مسالك الأبصار في ممالك الأمصار

Qatar National Library provides a high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.2016.0073 from its Heritage Collection. The manuscript is titled 'Masalik al-Absar fi Mamalik al-Amsar' and was authored by Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Fadl Allah al-Umari (1301-1349). The dataset is a 8.7 GB ZIP file released under a CC0-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze manuscript layout and script based on high-resolution digital images
• Study the content of a 14th-century Arabic historical text
• Train OCR or handwriting recognition models on historical Arabic script
• Perform digital preservation and archival research on cultural heritage materials

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy ensures detailed visual analysis
• 8.7 GB file size suggests substantial image detail and quality
• Clear provenance from Qatar National Library's Heritage Collection

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment
• The dataset appears to be a single manuscript, offering limited scope for comparative analysis
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript from the Heritage Collection.

Time Range

Manuscript dated 1391; author lived 1301-1349.