Kitab 'Uyun al-Madhahib: High-Resolution Digital Manuscript

A 3.3 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.00807 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The manuscript is titled 'Kitab 'Uyun al-Madhahib' and is authored by Al-Kaki, Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Ahmad al-Khujandi. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-31.

Use Cases

• Optical Character Recognition (OCR) training for classical Arabic script based on high-resolution manuscript images.
• Digital preservation and archival analysis of historical Islamic legal texts.
• Paleographic study of manuscript handwriting styles and calligraphy.
• Textual analysis and comparison of Islamic legal doctrines ('madhahib') across different sources.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed visual inspection.
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 public domain dedication.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, a known institution.

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.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.00807.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-31 08:02:51; freshness should be verified.