Hasdai ben Hezekiah (
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
: חסדאי בן חזקיה) was the son of
Hezekiah ben Solomon and thus was the ninth
Karaite exilarch
The exilarch was the leader of the Jewish community in Persian Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq) during the era of the Parthians, Sasanians and Abbasid Caliphate up until the Mongol invasion of Baghdad in 1258, with intermittent gaps due to ongoing ...
of the line of
Anan ben David. He lived in
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. He was the father of
Solomon ben Hasdai
Solomon ben Hasdai was the son of Hasdai ben Hezekiah. He was the tenth Karaite exilarch of the house of Anan ben David, and the last of Anan's descendants to be regarded by the Karaites as their nasi. During his reign many Karaite communities w ...
.
Karaite rabbis
Karaite exilarchs
11th-century rabbis from the Seljuk Empire
12th-century rabbis from the Seljuk Empire
Year of death unknown
Year of birth unknown
Jewish royalty
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