Al-Mu'tabar fi Sharh al-Mukhtasar: A High-Resolution Digital Manuscript

A 7.0 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.00528 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The manuscript is titled 'Al-Mu'tabar fi Sharh al-Mukhtasar' and is authored by the scholar Ja'far ibn al-Hasan al-Muhaqqiq al-Hilli, born around 1205-1206 CE. It was uploaded to figshare by Qatar National Library under a CC0 1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Training Optical Character Recognition (OCR) models for classical Arabic script based on high-resolution manuscript images.
• Conducting textual analysis and comparison of Islamic legal commentaries.
• Studying the paleography and material features of a 13th-century manuscript.
• Creating digital editions or critical annotations of historical texts.

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's Heritage Collection, providing authoritative provenance.

Limitations

• The specific content and structure of the manuscript text are not described in detail.
• Row count and column-level metadata are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• The 7.0 GB file size may require significant storage and bandwidth for download.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.00528.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Time Range

Manuscript authored in the 13th century CE; digitization date unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 10:33:39; freshness should be verified.