Sharh Diwan Al-Shudhur: High-Resolution Digitized Arabic Poetry Manuscript

A 4.8 GB high-resolution digital copy of manuscript HC.MS.00266 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The dataset contains the manuscript 'Sharh Diwan Al-Shudhur' (Explanation of the Diwan of Al-Shudhur) and was published by Qatar National Library under a CC0 1.0 license. The record was last updated on June 3, 2026.

Use Cases

• Optical Character Recognition (OCR) training for historical Arabic script based on high-resolution manuscript images.
• Digital preservation and analysis of classical Arabic poetry manuscripts.
• Linguistic and stylistic analysis of Arabic poetic commentary (sharh) texts.
• Training image segmentation models for manuscript page layout analysis.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed visual analysis.
• 4.8 GB file size indicates significant detail and potential for high-fidelity reproduction.
• Clear provenance from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection (manuscript HC.MS.00266).
• Published under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain dedication.

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 for some ML tasks.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.00266.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 05:55:49; freshness should be verified.