Quran Manuscript Part 17 from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection

Qatar National Library provides a high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.01606, containing Part 17 of the Quran. The 3.1 GB dataset is available as a ZIP file under a CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication license. The record was last updated on 2026-05-20.

Use Cases

• Train optical character recognition models for classical Arabic script based on the high-resolution manuscript images.
• Analyze historical calligraphy and manuscript illumination styles based on the visual features of the digitized pages.
• Benchmark image processing algorithms for document restoration and enhancement based on the scanned heritage material.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy suitable for detailed analysis.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, providing institutional provenance.
• Released under a permissive CC0 1.0 license for maximum reuse.

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, manuscript HC.MS.01606.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 08:45:56; freshness should be verified.