MoMonir/Shamela_Books_info

Shamela Books information

This dataset contains structured metadata for 8,492 books sourced from the Shamela Library, with enhancements for clarity, consistency, and usability. It is intended to support NLP, bibliographic research, and digital humanities efforts involving Arabic texts.

Dataset Features

The dataset includes the following cleaned and standardized features:

• Unification of Author Names: Author names are standardized across all entries for consistency.
• Author's Year of Death: Extracted into a separate column for easier chronological filtering and analysis.
• Author's Nickname: Provided in its own column for sorting, grouping, and nickname-based studies.
• Editor and Similar Roles: Editors, commentators, or Hadith Verifier are placed in a distinct column to avoid ambiguity.

Columns

Column	Description
Serial	A unique serial number for each entry.
Book Title	Title of the book.
Book Link	Direct link to the book's page or download.
Book ID Number	Unique identifier for the book.
Author's Name	Full standardized name of the author.
Author's Year of Death	Year of the author's death (if known).
Author's Nickname	Common nickname or identifier of the author.
Author Link	URL or reference link to the author's page.
Author ID Number	Unique identifier for the author.
Editor	Name of the editor, commentator, or Hadith Verifier, etc.
Publisher	Publishing entity.
Edition	Edition number or details.
Number of Pages	Total number of pages in the book.
Volumes	Number of volumes (if multi-volume work).
Pagination	Additional pagination info (e.g., pagination match Printed version, auto pagination).
Category	Book category or classification.

Usage

This dataset is ideal for:

• Arabic NLP model training and fine-tuning
• Bibliographic and metadata analysis
• Research in Islamic or Arabic literary traditions
• Building book recommendation or search systems

Citation

If you use this dataset, please cite the Hugging Face dataset page:

@dataset{shamela_books_info,
  title = {Shamela Books Info},
  author = {MoMonir},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/MoMonir/Shamela_Books_info}
}

Disclaimer

This dataset is based on a snapshot of the Shamela Library as it existed in March 2025. Please note that the content on the Shamela website is subject to change — books and author entries may be added or removed at any time.