Qasidat Tayyah of Shaykh Al-Shabki: Digitized Arabic Manuscript from QNL

835.0 MB of high-resolution digital images of manuscript HC.MS.00489 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset contains a digitized copy of the Arabic poem 'Qasidat Tayyah' by Ibn Abd al-Kabir. It was published by Qatar National Library and last updated on June 2, 2026.

Use Cases

• Train or evaluate OCR models based on high-resolution images of historical Arabic script.
• Conduct literary analysis of the poem's content and structure based on the digitized text.
• Study manuscript layout and paleography based on the digital master copy.
• Build cultural heritage datasets for Arabic poetry based on the digitized manuscript.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy of a specific manuscript (HC.MS.00489).
• Released under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain dedication.
• Direct links to the full catalog record and digital repository are provided.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 10:32:20; freshness should be verified.