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[mkassm]

General info about the manuscript:

• There are two manuscript sizes (18 cm x 12 cm) and (25 cm x 18 cm).

Types

There are two types of manuscripts that differ among themselves in the form of drawing letters and words:

• The first type is the oriental manuscripts: that is, those written by the people of the East from the Arab world and have a certain drawing and a certain way of the letters
• The second type is the Western manuscripts: that is, those written by the people of the East from the Arab world and have a specific drawing and a certain way of letters that differ from those that were written in the Arab Mashreq.

Font types:

• The scribes who transcribe Arabic manuscripts often use the ruq'ah script and the Naskh script in the Naskh script, and the titles are in the Kufic script.

Problems:

the manuscripts contain a number of problems that make the task difficult for these researchers, including:

• handwritten
• There are marginal notes
• The lines are not straight
• Font sizes are different
• Different types of fonts
• faded ink
• decorations
• The presence of non-rectangular areas
• Paper wear problems because of its age
• …….

Challenges