His Highness the Amir toured the facility and was briefed on the National Archives of Qatar's infrastructure and its contents that are dedicated to monitoring the history of Qatar
National Archives to preserve
Qatar's history: Amir
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani said that the inauguration of the National Archives of Qatar is a contribution to preserve Qatar's history and document the country's cultural and national identity.
In a post on his official account on 'X' platform, His Highness the Amir said National Archives of Qatar inauguration is an addition to the country's national institutions to preserve Qatar's history and document its cultural and national identity through archiving historic documents, enhancing research and historiography, and raising awareness of their significance.
His Highness the Amir also listened to a presentation on the details of the facility's different departments and their methods of work.
The inauguration was attended by a number of ministers and senior officials.
On this occasion, HE Chairman of the Board of Trustees of National Archives of Qatar Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Attiyah expressed his gratitude to His Highness the Amir for inaugurating this important achievement, which is considered an advanced national centre that preserves the history of Qatar, contributes to documenting the national cultural identity, and conserves its heritage and culture.
The National Archives of Qatar, affiliated with the Amiri Diwan, was reorganised according to the Amiri Decision No. (29) of 2023. It aims to enrich intellectual activity, monitor the history of Qatar, and organise and supervise the collection and preservation of documents and archives, in implementation of the provisions of Law No. (7) of 2023 on documents and archives.
It also aims to enable access to information, records and documents and facilitate their use by setting standards and policies that regulate the process of managing public, private, historical and national documents in the country.
The National Archives of Qatar is concerned with identifying all documents of historical value in possession of ministries and other government agencies or individuals as well as other documents and archives located abroad and determining the mechanisms for the Archive to obtain and transfer these documents and archives to it or to obtain copies of them.
