A fine miniature depicting a nobleman with a Shah 'Abbas moustache standing in a landscape has been pasted to the outer face of the board and varnished. It is surrounded by a border of reddish-brown leather. The doublure has been painted black and ruled in gold with a frame design. The miniature is dated 1086 AH (1675–6 AD), but the binding may have been assembled at a later date; in the process the painting was cut down, as is shown by the loss of the nobleman's feet. As was his wont, Shaykh 'Abbasi signed the painting within a cartouche, on the natural ground of the paper, employing the phrase, Baha girift chu gardid Shaykh 'abbasi ('Shaykh acquired value when he became an 'abbasi'). A pun was intended, as an 'abbasi was both a gold coin of the period and the honorific surname that indicated Shaykh's personal attachment to Shah 'Abbas II, who ruled between 1642 and 1666.