Index of Persons

Search Tips

For best results, users are recommended to use the advanced search functions. Search results can also be improved by the use of the the following Boolean search characters:

Wildcard Characters:

Given the prevalence of variant spellings in names, using Wildcard Characters may help.

"?" can be inserted as a variant for any single character.

Thus a search for:

G?wargis  
returns results which contain either "Gewargis" or "Giwargis".

Similarly a search for:

M?r  
returns results which contain either "Mar" or "Mor".

"*" can be inserted as a variant for multiple characters or a truncated word.

Thus a search for:

Dayr*  
returns results for "Dayr" and "Dayro" and more.

Similarly a search for

Ab*  
returns results for "ʿAbdishoʿ" and "ʿAbda" and more.

Note: Because the sources we quote use a variety of transliteration formats, Syriaca.org ignores diacritics and punctuation in searching; for example, use of "ʿ" is not required to find results with this diacritical mark.

Fuzzy Search Character

Appending the character "~" after a word returns results for words that are close but not exact matches.

Thus a search for

Aba~  
returns results which contain "Aba" but also "Abi", "Saba", "Aha", and other words that are "fuzzy" matches for "Aba".

Exact Phrase Searches

To find an exact phrase, it should be enclosed in double quotes.

Thus

"ʿAbdishoʿ I"  
returns only one result with that exact phrase, while several results are found for the words "ʿAbdishoʿ" and "I".

Proximity Characters

To find two or more words which occur within a specified range of each other, one can append the character "~" followed by a number to an "Exact Phrase" search. This allows one to search for two or more words that occur within a specified distance of each other as defined by number of words.

Thus

"Jacob+Bishop"~2  
finds three results in which the words "Jacob" and "Bishop" occur within two words of each other: "Jacob , bishop of Nisibin", "Jacob, bishop of Phesilta", and "Jacob , bishop of ‛Ānah" while a simple search for "Jacob Bishop" returns many more results.

Results (716)

