The Babylonian names of Makhir, Hasdai, Sheshet and Shealtiel are the names of chief rabbis and leaders - Nasi (considered by the Jewish tradition as descendents of king David) of the Jewish center.
Hasdai Crescas, Jewish philosopher and a renowned halakhist (teacher of Jewish law)
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Hasdai ibn Shaprut (born c. 915; died 970 or 990), Jewish physician, diplomat, and patron of science
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Hasdai ben Hezekiah, son of Hezekiah ben Solomon, thus the 9th Karaite exilarch of the line of Anan ben David
Hasdai Crescas | Hasdai ibn Shaprut | Hasdai ben Hezekiah | Hasdai |
Menahem was a native of Tortosa, and went, apparently at an early age, to Cordoba, where he found a patron in Isaac ben Ezra ibn Shaprut, the father of the subsequent statesman Hasdai ibn Shaprut.