1842 Arabic Manuscript on Miracles: High-Resolution Digitized Copy

A high-resolution digital copy of the 1842 manuscript 'مسائل وتقييدات في الاعجاز' (Issues and Restrictions on Miracles) by Nasr al-Hawrini from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The 847.6 MB dataset is provided by Qatar National Library under a CC0 1.0 license. The digitized manuscript was last updated on the platform in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition (OCR) models based on high-resolution images of historical Arabic script.
• Conduct textual analysis of 19th-century Islamic theological discourse based on the manuscript's content.
• Study paleography and manuscript layout based on the digitized page images.
• Build digital archives or educational resources for Arabic heritage collections based on the provided master copy.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy of a specific manuscript (HC.MS.00741).
• Provided under a permissive public domain license (CC0 1.0).
• Direct links to the full catalog record and digital repository are included in the description.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The specific number of images or text files within the 847.6 MB ZIP archive is unknown.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Time Range

Manuscript dated 1842.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 08:09:53; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely associated with Qatar or the broader Arabic-speaking world.