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
Abu Amir Yusuf ibn Ahmad ibn Hud ( ar, أبو عامر يوسف إبن أحمد إبن هود, Abū ʿĀmir Yūsuf ibn Aḥmad ibn Hūd; died ), more commonly known as al-Mu'taman, was a mathematician, and also one of the kings of the Taifa of Za ...
ascended the throne in 1081.
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11th-century Sephardi Jews
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