Ambition and sympathy made him extend his affection to the Jews of all the world.

He interviewed the captains of ships, he conversed with foreign envoys concerning the Jews of other lands.

He entered into a correspondence with the Chazars, Jews by adoption, not by race.

It is not surprising that the influence of Chasdai survived him.
Under the next two caliphs, Cordova continued the centre of a cultured life and literature.

Thither flocked, not only the Chazars, but also the descendants of the Babylonian Princes of the Captivity and other men of note.
Half a century after Chasdai's death, Samuel Ibn Nagdela (993-1055) stood at the head of the Jewish community in Granada.