Al-Salat Al-Muhammadiyah: A 13th-Century Arabic Manuscript from Qatar National Library

Qatar National Library provides a 350.8 MB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.00311, titled 'Al-Salat Al-Muhammadiyah' by Ibn al-Arabi (1165-1240). The dataset was last updated on June 3, 2026, and is shared under a CC0 1.0 license. It is part of the QNL Heritage Collection and is available as a ZIP file.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition (OCR) models based on high-resolution scans of historical Arabic script.
• Conduct textual analysis of Sufi theological works based on the content of the manuscript.
• Perform digital preservation and restoration analysis based on the high-resolution master copy.
• Study paleographic features of 13th-century Arabic handwriting based on the manuscript images.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed analysis.
• Clear provenance from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection.
• Released under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain license.

Limitations

• Row count and specific column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality and structure require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection (manuscript HC.MS.00311).

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Time Range

Manuscript authored between 1165 and 1240.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 08:56:55.