Hasdai ibn Shaprut
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Hasdai ibn Shaprut, also known as Abu Yusuf ben Yitzhak ben Ezra, was a Jewish scholar, physician, diplomat, and patron of science in medieval al-Andalus.
Monument to Hasdai ibn Shaprut in Jaén, Spain
Hasdai ibn Shaprut presenting ambassador John of Gorze of Otto I the Great to Abd al-Rahman III at the Medina Azahara, by Dionisio Baixeras Verdaguer, 1885.
Guide for the Perplexed by Maimonides
Sancho I of León
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Sancho I of León, nicknamed Sancho the Fat was a king of León twice. He was succeeded in 958 by Ordoño IV and, on his death, by his son Ramiro.
Hasdai ibn Shaprut
…of Córdoba, where he was responsible for foreign affairs and diplomacy. Renowned for his medical expertise, most famously for treating the obesity of Sancho of León, he is also remembered for overseeing the Arabic translation of De Materia Medica by Dioscorides, which became a cornerstone of medieval pharmacology…
A miniature of Sancho I, from the Tumbo A in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.
Sinatura Sancho I