Khalidi family
Khalidi (Arabic: خالد ي) or al-Khalidi is a prominent and politically active Palestinian Arab family from the Bani Khalid tribal confederation.[1] They were primarily based in Jerusalem.
Khalidi family members
Notable members of this family includes:
- Rashid Khalidi
- Tarif Khalidi
- Walid Khalidi
- Ismail Khalidi (writer)
- Ismail Khalidi
- Husayn al-Khalidi
- Yousef al-Khalidi, mayor
- Mustafa al-Khalidi,
- Khalil al-Khalidi, Islamic researcher; president of the sharia appeal court in Jerusalem; candidate for grand mufti
- Hajj Raghib al-Khalidi, founded in 1899 the al-Maktaba al-Khalidiyya (Khalidi Library) for classical Islam, Salafism, sociological, oriental and humanities studies
- Shaykh Yasin alKhalidi, qadi of Tripoli
See also
References
- ↑ City of Stone: The Hidden History of Jerusalem - Page 116, Meron Benvenisti - 1996
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