Dala'il Al-Khayrat: A High-Resolution Digital Manuscript From Qatar National Library

Qatar National Library provides a 3.2 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.2015.0001 from its Heritage Collection. The manuscript is titled 'Dala'il Al-Khayrat' and is attributed to Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Jazuli (1404-1465). The dataset was last updated on June 1, 2026.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition (OCR) models for classical Arabic script based on the high-resolution manuscript images.
• Analyze historical manuscript layout and illumination patterns based on the digital master copy.
• Conduct paleographic studies of 15th-century Maghrebi script styles based on the attributed author and time period.
• Create digital archives and interactive exhibits for Islamic cultural heritage based on the provided high-resolution images.

Strengths

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

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and content require manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable, making field semantics unknown.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative tasks.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library Heritage Collection.

Collection Method

Digitization of physical manuscript HC.MS.2015.0001.

Time Range

Manuscript attributed to 1404-1465; digitization date unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-01 09:08:33; freshness should be verified.