The manuscript is a commentary (sharḥ) by Sheikh Khālid ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Azharī on the Qaṣidah al-Burdah by Imam al-Būṣirī. It contains praises for the Prophet Muhammad, expressions of love and containment of lusts as well as prayers.
Colophon:
Wa Kāna ak-firāgh bihamd Allāh wa ‘awnuhu wa husnu tawfīqihi min katābtuhu yawm al-Arba’ā al-Mubārak al-ladhi huwa fī Rajab al-Mubārak al-Ḥarām sanah 1272 alf wa miātayn sittu wa sab’īn min hijrah sayyidi al-mursalīn ‘alayhi afḍala wāzakkīy al-taslīm wa ‘alā sā-iri al-anbiyā wa al-mursalīn ‘alā yad katabahu al-faqīr al-ḥaqīr ilā Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jād Allāh bi-Makkah al-Musyarrafah ‘alaihā al-salām ghafar allāh lahu waliwālidaihi wa limuallimīhi wa limashāikhīhi wakāffah al-Muslimīn ajma’īn Subḥana rabbika rabbi al-‘īzzati ‘ammā yaṣifūn. Wa salāmun ‘alā al-mursalīn wa al-ḥamdu li Allāhi rabbi al-‘ālamīn wa ṣallā Allāhu ‘alā sayyidinā Muḥammad wa ‘alā ālihi wa ṣaḥbihī wa sallam āmīn āmīn āmīn.
Other notes:
The manuscript is complete and in good condition. Before the text starts there is a note on page 1r that says:
Hadha Sharḥ al-‘Umdah al-Ālim al-‘allāmah al-baḥr al-fahhāmah li- Shaykh Khālid ‘alā al-Burdah fī madīḥ al-mukhtār ‘alayhi al-ṣalātu wa al-salām ghaffara Allāhu lahu wa li wālidayhi wa li man katabahā wa qaraʿahā Āmīn.