Dewan Al Khaleej
A comprehensive digital documentation platform dedicated to preserving the history of the Arabian Gulf, housing hundreds of thousands of historical documents, books, newspapers, and periodicals.
Dewan Al Khaleej
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The Challenge
The core challenge was building a platform capable of handling enormous volumes of diverse historical data — Arabic, Ottoman, British, and Portuguese documents — while providing a precise and fast search system for researchers and historians, and managing a data-entry team to ensure the quality and accuracy of the digitized content.
The Solution
We engineered a full-stack system from scratch, featuring a fully Arabic user interface, a well-structured database supporting multiple content types (documents, books, newspapers, periodicals, genealogies, landmarks), and an internal dashboard for managing the data-entry team and overseeing daily digitization operations. We also provided ongoing technical support, maintenance, and continuous development.
Key Features
- Massive database housing hundreds of thousands of classified historical documents
- Advanced search supporting Arabic, Ottoman, British, and Portuguese documents
- Specialized sections: Documents, Books & Sources, Historical References, Gulf Dialects, Historical Landmarks
- Subscription and permissions system for premium content access
- Internal dashboard for data-entry team management
- Continuous daily updates adding hundreds of documents and sources
- Ongoing technical support, maintenance, and development
Results & Impact
Platform housing hundreds of thousands of digitized historical documents and sources
Daily continuous updates adding hundreds of new documents
Serving researchers and research centers across the Arabian Gulf