Al-Mizan al-Sharaniya: 16th Century Arabic Sufi Manuscript, Volume 1

A high-resolution digital copy of manuscript HC.MS.2017.0030 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The manuscript is titled 'Al-Mizan al-Sharaniya' (Volume 1) and is attributed to the author Abd al-Wahhab bin Ahmad al-Sharani (c. 1493-1565/66). The dataset is a 12.5 GB ZIP file published under a CC0 1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Training Optical Character Recognition (OCR) models for historical Arabic script based on high-resolution manuscript images.
• Conducting textual analysis of 16th-century Sufi literature based on the digitized content.
• Studying the paleography and material culture of Arabic manuscripts from the specified period.
• Creating digital archives or educational resources for Islamic scholarly heritage.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed analysis.
• Clear provenance from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection.
• Large file size (12.5 GB) suggests detailed image or scan quality.
• Published under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable, requiring manual inspection after download.
• The description provides no information on the total number of pages or images within the 12.5 GB archive.
• Data may reflect the specific linguistic and theological focus of the single author and manuscript.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library, figshare.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript from the QNL Heritage Collection.

Time Range

Manuscript dated 1711 (Hijri), content attributed to author c. 1493-1565/66.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 07:31:24.