Magnus of Alexandria — Names: Magnus of AlexandriaMagnus of Alexandria, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1434
Magnus of Emesa — Names: Magnus of EmesaMagnus of Emesa, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1435
Majnūn Laylā, Qays ibn al-Mulawwaḥ — Names: Majnūn Laylā, Qays ibn al-MulawwaḥMajnūn Laylā, Qays ibn al-Mulawwaḥ, 1st/7th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1445
al-Majrīṭī, Abū l-Qāsim Maslamah ibn Aḥmad — Names: al-Majrīṭī, Abū l-Qāsim Maslamah ibn AḥmadAbū al-Qāsim Maslamah ibn Aḥmad, Known as al-Majrīṭīal-Majrīṭī, Abū l-Qāsim Maslamah ibn Aḥmad, physician from Cordova (d. 398/1007)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1446
al-Makkī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā — Names: al-Makkī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyāal-Makkī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā, poet (d. 248/ 862)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1450
al-Malik Bahāʾ al-Dawlah ibn ʿAḍud al-Dawlah = Abū Naṣr Bahāʾ al-Dawlah Fīrūz b. Fanā Khusraw ʿAḍud al-Dawlah — Names: al-Malik Bahāʾ al-Dawlah ibn ʿAḍud al-Dawlah = Abū Naṣr Bahāʾ al-Dawlah Fīrūz b. Fanā Khusraw ʿAḍud al-Dawlahal Malik Bahāʾ al Dawlah ibn ʿAḍud al Dawlah = Abū Naṣr Bahāʾ al Dawlah Fīrūz b Fanā Khusraw ʿAḍud al Dawlah Būyid prince...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1465
al-Malik al-Fāʾiz Ibrāhīm ibn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Ⅰ — Names: al-Malik al-Fāʾiz Ibrāhīm ibn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Ⅰal-Malik al-Fāʾiz Ibrāhīm ibn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Ⅰ, Ayyubid princeURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1466
Abū Dhuʾayb al-Hudhalī — Names: Abū Dhuʾayb al-HudhalīAbū Dhuʾayb al-Hudhalī, poet (d. ca. 26/647)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/147
Abū Dulaf al-Qāsim ibn ʿĪsā ibn Idrīs — Names: Abū Dulaf al-Qāsim ibn ʿĪsā ibn IdrīsAbū Dulaf al-Qāsim ibn ʿĪsā ibn Idrīs, 2nd– 3rd/8th–9th-c. commander, poet and musicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/148
Abū l-Faḍāʾil ibn al-Nāqid — Names: Abū l-Faḍāʾil ibn al-NāqidAbū l-Faḍāʾil ibn al-Nāqid, Egyptian physician known as al-MuhadhdhabURI: https://usaybia.net/person/149
Mankah al-Hindī (Māṇikya) — Names: Mankah al-Hindī (Māṇikya)Mankah al-Hindī (Māṇikya or Maṅkha)Mankah al-Hindī (Māṇikya), Indian physician and translator under Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1501
Manṣūr al-Namarī — Names: Manṣūr al-NamarīManṣūr al-Namarī, poet of the 2nd/8th c.URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1509
Abū l-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Abī Ṭāhir Ṭayfūr — Names: Abū l-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Abī Ṭāhir ṬayfūrAbū l-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Abī Ṭāhir Ṭayfūr, literary man and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/151
Mantias — Names: MantiasMantias, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1510
al-Maqrīzī, Taqī al-Dīn — Names: al-Maqrīzī, Taqī al-Dīnal-Maqrīzī, Taqī al-Dīn (d. 845/1442), Egyptian historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1511
Marcus — Names: MarcusMarcus, physician of antiquity, pupil of GhūrusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1513
al-Māridīnī, Fakhr al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Salām — Names: al-Māridīnī, Fakhr al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-SalāmFakhr al-Dīn al-Māridīnīal Māridīnī Fakhr al Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al Salām physician and teacher of Shihāb al Dīn al Suhrawardī al Maqtūl...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1514
Marinus — Names: MarinusMarinus, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1515
Abū l-Faḍl al-ʿĀriḍ — Names: Abū l-Faḍl al-ʿĀriḍAbū l-Faḍl al-ʿĀriḍ, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/152
Marwān ibn Janāḥ — Names: Marwān ibn JanāḥMarwān ibn Janāḥ, Andalusian physician and philologistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1522
al-Maryamī — Names: al-Maryamīal-Maryamī, probably the 3rd/9th-c. Egyptian poet al-Qāsim ibn Yaḥyā al-MaryamīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1525
Māsarjawayh — Names: MāsarjawayhMāsarjawayh (also Māsarjīs, Persian Māsargōye), Jewish Umayyad physician and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1529
Abū l-Faḍl ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Muhandis — Names: Abū l-Faḍl ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm al-MuhandisAbū l-Faḍl ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Muhandis, geometrician and physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/153
Māsawayh Abū Yūḥannā — Names: Māsawayh Abū YūḥannāMāsawayh Abū YuḥannāMāsawayh Abū Yūḥannā, physician in the service of Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1531
al-Maṣdūm, Abū l-Ḥusayn ibn Asdūn — Names: al-Maṣdūm, Abū l-Ḥusayn ibn Asdūnal-Maṣdūmal-Maṣdūm, Abū l-Ḥusayn ibn Asdūn, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1532

Search Tips

For best results, users are recommended to use the advanced search functions. Search results can also be improved by the use of the the following Boolean search characters:

Wildcard Characters:

Given the prevalence of variant spellings in names, using Wildcard Characters may help.

"?" can be inserted as a variant for any single character.

Thus a search for:

G?wargis  
returns results which contain either "Gewargis" or "Giwargis".

Similarly a search for:

M?r  
returns results which contain either "Mar" or "Mor".

"*" can be inserted as a variant for multiple characters or a truncated word.

Thus a search for:

Dayr*  
returns results for "Dayr" and "Dayro" and more.

Similarly a search for

Ab*  
returns results for "ʿAbdishoʿ" and "ʿAbda" and more.

Note: Because the sources we quote use a variety of transliteration formats, Syriaca.org ignores diacritics and punctuation in searching; for example, use of "ʿ" is not required to find results with this diacritical mark.

Fuzzy Search Character

Appending the character "~" after a word returns results for words that are close but not exact matches.

Thus a search for

Aba~  
returns results which contain "Aba" but also "Abi", "Saba", "Aha", and other words that are "fuzzy" matches for "Aba".

Exact Phrase Searches

To find an exact phrase, it should be enclosed in double quotes.

Thus

"ʿAbdishoʿ I"  
returns only one result with that exact phrase, while several results are found for the words "ʿAbdishoʿ" and "I".

Proximity Characters

To find two or more words which occur within a specified range of each other, one can append the character "~" followed by a number to an "Exact Phrase" search. This allows one to search for two or more words that occur within a specified distance of each other as defined by number of words.

Thus

"Jacob+Bishop"~2  
finds three results in which the words "Jacob" and "Bishop" occur within two words of each other: "Jacob , bishop of Nisibin", "Jacob, bishop of Phesilta", and "Jacob , bishop of ‛Ānah" while a simple search for "Jacob Bishop" returns many more results.