Context The Amazigh Handwritten Character Database (AMHCD), is the only available and large database of handwritten Amazigh characters. This data set was created and developed at the IRF-SIC Laboratory of Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco (Es-Saady, Y., Rachidi, A., El Yassa, M., & Mammass, D. (2011). Amhcd: A database for Amazigh handwritten character recognition research. International Journal of Computer Applications, 27(4), 44–48). Content The AMHCD contains 780 scanned images of each character among the 33 Tifinagh-IRCAM characters given a total of 780 × 33 = 25,740 images written by 60 writers of different sex, age, and job. Acknowledgements Thanks to Youssef Es-Saady for given the authorization to share this database Inspiration Any question is welcome