Mushkil I'rab al-Qur'an: 19th-Century Arabic Grammatical Manuscript

Qatar National Library provides a high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.2017.0068 from its Heritage Collection. The 2.5 GB dataset contains a digitized version of the 1800 work 'Mushkil I'rab al-Qur'an' (The Problem of Quranic Grammar) by the scholar Maki ibn Hammush al-Qaysi. The dataset was last updated on June 2, 2026.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition (OCR) models for classical Arabic script based on high-resolution manuscript images.
• Analyze historical grammatical annotations and diacritical marks for linguistic research.
• Study the paleography and material features of a 19th-century manuscript from the QNL collection.
• Create digital editions or textual analyses of classical Arabic grammatical works.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed visual analysis.
• Clear provenance from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection with a specific catalog record (HC.MS.2017.0068).
• Released under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain dedication.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and legibility require manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; the structure and organization of files within the 2.5 GB ZIP archive are unknown.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative tasks.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Time Range

Manuscript dated 1800. Author lived 966-1045 AH (approx. 1558-1635 CE).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 09:04:53; freshness should be verified.