The soil of Barakat Khan (al-Khalidi library)
Prince Husam al-Din Baraka Khan, the leader of the khwarezmians summoned by King Najm al-Din Ayyub, to help him recover Jerusalem from the hands of the Franks.
It is located on the southern side of the Bab al-Silsila road out of Al-Aqsa, 100 meters from Bab al-Silsila, to the west of Dar Al-Quran al-Salamiyah, and opposite the fresh soil.
The soil consists of an open courtyard containing the Three Graves mentioned above, and located in the west of it is a room that is now used by the Al-Khalidi library, and the most important feature of the Khan pond soil building is its main northern facade overlooking the Bab al-Silsila Road, in the northeastern part of which there is a medium-sized entrance flanked on each side by a stone bench known as the guillotine, and in the northwestern part of it there are two windows, one of which is a pointed contract, and the other is a scissor contract.
It is now the Al-Khalidi library (Al-Khalidi library).
The importance of its location lies due to its location in an active, educated and urban center since the days of the Mamluks, in addition to its proximity to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which was characterized by activity and vitality around the clock.
The builder of this soil was Prince Husam al-Din Baraka Khan, he was the leader of the khwarizmians who contributed to the liberation of Jerusalem from the Crusader occupation, and Prince Husam al-din continued to fight the Crusaders until he was martyred in Homs, in the year 644 Ah/1246 ad, and was buried in this soil, then his sons Badr al-Din Muhammad and Husam al-Din Karb Bey were buried in it, and in the Mamluk era, Mohammed bin Ahmed Al-Alai, renewed this soil, and expanded it in the year 792 Ah/1294 ad .
As for the Khalidi library, it was built in 1899 ad (1318 Hijri) and was established by Haj Ragheb Al-Khalidi and considered it an Islamic Waqf, with an amount of money recommended by his grandmother Khadija Al-Khalidi, and has become an atomic Waqf to this day.
Today, the Khalidi library is distinguished by the fact that it contains a large number of manuscripts written in the handwriting of its authors from famous scholars, beautiful gilded copies in which different colors of ink were used and rare copies of the Holy Quran, this library is considered a real treasure.
The soil of Barakat Khan is located on the southern side of the Bab al-Silsila road out of Al-Aqsa, 100 meters from Bab al-Silsila, to the west of Dar Al-Quran Salamiyah, and opposite the fresh soil.
It was named after its creator, Prince Husamuddin Baraka Khan.
He was the leader of the algorithm who was summoned by King Najm al-Din Ayyub, to help him recover Jerusalem from the hands of the Franks،
The soil dates back to the Mamluk era and the date of its construction was between the years 663-679 Ah /1265-1280 ad .
The soil consists of an open courtyard containing the Three Graves mentioned above, and in its west there is a room that is now used by the Al-Khalidi library, and the most important feature of the Khan pond soil building is its main northern facade overlooking the Bab al-Silsila Road, in the northeastern part of which there is a medium-sized entrance flanked on each side by a stone bench known as the guillotine, and in the northwestern part of it there are two windows, one of which is a pointed necklace, and the other is a scissor necklace.
The importance of its location is due to its location in an active, educated and urban center since the days of the Mamluks, in addition to its proximity to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which was characterized by activity and vitality around the clock.
The builder of this soil was Prince Husam al-Din Baraka Khan, and he was the leader of the khwarazmians who contributed to the liberation of Jerusalem from the Crusader occupation, and Prince Husam al-din continued to fight the Crusaders until he was martyred in Homs, in the year 644 Ah /1246 ad, and was buried in this soil, then his sons Badr al-Din Muhammad and Husam al-Din Karb Bey were buried in it, and in the Mamluk era, Mohammed bin Ahmed Al-Alai, renewed this soil, and expanded it in the year 792 Ah /1294 ad.
As for the Khalidi library, it was built in 1899 ad (1318 Hijri) and was established by Haj Ragheb Al-Khalidi and considered it an Islamic Waqf, with an amount of money recommended by his grandmother Khadija Al-Khalidi, and has become an atomic Waqf to this day.
Today, the Khalidi library is distinguished by the fact that it contains a large number of manuscripts written in the handwriting of its authors from famous scholars, beautiful gilded copies in which different colors of ink were used and rare copies of the Holy Quran, this library is considered a real treasure and is now the Al-Khalidi library (the Khalidi library).