Anwar Al-Buruq Fi Anwa' Al-Furuq: A 7.5 GB Digital Manuscript from Qatar National Library

A 7.5 GB high-resolution digital copy of the manuscript 'Anwar Al-Buruq Fi Anwa' Al-Furuq' by Al-Qarafi. The Qatar National Library digitized this work from its Heritage Collection, making it available under a CC0 1.0 license. The full record and digitized pages are accessible via provided links to the QNL catalog and repository.

Use Cases

• Training Optical Character Recognition (OCR) models for classical Arabic script based on high-resolution manuscript images.
• Conducting textual analysis of Islamic legal distinctions (furūq) based on the manuscript's content.
• Studying the material features and scribal practices of historical manuscripts from the digital facsimile.
• Building a digital corpus of Islamic legal texts for linguistic or historical research.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed visual analysis.
• Released under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain dedication.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, a known repository.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection (manuscript HC.MS.2016.0038).

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 07:23:18; freshness should be verified.