Abu al-Fadl ibn Hasdai

Abu al-Fadl ben Yosef Hasdai
Abu al-Fadl ben Yosef Hasdai
Personal
Born	c. 1050; Zaragoza, Taifa of Zaragoza
Died	after 1093; Cairo, Fatimid Caliphate
Religion	Judaism

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, Spain.

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]

References

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

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Kohler, Kaufmann; Broydé, Isaac (1901–1906). "Ḥasdai (Ḥisdai), Abu al-Faḍl ben Joseph ibn". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.

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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] Gottheil, Richard; Kayserling, Meyer; Jacobs, Joseph (1901–1906). "Spain". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.