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Abu l-Fadl Hasdai ibn Yusuf ibn Hasdai

Abu al-Fadl ben Yosef Hasdai (ʾAbūu al-Faḍl Ḥaṣdāī ibn Yūṣuf ibn Ḥaṣdāī, Ḥasdai ben Yosef) was an eleventh-century philosopher, poet, mathematician, physician, and political figure in Zaragoza, then under the Taifa of Zaragoza. He was the son of the poet Joseph ibn Ḥasdai, who had fled from Córdoba in 1013, and the grandson of Ḥasdai ibn Ishaq. 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.

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Abu l-Fadl Hasdai ibn Yusuf ibn Hasdai

Name
Abu al-Fadl ben Yosef Hasdai
Born
c. 1050
Birthplace
Zaragoza, Taifa of Zaragoza
Died
after 1093
Place of death
Cairo, Fatimid Caliphate
Nationality
Taifa of Zaragoza
Occupation
writer · poet
Languages
Spanish

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Abu al-Fadl ben Yosef Hasdai (ʾAbūu al-Faḍl Ḥaṣdāī ibn Yūṣuf ibn Ḥaṣdāī, Ḥasdai ben Yosef) was an eleventh-century philosopher, poet, mathematician, physician, and political figure in Zaragoza, then under the Taifa of Zaragoza. He was the son of the poet Joseph ibn Ḥasdai, who had fled from Córdoba in 1013, and the grandson of Ḥasdai ibn Ishaq. 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.

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