Kashif al-Ghita Family is attributed to the tribe of Bani Malik, One of the tribes in Iraq and they are now known as Al-Ali, is attributed to Malik al-Ashtar (37 AH), one of the closest companions of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib.
Their ancestors lived in Janajiyah, Janajiya, or Qenaqia from the villages of Hilla, Iraq.
[1][2][3][4][5][6] The library is one of the ancient family libraries of Najaf that dates back to the end of the twelfth century AH (eighteenth century AD).
Its roots go back to Sheikh Ja'far Kashif al-Ghita (the author of the book “Kashif al-Ghita (book)”) who was a Shiite Marja' in thirteenth/nineteenth century, who died in (1228 AH / 1813 AD), After his death, His children and grandchildren preserved the library, and a large number of manuscripts and publications were added to the library, and it became one of the largest libraries in Najaf, the library contains many sections distributed among books of jurisprudence, fundamentals of jurisprudence, beliefs, philosophy, general sciences, books of hadith, biography, history, medicine and language books Rhetoric, grammar, translations, men's science (Biographical evaluation), the sciences of the Qur’an, logic, literature, poetry and others.
Where there are rare first editions of the mothers of books, and the library receives many students of religious sciences and academic studies.