Primary contact
King Faisal Street
Al Aqsa Mosque, Old City
Identity area
Identifier
JM-KL
Authorized form of name
al-Khatib Library (KL)
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Riad Al-Khatib
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King Faisal Street
Al Aqsa Mosque, Old City
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+ 972 (0)2987929
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+ 972 (0)576334090
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History
A private Islamic law library of the Khatib family containing 170 manuscripts. The library was accumulated when the family functioned as judges - mostly on Islamic Law. Sheikh Burhan Eddin ibn Jama’ made the library a religious endowment, a waqf, in 1850. The manuscripts have been restored and the family guards the collection very carefully.
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Access by invitation.
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Entry prepared on November 2018.
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Jerusalem historical libraries and archives revisited, Revised report prepared for Open Jerusalem, October 2014, Merav Mack
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Author: Open Jerusalem http://www.openjerusalem.org/