The Center of Islamic Heritage Revival was the first seed for establishing the Institute of Manuscripts and Revival of Islamic Heritage, as the center was established in 1396 A.H. under the name of the Center of Scientific Research and the Revival of Islamic Heritage. Afterward, the center was affiliated to the Institute of Scientific Research and the Revival of Islamic Heritage upon its establishment in 1406 A.H. On 27 Jumada Al-Thani, 1437 A.H, the Higher Education Council issued a decision to change the name of the Institute of Scientific Research and the Revival of Islamic Heritage to the Institute of Manuscripts and the Revival of Islamic Heritage, in order to make the center one of its important pillars.

The specializations of the center extend to include all scientific research related to the Islamic heritage, where the center is responsible for the issues of Islamic heritage in terms of compilation, indexation, classification, verification, and publication. The Islamic Heritage Revival Center has a scientific council of five members under the chairmanship of the Director of the Center. The council receives specialized research in the field of verification, and also supports the publication of the verified books in the different scientific specializations, including the Shari`ah-related fields, history, Arabic language fields, and others.

The Director of the Center: ​

Duties of the Director of the Center: ​

• Presiding over the center's council.
• Managing the center's affairs and following up its work flow.
• Supervising the progress of the scientific work carried out by the center, and submitting regular reports in this regard every three months, about the work progress, to the Deanship of the Institute of Manuscripts and the Revival of Islamic Heritage.
• Following up the implementation of the decisions of the Council of the Institute of Manuscripts and the Revival of Islamic Heritage.
• Directly supervising the administrative, technical and scientific board of the institute.
• Preparing the project of the proposed budget and submitting it to the institute, after referring it to the center's council.
• Preparing an annual report on the activities of the center, and submitting it to the Deanship of the Institute of Manuscripts and the Revival of Islamic Heritage.