Al-Matlab Fi Al-Amal Bi Al-Rub Al-Mujib: A 15th-Century Arabic Manuscript

A high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.01115 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection. The 1.6 GB ZIP file contains a 15th-century Arabic text titled 'Al-Matlab Fi Al-Amal Bi Al-Rub Al-Mujib' authored by Muhammad ibn Muhammad Sibt al-Mardini (1423-1506). The dataset was published by Qatar National Library under a CC0 1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Optical Character Recognition (OCR) training for historical Arabic script based on high-resolution manuscript images.
• Digital preservation and analysis of 15th-century Islamic scientific texts.
• Historical linguistic studies of classical Arabic technical terminology.
• Training image segmentation models for manuscript page layout analysis.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed analysis.
• Clear provenance from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection (manuscript HC.MS.01115).
• 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.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Time Range

Manuscript authored between 1423 and 1506.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 11:25:50; freshness should be verified.