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King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies was founded in 1983 as an educational and intellectual arm of King Faisal Foundation. The Center is an independent, non-profit institution, and is financed by the Foundation.
Manuscripts Library
As part of the Foundations contribution to preserving Islamic culture and highlighting the contributions made by Muslim and Arab scholars, The King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies has undertaken the challenging mission of locating, authenticating, acquiring, or copying, and indexing all known Islamic manuscripts worldwide. In addition to nearly 23,000 hand-written texts, some of which are more than 1,200 years old, the manuscript archives have more than 18,000 microfilms and hundreds of photocopies. The majority of the microfilms are acquired through mutual agreements with the Bibliotheque Nationale of Paris, the Library of Congress, and the British Library. Databases save researchers up to 70% of the time they would normally spend searching catalogs for information pertaining to manuscripts located elsewhere in the world.
The King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies has acquired recently a rare collection of 14,000 Latin Titles about the European Subjects like Arts and Literature; History; Humanities and Social Sciences; and International Politics. These titles are published in nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These sources are very important for the research scholars. Some of the rarest titles are as follows:
1.Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. 3rd Ed. 1940
2.L'ARRIVISTE by Felicien Champsaur, Paris, 1902
3.Byron, London, 1941
4.The Children's New Illustrated Encyclopedia edited by John R. Crossland, London, n.d.
5.The Discovery of Intelligence by Joseph K. Hart, London, George Allen & Unwin Lid. , 1924
6.Den Soenska Pipboken by Claes Krantz, 1946
7.Dictionnaire Francais-Arabe by Ellious Bocthor, Caire, 1871
8.Fedor Dostoievski by V. Ermilov, Moscow, n.d.
9.The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy, London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1922.
10.La Grande Nevrose by J. Gerard, Paris, n.d.
11.The Grammar of Lithography: A Practical Guide for the Artist and Printer by W. D. Richmond, 10th Ed., London, E. Menken, 1880
12.Les Exploits du Colonel Gerard by A. Conan Doyle, Paris, F. Juven Editeur, n.d.
13.L'Empire De La Sierra by Marc Janin, Paris, Librairie Garnier Freres, 1918
14.Homere: L'I'liade L' Odyssee by Auguste Couat, Paris, n.d.
15.A History of Everyday Things in England by Marjorie and C. H. B. Quennell, London, 1933
16.Henri IV Et Son Temps by M. L'Abbe Jousset, Tours, Alfred Mame, M DCCC XCIII
17.Intimate China by Archibald Little, London, Hutchinson, 1899
18.In the Border Country by W. Shaw, London, Hodder, 1906
19.A Maker of History by E. Phillips Oppenheim, London, Ward Lock & Co. 1905
20.MOSCOU by Maurice Percheron, Paris, 1937
21.La Marine Francaise by Fernand Nathan, Paris, 1937
22.The Modern Marvels Encyclopedia ed. By John R. Crossland, London, Collins Clear-Type Press, 1938
23.The Newcomes edited by Arthur Pendennis, Vol. I, London, The Caxton Publishing Co., n.d.
24.One Hundred Great Lives, London, Odhams Press, n.d.
25.Pouchkine: Recueil D'Articles Consacres Au Grand Poete Russe Alexandre Pouchkine, Moscow, 1939
26.Paris Tel Qu'on L'Aime, Paris, n.d.
27.Picturesque Sicily by William Agnew Paton, New York, 1902
28.Sicilia E Malta by Enrico Mauceri, Torino, 1928
29.Suivons-Le! By Henryk Sienkiewicz, Paris, n.d.
30.The Swiss Family Robinson by Henry Frith, Ward, Lock & Co. London,
31.Un Sejour en France by Albert Savine, Paris, 1909
32.Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero by William Makepeace Thackeray, London, 1938.
33.Visages de la Bourgogne par Marie Bullier, Paris, Horizons De France, 1942.
