Quran Manuscript Part 9 from Qatar National Library Heritage Collection

Qatar National Library provides a high-resolution digital master copy of manuscript HC.MS.02505, which contains Part 9 of the Quran. The dataset is a 2.3 GB ZIP file released under a CC0-1.0 license. The last update was recorded on 2026-06-01.

Use Cases

• Optical Character Recognition (OCR) training for classical Arabic script based on high-resolution manuscript images.
• Digital preservation and analysis of historical calligraphy and manuscript illumination.
• Comparative textual studies of Quranic manuscripts using a digitized primary source.

Strengths

• High-resolution digital master copy ensures detail preservation for scholarly analysis.
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 license, allowing for unrestricted use.
• Directly sourced from the Qatar National Library Heritage Collection, providing institutional provenance.

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.02505.

Collection Method

Digitization of a physical manuscript.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-01 08:06:27; freshness should be verified.