Hasdai ibn Shaprut
915 – 970 Andalusi (Iberian Jewish) Court physician, diplomat, patron of scholars
Jewish physician and diplomat at the Cordoba caliphate who launched Iberia's Hebrew cultural golden age.
- Religion
- Judaism (Rabbinic)
- Affiliations
- Court of Caliph Abd al-Rahman III, Cordoba
Hasdai served as physician and adviser at the court of the Umayyad caliph in Cordoba. He used his position to support Hebrew poets and grammarians, helping open the golden age of Sephardic culture. He is also known for his correspondence with the king of the Khazars, a people said to have adopted Judaism.
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- 960 Hasdai ibn Shaprut, courtier of Cordoba central figure