Formation | 1985 |
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Purpose | Printing of the Quran |
Headquarters | Medina |
Location | |
Coordinates | Coordinates: 24°30′59″N 39°32′29″E / 24.51639°N 39.54139°E |
Secretary General
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Muhammad Salim Al Oufy |
Head
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Saleh Al Sheikh |
Website | http://qurancomplex.gov.sa/default.asp?l=eng |
King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an (Arabic: مجمع الملك فهد لطباعة المصحف الشريف) is a printing plant located in Medina, Saudi Arabia that publishes the Qur'an in Arabic and other languages.
The company produces about 10 million copies a year. It has 1,700 employees. It has published 55 different translations of the Qur'an in 39 languages. Its website offers the Arabic Qur'an, recitations, textual search, translations, images of early Qur'an manuscripts, and exegetic commentaries. Since 1985, The Complex made over 128 million books of the Qur'an, which is widely used by all sects of Islam. Original copy was written by calligrapher, Uthman Taha
From 1985, its opening year, until 2007