Sharh al-Amthila: A High-Resolution Digital Manuscript from Qatar National Library

A 459.3 MB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.00674 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The manuscript is titled 'Sharh al-Amthila' and authored by al-Dani, Uthman ibn Said ibn Umar al-Umawi. Qatar National Library published this dataset under a CC0-1.0 license in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition models based on high-resolution images of historical Arabic script.
• Analyze classical Arabic grammatical structures based on the manuscript's linguistic commentary.
• Study manuscript digitization and preservation techniques based on the high-resolution master copy.
• Conduct paleographic research on Arabic calligraphy styles based on the manuscript's visual features.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed analysis.
• Published under a permissive CC0-1.0 public domain dedication.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection (manuscript HC.MS.00674).

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 08:36:22; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Qatar (inferred from Qatar National Library).