The Center in Brief

The Central Library was established in the year 1381 AH (1961 CE), which is the same year the university opened its doors to students of knowledge from all over the world. The library’s contents developed and multiplied year after year. While the total number of items it contained at its opening did not exceed 3,000 volumes, that number doubled ten years later—in 1391 AH—exceeding 25,000 volumes. Ten years after that, in 1401 AH, it came to include more than 100,000 volumes, over 10,000 original and photographed manuscripts and microfilms, and around 450 periodicals received via subscription, gifts, and exchange.
In 1440 AH (2018/2019 CE), the total collection housed in the Central Library grew to over 44,628 titles across more than 176,761 volumes in the Arabic language covering all fields of knowledge. The Foreign Books Hall contains over 2,500 volumes specifically dedicated to scientific faculties (Science, Medicine, Engineering, etc.). Additionally, the Manuscripts Hall holds more than 4,000 original manuscripts, some of which date back more than 1,000 years.