High-Resolution Digital Manuscript from the QNL Heritage Collection, 1585

Qatar National Library provides a 4.4 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.2020.0029. The manuscript, titled 'The Muhammadan Method in Advising Humanity', was authored by Muhyi al-Din Muhammad ibn Bir 'Ali ibn Iskandar (circa 1522-1573) and dates to 1585. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-06 and is shared under a CC0-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Training optical character recognition (OCR) models based on high-resolution scans of historical Arabic script.
• Conducting historical and philological analysis based on the manuscript's textual content.
• Developing image processing techniques for manuscript restoration and enhancement based on the digital master copy.
• Studying the evolution of Arabic calligraphy and manuscript layout based on the 1585 artifact.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy, suggesting potential for detailed visual analysis.
• Clear provenance from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, including a catalog record.
• Large file size (4.4 GB), which may indicate high image quality or a substantial number of pages.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for specific ML tasks.
• The description metadata is limited to basic bibliographic information; detailed content analysis requires manual inspection.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection (manuscript HC.MS.2020.0029).

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Time Range

Manuscript dated 1585; author lived circa 1522-1573.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 06:23:43; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely associated with the Middle East or Islamic scholarly tradition, though specific origin is not stated.