Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Al-Aqsa Library" in English language version.
Nashashibi and his wife began to promote the idea of establishing a library in 1998 in the southern corner of the mosque compound and called it Al-Khataniah Library. […] A couple of years later, the Al-Khataniah Library was attached to the main library in the mosque, which was established in 1923 in the southwestern corner of the compound. Both libraries are now affiliated with the Jordanian Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs to manage them.
The al-Aqsa Mosque Library has been reduced in size since 2007 to allow room to revive the female mosque that used to be there in the past, in the location of in the medieval (Knight Templar) building. This change seems to be related to the change in management. Khader Salameh has left and is currently the director of the Khalidi library. Sheikh Hamed abu Tair is the head of the manuscript library (Khutaniyye) as well as the general library.
the Templars' Armoury, sometimes called Baka'at al Baida, and incorrectly Al Aksá al Kadîmah ('the Ancient Askâ'). [Page 111: …] the Jâmi' an Nisâ, 'the Mosque of the Women' (the Templars' Armoury)
[map] Al-Khutaniyya. See also: preview at archive.org (free account needed).
To the west of Al-Aksa is the building called by Catherwood and others, the Mosque of Abu Bekr, but the Sheikh of the Haram knew nothing of this name, nor did any of the educated Moslems living at Jerusalem, they invariably called it Al-Baka'at al-Baidha (the white corner or place), sometimes adding "of Solomon".
The annex building next to al-Aqsa was converted to an Islamic museum and library. […] The women's mosque which is presently used for offices will be integrated with the complex and restored.[page number N/A in the limited preview]
Jāmiʿ al-Nisāʾ. Converted c. 590/1193 {anno Hegirae / CE}. Other names: Jāmiʿ Abū Bakr. Modern name: Maktabat al-Aqsa (the al-Aqsa Library).
the Knights Templars, who used it as an armoury or something of that sort […] This part of the building is now the women's mosque, the 'white mosque'.
"[…] the Armoury of the Templars." Now this would be the White (or Women's) Mosque
A southern annex, built by the Crusaders over the southern salient in the city wall, was converted and endowed in 1189 as a zawiya ([…] a residence for a Sufi shaykh and a meeting place for his followers), known as al-Khutniyya or al-Khatuniyya
[map] Al-Khutaniyya. See also: preview at archive.org (free account needed).
al-Khataniyya library
Khader Salamah [also: Salameh], former director of the al-Aqsa Mosque Library and Islamic Museum.
ʿAdil Effendi Jaber, a professor of law […] in 1922 he became the first director of the newly established al-Aqsa Library and of the Islamic Museum.[pages are unnumbered in the preview]
[in the small blueprint of the mosque:] White Mosque (Women's Mosque)(The spelling Khutniyah is on pp. 17 and 36 (also al-Khutni for the sheik).)
المدرسة / الزاوية الختنية [structure number 129]
It was called White mosque due to the colour of the stone used, it was majorly used by women.
the Khatania Zawia that includes a school and a library, named after Sheikh al-Khatani. […] Al-Zawiya al-Khutaniyyeh)
The Al-Aqsa Mosque Library holds one of the largest collections of Palestinian historical newspapers and periodicals.
المدرسة / الزاوية الختنية [structure number 129]
the Templars' Armoury, sometimes called Baka'at al Baida, and incorrectly Al Aksá al Kadîmah ('the Ancient Askâ'). [Page 111: …] the Jâmi' an Nisâ, 'the Mosque of the Women' (the Templars' Armoury)
