tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post3633259235888365603..comments2024-03-28T14:55:27.949+02:00Comments on My Right Word: Khalidi Clan Member Aids Synagogue ConstructionYMedadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14333122797414935958noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-27480197689312676872008-10-19T15:13:00.000+02:002008-10-19T15:13:00.000+02:00Well, now, thank yee, Yaakov. Keep up with the ca...Well, now, thank yee, Yaakov. Keep up with the cartooning. Or is that caricaturing?YMedadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333122797414935958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-71446942772694237952008-10-19T14:41:00.000+02:002008-10-19T14:41:00.000+02:00wonderful postingand lovely addition by suzannehag...wonderful posting<BR/>and lovely addition by suzanne<BR/>hag sameah to us all<BR/>yaakov kirschen<BR/><A HREF="http://drybonesblog.com" REL="nofollow">dry bones</A><BR/>Israel's political comic strip since 1973Yaakov Kirschenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167298051570083870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-88761510648746035222008-10-15T21:45:00.000+02:002008-10-15T21:45:00.000+02:00thanks for this and your many other historical con...thanks for this and your many other historical contributions to our knowledgeYMedadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333122797414935958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-44833107370905651892008-10-15T21:12:00.000+02:002008-10-15T21:12:00.000+02:00On the Street of the Chain in the Muslim Quarter o...On the Street of the Chain in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City, near the turn to the Kotel, is the Khalidi Family Library...<BR/><BR/>It was once the burial place of Barka Khan, commander of a ferocious Tartar tribe which got as far south as Gaza in 1244; he died in 1246, in battle, but only because he was drunk... His head was taken to Aleppo. His daughter married Sultar Baybars and one of her brothers built the tomb in Jerusalem for their father sometime between 1264 & 1280. After 1280, the vaulted structures were added, then blocked up in 1390 and the windows were added. In 1900, the Khalidi Family turned the tomb area into the reading room of their family library which boasts something like 12,000+ books and manuscripts there.<BR/><BR/>Just a little more info on the Khalidi Family in Jerusalem.Suzanne Pomeranzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17011855379486368219noreply@blogger.com