A wool pile of asymmetric knots on a cotton foundation. The panel-abrashed royal to denim blue field displays a full frontal portrait of the kneeling dervish Nur ‘Ali Shah, barefoot, holding his kashkul (begging bowl) and protective axe, and wearing his black-and-white conical dervish hat. He is seated on an animal skin, with a tree standing to the right. A narrow bitonal border shows an interlocking, reciprocal heart design. Most Nur ‘Ali Shah portrait rugs depict him in a three-quarter pose, making this full-face portrayal quite rare.