Abstract：Letter-based classification of Arabic scripts style in ancient Arabic manuscriptsPreliminary results Classifying ancient Arabic manuscripts based on handwriting styles is one of the important roles in the field of paleographyRecognizing the style of handwriting in Arabic manuscripts helps in identifying the origin and date of ancient documentsIn thisRetrieval and IndexingandCollection ClassificationThis article discusses how to use pattern recognition technology to identify writing styles in ancient Arabic manuscriptsFeatures are extracted from the manuscript letters using Gabor FiltersGFand Local Binary PatternLBPThese extracted features are then combined and classified using Support Vector MachineSVMThis is an application within pattern recognition