أنوار التنزيل وأسرار التأويل أو تفسير البيضاوي

A high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.00734 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The manuscript contains 'Anwar al-Tanzil wa Asrar al-Ta'wil', a classical Quranic commentary authored by al-Baydawi (Abdullah ibn Umar, d. 1286?). The 1.1 GB dataset was published by Qatar National Library under a CC0 1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Training optical character recognition (OCR) models for classical Arabic script based on high-resolution manuscript images.
• Conducting textual analysis of Quranic exegesis and commentary traditions.
• Studying the paleography and material features of 13th-century Islamic manuscripts.
• Digitally preserving and providing open access to a significant cultural heritage artifact.

Strengths

• The dataset is a high-resolution digital master copy, suggesting high-fidelity visual detail.
• The manuscript is a well-known classical work (al-Baydawi's tafsir), providing significant cultural and scholarly value.
• It is published under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain dedication.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is a 1.1 GB ZIP file; its internal structure and specific file formats are not detailed.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative tasks.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection (manuscript HC.MS.00734).

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Time Range

Manuscript dated 1785 (Hijri?), containing a work by an author who died circa 1286 CE.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 08:21:29; freshness should be verified.