Al-Khazin Tafsir Manuscript: Middle and Final Parts from Surah Al-A'raf to Quran End

Qatar National Library provides a high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.00017 from its Heritage Collection. The manuscript contains the middle and final parts of the Quranic commentary (tafsir) by Al-Khazin Al-Baghdadi, covering from Surah Al-A'raf to the end of the Quran. The 11.0 GB dataset was last updated on June 4, 2026.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition (OCR) models for classical Arabic script based on high-resolution manuscript images.
• Analyze the structure and linguistic features of a classical Quranic commentary (tafsir) based on the described text content.
• Conduct digital paleography or manuscript studies on a dated (1812) Islamic manuscript from the described heritage collection.
• Build text corpora for historical Arabic language processing based on the described commentary text.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy of a physical manuscript.
• Large file size of 11.0 GB suggests detailed image or scan quality.
• Clear provenance from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection with a catalog record link.
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 public domain dedication license.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, requiring manual inspection after download.
• The description provides metadata but no sample data, making precise data structure assessment difficult.
• Data may reflect the specific scribal and interpretative biases of the single manuscript and commentator.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.00017.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Time Range

Manuscript dated 1812; commentary authored by Ali bin Muhammad Al-Khazin Al-Baghdadi (died 1341).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 08:50:20.

Geography

Likely Middle Eastern origin, associated with Qatar National Library.