The Khalidi Library is a library and archive in the Old City of Jerusalem. It was established in 1900, under Ottoman rule.
Khalidi Library, 2015
Khalidi Library, from the opening c. 1900. From right: Hajj Raghib al-Khalidi, Sheikh Taher al-Jaza’ireh (from Damascus), Sheikh Musa Shafiq al-Khalidi, Sheikh Khalil al-Khalidi, Sheikh Muhammad al-Habbal (from Beirut)
Yusuf Dia Pasha al-Khalidi was a prominent Ottoman politician who served as mayor of Jerusalem during several non-consecutive terms in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Al Khalidi served a
Khalidi Library
…includes correspondence, private papers, and legal documents from generations of the Khalidi family, including Ruhi Khalidi and former Mayor of Jerusalem Yousef Khalidi. The manuscript collection is digitized and available on the website of the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library…
Yusuf Ziya el Halidi
Letter from Yusuf Diya al Khalidi to Theodore Hertzl
Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya uddin al Khalidi 19 MARCH 1899