Personal Life
We have no record of a wife. The Sephardic Jewish family originating from Turkey that has the surname Chiprut claims descent from Hasdai. In addition several families throughout the Jewish Diaspora carry variations of the Hasdai name which came about when moving from one country to another
When Hibat Allah converted to Islam, Isaac ibn Ezra (Abu Hasdai Yitzhak ibn Ezra ibn Shaprut) converted too. Isaac ibn Ezra (son of Abraham ibn Ezra ibn Shaprut), had a son named Hasdai ben Isaac ibn ezra bn Shaprut (Abu Yusuf ben Yitzhak bin Ezra ibn Shaprut). Some Jewish scholars view Hasdai ibn Shaprut's father (the apostate previously known as Isaac bin Ezra) as the primary driver for enticing the heads of Jewish Academies, in Babylon, to come to Spain. The goal, as speculated among scholars, was to debase Jewish centers of learning, erode the power base of the Exilarchate, and help bring the fall of the Radhanite trade network; thereby shifting economic power plus intellectual and political authority to al-Andalus. Also, in 949, he became the right hand man (vizier) to the Muslim caliph of the Caliph of Cordoba
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