Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation is a

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-based non-profit institution which is primarily concerned with promoting "the study,

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, publication, preservation and conservation of

Islamic Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or '' Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the mai ...

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throughout the world." It was founded by the former Saudi oil minister

Ahmed Zaki Yamani Ahmed Zaki Yamani ( ar, أحمد زكي يماني; 30 June 1930 – 23 February 2021) was a Saudi Arabian politician who served as Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources from 1962 to 1986, and a minister in the Organization of the Petrole ...

in 1988. Since then it has published many works in the field of Islamic manuscripts, primary among them is the ''World Survey of Islamic Manuscripts'', which catalogues manuscripts in over one hundred countries, and has been described as "a pioneering work which includes hitherto unknown collections." To support its research, al-Furqan established a reference library, which has over 10,000 volumes.

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