Tafsir Abu Al-Layth Al-Samarqandi: High-Resolution Digital Manuscript Part 3

An 8.6 GB high-resolution digital copy of manuscript HC.MS.01012 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The manuscript is part three of the Quranic commentary (tafsir) by Abu al-Layth al-Samarqandi, a scholar who died around 983 AH. The dataset is provided by Qatar National Library under a CC0 1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Training Optical Character Recognition (OCR) models based on high-resolution images of historical Arabic script.
• Conducting textual analysis of classical Quranic commentary (tafsir) based on the digitized manuscript content.
• Studying paleography and manuscript layout in Islamic heritage collections.
• Creating digital archives or educational resources for Islamic scholarship.

Strengths

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

Limitations

• Column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable, requiring manual inspection after download.
• The dataset's 8.6 GB size may require significant storage and bandwidth.
• Row count and specific internal structure are unknown, limiting pre-download suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection (manuscript HC.MS.01012).

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Time Range

Manuscript likely dates from the medieval Islamic period; author died circa 983 AH.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 08:45:40.

Geography

Likely associated with the historical region of Transoxiana (Samarqand).