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{{Short description|Cultural institution in Saudi Arabia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox library
| name         = King Abdulaziz Foundation for Research and Archives<br/>{{lang|ar|دارة الملك عبد العزيز}}
| location     = [[Al Murabba]], [[King Abdulaziz Historical Center]], [[Riyadh]] 12631, [[Saudi Arabia]]
| established  = {{Start date and age|12 September 1972}}
| library_logo = File:DARAH LOGO.svg
| website      = {{URL|https://www.darah.org.sa/}}
| library_name = kh
}}
[[File:National_Museum_Riyadh_(6781663057).jpg|thumb|One of [[Ibn Saud|King Abdulaziz's]] vehicles on display at the King Abdulaziz Memorial Hall, 2012]]
'''King Abdulaziz Foundation for Research and Archives (KAFRA)''' ({{Langx|ar|دارة الملك عبد العزيز}}), better known as '''Darah''',<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-06-30|title=King Abdul Aziz Foundation offers a quarter of its Arabic content online|url=https://arab.news/zwqf3 |access-date=2022-09-17|newspaper=Arab News}}</ref> is a [[cultural institution]] in the [[Al Murabba]] neighborhood of [[Riyadh]], Saudi Arabia, located between the [[Murabba Palace]] compound and the [[National Museum of Saudi Arabia|National Museum]]. It includes the King Abdulaziz Memorial Hall and King Abdulaziz Private Library.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2018-11-11|title=دارة الملك عبدالعزيز تكشف أكثر من 3 آلاف كتاب جمعها "المؤسس" خلال حياته|url=https://www.okaz.com.sa/local/na/1685122|access-date=2022-09-17|newspaper=Okaz|language=ar}}</ref> Established in September 1972 through a royal decree by [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia|King Faisal]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=القرني |first=علي خضران |date=2021-03-05 |title=دارة الملك عبدالعزيز ودورها في خدمة التاريخ والتراث |url=https://www.al-madina.com/article/721175/كتاب/دارة-الملك-عبدالعزيز-ودورها-في-خدمة-التاريخ-والتراث |access-date=2022-09-17|newspaper=Al Madina|language=ar}}</ref> it was later included in the [[King Abdulaziz Historical Center]] in 1999.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bsheer|first=Rosie|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gyT3DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT220|title=Archive Wars: The Politics of History in Saudi Arabia |year=2020|publisher=[[Stanford University Press]]|isbn=978-1-5036-1258-7|page=220}}</ref>
The Darah mainly involves in [[collections management]] and preservation of documents and archives pertaining to [[Ibn Saud|King Abdulaziz]], the first monarch of [[Saudi Arabia]], his [[List of Kings of Saudi Arabia|successors]] and the [[History of Saudi Arabia|national history]] in general.
The chairman of the foundation is [[Faisal bin Salman Al Saud]] who was appointed to the post on 12 December 2023.<ref>{{cite news
|title=King Salman issues royal decrees|url=https://www.argaam.com/en/article/articledetail/id/1691216|access-date=13 December 2023|work=Argaam
|date=12 December 2023}}</ref>
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