Manuscript of Minhaj al-Talibin by al-Nawawi: A High-Resolution Digital Copy

A high-resolution digital master copy of the manuscript 'Kitab Minhaj al-Talibin' authored by Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi, who died in 1277 CE. The 2.4 GB dataset is provided by Qatar National Library from its Heritage Collection under a CC0 1.0 license. The original physical manuscript is cataloged as HC.MS.02425.

Use Cases

• Optical Character Recognition (OCR) training for historical Arabic script based on the high-resolution images.
• Digital preservation and scholarly analysis of a foundational Shafi'i legal text.
• Studying the material features and scribal practices of medieval manuscripts from the provided images.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed visual analysis.
• Source is a known heritage institution, Qatar National Library, providing provenance.
• Released under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain dedication.

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.
• The specific image formats, count, and any accompanying metadata files are unknown from the description.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, manuscript HC.MS.02425.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Time Range

Manuscript authored by al-Nawawi (d. 1277 CE); digitization date unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 07:09:07; freshness should be verified.