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Abu al-Fadl ibn Hasdai

Abu al-Fadl ibn Hasdai

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Abu al-Fadl ben Yosef Hasdai (Arabic: أبوالفضل حصداي ابن يوسف ابن حصداي, ʾAbūu al-Faḍl Ḥaṣdāī ibn Yūṣuf ibn Ḥaṣdāī Hebrew: חַסְדַּאי בֶּן יוֹסֵף, Ḥasdai ben Yosef) was an eleventh-century philosopher, poet, mathematician, physician, and political figure in Zaragoza, then under the Taifa of Zaragoza.

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He was the son of the poet Joseph ibn Ḥasdai, who had fled from Córdoba in 1013, and the grandson of Ḥasdai ibn Ishaq.[1] In 1066 he was appointed vizier in the Hudid court of Zaragoza, a position he held until Yusuf al-Mu'taman ibn Hud ascended the throne in 1081.[2]


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  1. Sela, Shlomo (2003). Abraham ibn Ezra and the Rise of Medieval Hebrew Science. Leiden: Brill. p. 6. ISBN 978-90-04-12973-3.
  2. Public Domain Gottheil, Richard; Kayserling, Meyer; Jacobs, Joseph (1901–1906). "Spain". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.

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