Ibn al-Arabi Manuscript: The Divine Managements in the Usage of the Human Kingdom

Qatar National Library provides a 5.4 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.00453 from its Heritage Collection. The manuscript is titled 'The Divine Managements in the Usage of the Human Kingdom' by the Andalusian scholar Ibn al-Arabi (1165-1240). The dataset was last updated on June 3, 2026, and is shared under a CC0 1.0 public domain dedication.

Use Cases

• Optical Character Recognition (OCR) training for classical Arabic script based on high-resolution manuscript images.
• Digital preservation and analysis of historical Sufi philosophical texts.
• Linguistic and stylistic analysis of Ibn al-Arabi's writings.
• Training models for manuscript layout analysis and segmentation.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy, suitable for detailed visual analysis.
• Released under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain license.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library's Heritage Collection, providing institutional provenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable, requiring manual inspection after download.
• The dataset's 5.4 GB size may require significant storage and processing resources.
• Row count and specific internal structure are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.00453.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Time Range

Manuscript authored between 1165 and 1240; digitization date unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 07:53:35.