Al-Mukhtasar: A 19th-Century Hanafi Jurisprudence Manuscript from Qatar

A 5.3 GB high-resolution digital copy of manuscript HC.MS.00763 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The manuscript, titled 'Al-Mukhtasar or Mukhtasar al-Quduri in Hanafi Jurisprudence', was authored by Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Quduri (c. 972-1037) and the physical copy dates from 1846. It is provided by Qatar National Library under a CC0 1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition (OCR) models based on high-resolution scans of classical Arabic script.
• Analyze the structure and content of historical Islamic legal texts based on the manuscript's described subject matter.
• Conduct digital preservation and textual analysis based on the high-resolution digital master copy.
• Study the transmission and scribal practices of Hanafi legal texts based on the 1846 copy date.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy, suitable for detailed visual analysis.
• Clear provenance from the Qatar National Library 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 5.3 GB size may require significant storage and bandwidth.
• Row count and specific internal structure of the ZIP file are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection (Manuscript HC.MS.00763).

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Time Range

Manuscript copy dated 1846; original work by al-Quduri (c. 972-1037).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-31 08:11:45; freshness should be verified.