Al-Uqud al-Jawhariyah: 1705 Arabic Manuscript from Qatar National Library

A 1.0 GB high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.00451 from the QNL Heritage Collection. The manuscript, titled 'Al-Uqud al-Jawhariyah', was authored by Ahmad bin Abd al-Latif al-Bishbishi (c. 1631-1685) and digitized by Qatar National Library. The dataset was last updated on June 3, 2026.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition (OCR) models based on high-resolution scans of historical Arabic script.
• Conduct paleographic analysis of 17th-century Arabic handwriting styles based on the manuscript images.
• Perform textual analysis on classical Arabic scholarly works based on the transcribed or imaged content.
• Support digital preservation and archival projects for cultural heritage institutions based on the high-resolution master copy.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed examination.
• Clear provenance linking to a specific manuscript (HC.MS.00451) in the Qatar National Library collection.
• Released under a permissive CC0 1.0 public domain dedication.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and content structure require manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset's 1.0 GB size may require significant storage and bandwidth.

Provenance

Source

Qatar National Library, digitized from manuscript HC.MS.00451 in the QNL Heritage Collection.

Collection Method

High-resolution digital scanning of a physical manuscript.

Time Range

Manuscript dated 1705 (AH 1117), authored by Ahmad bin Abd al-Latif al-Bishbishi (c. 1631-1685).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 08:39:50; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely associated with the Arab/Islamic scholarly tradition; specific geographic origin of the manuscript is not stated.