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Jarir was established in Riyadh in 1974 as a small bookshop on Jarir Street, from where it derives its name. It dealt in used books and art sold by expats living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In the 1980s, Jarir opened a second branch in Riyadh followed by one in the 1990s.
In 1956, Al-Othaim Trading Company was established in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, by Sheikh Saleh Ali Al-Othaim. Abdullah Al Othaim Markets Company was established in 1980, which included branches for the wholesale and retail sale of goods. [16] [17] In 2008, Abdullah Al Othaim was listed on the Saudi Stock Exchange. [18]
Jarir may refer to: Jarir (poet), Arab poet; Jarir Bookstore, a Saudi company specializing in office retailing and book publishing. Jarir Street, a street in Riyadh; Jarir, a neighborhood in Riyadh; an alternative name for the Somali Bantu
In September 1993 Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal bought 50.1% of the company, at a time it was making loss, and had sixteen supermarkets in Riyadh and two at Jeddah, after the acquisition, Al-Waleed merged his retail company Al-Azizia Markets Co. with United Panda Co. to form Al Azizia Panda United, in which he became the chairman.
In 2015, a statue of Jarir Tabari, along with another Iranian scientist, Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi, was erected in the courtyard of the National Library of Tajikistan. [75] There are streets and schools named after him in Riyadh, Doha, Amol, Qazvin, Khobar, Aqaba, Madaba, Beirut, Dhahran, Heliopolis, Kuwait, Homs, Hama and Baghdad.
"One of the largest publicly available Arabian cartographic collections lies in Riyadh at the King ‘Abd al-‘Aziz Public Library (KAPL). Established in 1985, the KAPL enjoys a growing reputation for the quality of its facilities and collections, the latter ranging from books and manuscripts to coins and photographs.
The Riyadh Saudi Library, established in 1373 AH on the recommendation of the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibrahim Al Al-Sheikh, historically overseen by the Mufti, then the House of Ifta, and currently overseen by the leadership of the Department of Academic Research and Ifta.
Riyadh Public Library, Saudi Arabia (Maktabah al-'āmah al-sa'ūdīyah, Arabic مكتبة الرياض العامة السعودية) is a library established during the reign of King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud next to the mosque currently known as the Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibrahim Mosque, about 400 m south of the Al Hukm Palace and al-Safat square in Riyadh.