents before him. There is an equally beautiful portrait of the historian Mohammed Kasim who wrote a general history of Hindustan and this chronicle is inspired by him. The entire manuscript is decorated with vignettes of people in acts of worship, hunting scenes, funeral processions, gods and goddesses, scenes of sacrifice, scenes of battle, game of dice, elephant fights, camel fights, arms and weapons, portraits of sovereigns. There is a view of the Agra fort taken from the Yamuna, a map of Allahabad showing Allahabad fort at the confluence of Ganga and Yamuna. There is also a painting of the famous peacock throne with two sentries guarding it.

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