The manuscript begins with the Makhzan al-Asrar (The Treasury or Storehouse of Mysteries), lacking its beginning and title page, and continues with Khusraw and Shirin, Layla and Majnun, Haft Paykar (The Seven Beauties), and the Iskandarnameh, divided in the Sarafnameh and the Iqbalnameh. The manuscript has been occasionally misbound as the order of some of the paintings does not mirror the original narrative. The subjects of the miniatures remaining in the present manuscript are as follows:
From the Makhzan al-Asrar
1.Anushirvan and the owls
From Khusraw and Shirin
2. Battle between Khusraw and Bahram Chubin
3. Farhad brought before Khusraw
4. Khusraw arriving at Shirin's castle
5. Khusraw and Shirin together
From Layla and Majnun
6. Majnun brought in chains to Layla's tent
7. Majnun in the wilderness with the animals
8. Majnun kneeling by Layla's tent
From the Haft Paykar
9. Battle scene
10. Bahram Gur with the Chinese Princess in the Yellow Pavilion
11. Bahram Gur with the Khwarazm Princess in the Green Pavilion
12. Bahram Gur with the Russian Princess in the Red Pavilion
13. Tale of the Rum Princess: Good is saved by a Kurdish girl after his sight was stolen by Evil
14. Bahram Gur with the Persian Princess in the White Pavilion
15. The Prophet Muhammad on Buraq
From the Iskandarnameh
16. Iskandar with the Khaqan of Chin
17. Iskandar fighting the Zangis
18. Iskandar comforting the dying Dara
19. Iskandar with Nushabeh
20. Debate between Roman and Chinese painters
21. Iskandar’s campaigns against the Russian
22. Khizr drinks from the spring of Immortal life
23. Iskandar invites seven philosophers to discuss the creation of the world