This is a history of the ʿAbbāsī household, the Nawabs (rulers) of Bahawalpur - who claimed to be descendants of the Abbasid Caliphs - until the beginning of the reign of Muḥammad Bahāval Khān (r.1825-52), who was the commissioner of this work. The author is Muḥammad Aʿẓam.

The work was named as Mirʾāt Dawlat ʿAbbāsiyyah at the end but seemingly the same hand, with another ink, has added Jawāhir ʿAbbāsiyyah.

This may be a holograph copy, on flyleaf 4b there is a note in Persian (perhaps not by a non-native speaker) stating that this is the autograph, musavvada-yi aṣl. The annotation style of the text is irregular, giving it the appearance of a draft.

The text of the first 15 folios is in nastʿalīq with, in black ink and headings in red. The style of calligraphy changes several times across the text. For example, the text of folio 16 is in a shikastah form that evolves into shikastah-yi ta’līq, see folios 16-27, and 30-31.

The text begins: زیب آغاز کلام و زینت افتتاح مرام حمد منعام واجب الاظامیست که بدایع ابداع و صنایع اختراع را بر وجود وجوب آمود خویش شهود عدالت (خط خورده با قرمز) دل .آفریده

The text ends: الهی اندرین فیروزه منظر | بود باقی نشان تخت و افسر بزیر پای تخت شاهیش باد تبارک تاج ظل اللهیش باد بروز فیروز پنجشنبه واقعه جمادی الاخر سنه 1253 هجری مطابق هشتم ماه اسو 1893 || نوشته بماند سیه بر سفید نویسنده را نیست فردا امید || غرض نقش است کز ما بازماند | که هستی را نمی بینم بقایی | مگر صاحبدلی روزی برحمت کند در حق این .فدوی دعایی