QNL Manuscript HC.MS.00297: A High-Resolution Digital Copy of 'Karāmāt al-Awliyā

A 492.5 MB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.00297 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The manuscript, titled 'Risālat Karāmāt al-Awliyā' (The Treatise on the Miracles of the Saints), was authored by Aḥmad ibn Sayyid Muḥammad al-Ḥanafī al-Ḥamawī. The dataset was last updated on June 3, 2026, and is provided under a CC0 1.0 public domain dedication.

Use Cases

• Optical Character Recognition (OCR) training for historical Arabic script based on high-resolution manuscript images.
• Digital preservation and analysis of manuscript layout and calligraphy.
• Textual analysis of theological and hagiographical content in pre-modern Islamic literature.
• Creation of educational or public engagement materials from digitized cultural heritage.

Strengths

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

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.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.00297.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 11:03:21; freshness should be verified.