mustknowislam/seera_events

Seera Events Dataset

A multilingual dataset of historical events from the life of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Seerah), covering the period from 571 CE to 632 CE.

Dataset Description

This dataset contains 142 historical events translated into three languages: Arabic, English, and French. Each event includes detailed descriptions, dates in both Hijri and Gregorian calendars, and geographical coordinates.

Source

Data extracted from Dorar.net Historical Encyclopedia, a scholarly Arabic resource for Islamic history.

Dataset Structure

Column	Description
event_id	Unique identifier for each event
title	Event title in the respective language
hijri_year	Year in Islamic calendar (e.g., "1 هـ" or "53 ق هـ" for before Hijra)
lunar_month	Islamic lunar month (Arabic names)
gregorian_year	Year in Gregorian calendar (571-632 CE)
details	Full description of the event
source_url	Link to the original source on Dorar.net
location_name	Place where the event occurred
geo_coordinates	Latitude and longitude (format: "lat,lon")
locale	Language code: ar (Arabic), en (English), fr (French)

Statistics

• Total records: 426 (142 events × 3 languages)
• Languages: Arabic (ar), English (en), French (fr)
• Time period: 571 CE - 632 CE
• Events per language: 142

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

# Load the full dataset
dataset = load_dataset("mustknowislam/seera_events")

# Filter by language
arabic_events = dataset.filter(lambda x: x["locale"] == "ar")
english_events = dataset.filter(lambda x: x["locale"] == "en")
french_events = dataset.filter(lambda x: x["locale"] == "fr")

Timeline Coverage

The dataset covers the complete prophetic biography including:

• Pre-Prophethood Era (571-610 CE): Birth, childhood, youth, and early life
• Meccan Period (610-622 CE): Revelation, early da'wah, persecution, and migration
• Medinan Period (622-632 CE): Establishment of the Muslim community, battles, treaties, and final years

License

This dataset is released under the CC-BY-4.0 license.

Citation

If you use this dataset, please cite:

@dataset{seera_events_2024,
  title={Seera Events Dataset: Multilingual Timeline of Prophet Muhammad's Life},
  author={Must Know Islam},
  year={2024},
  publisher={Hugging Face},
  url={https://huggingface.co/datasets/mustknowislam/seera_events}
}

Related Projects

• Must Know Islam - Islamic educational platform