Index of Persons

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Occupationpoet (173) ruler (94) historian (42) prince (18) physician (18) patron (17) commander (16) musician (8) littérateur (6) author (6) anthologist (6) orator (5) philosopher (4) secretary (4) grammarian (3) geographer (2) courtier (2) official (2) vizier (2) emir (2) chamberlain (2) hadith scholar (2) translator (2) bishop (2) teacher (1) jurist (1) chief (1) scholar (1) mystic (1) hospital founder (1) man of letters (1) Qurʾanic commentator (1) ophthalmologist (1) traditionist (1) theologian (1) patriarch (1) preacher (1) military captain (1) polymath (1) prose writer (1) governor (1) sultan (1) statesman (1) Qurʾanic scholar (1) monk (1)

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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

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Thus a search for

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

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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 (368)

Ibn al-Qaysarānī — Names: Ibn al-QaysarānīIbn al-Qaysarānī, Muḥammad ibn Naṣr ibn Dāghir, poet (d. 548/1154)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1083
Ibn Rāʾiq — Names: Ibn RāʾiqIbn Rāʾiq, military commander (d. 330/942)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1089
Ibn al-Sāʿī — Names: Ibn al-SāʿīIbn al-Sāʿī, Tāj al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Anjab, 7th/13thc. historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1107
Abū l-Aṣbagh ʿĪsā ibn Aḥmad al-Rāzī — Names: Abū l-Aṣbagh ʿĪsā ibn Aḥmad al-RāzīAbū l-Aṣbagh ʿĪsā ibn Aḥmad al-Rāzī (d. 379/989), Andalusī historian and secretary of al-Ḥakam ⅠⅠURI: https://usaybia.net/person/111
Ibn Shākir al-Kutubī — Names: Ibn Shākir al-KutubīIbn Shākir al-Kutubī, Muḥammad (d. 764/ 1363), Syrian historian and anthologistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1118
Ibn al-Shaṭajayrī — Names: Ibn al-ShaṭajayrīIbn al-Shaṭajayrī, Ḥabīb ibn Aḥmad, Andalusī poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1121
Ibn Shaʿyā see Abū l-Barakāt ibn Shaʿyā Ibn (al-)Shibl al-Baghdādī — Names: Ibn Shaʿyā see Abū l-Barakāt ibn Shaʿyā Ibn (al-)Shibl al-BaghdādīIbn Shibl al-BaghdādīIbn Shaʿyā see Abū l Barakāt ibn Shaʿyā Ibn al Shibl al Baghdādī Abū ʿAlī al Ḥusayn `or` Muḥammad ibn al Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1122
Ibn al-Shiḥnah — Names: Ibn al-ShiḥnahIbn al-Shiḥnah, Muhadhdhab al-Dīn Abū Ḥafṣ ʿUmar ibn Muḥammad al-Mawṣilī, poet (d. 608/1211 `or` 606/1209)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1123
Ibn Sukkarah al-Hāshimī — Names: Ibn Sukkarah al-HāshimīIbn Sukkarah al-Hāshimī (d. 385/995), poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1128
Ibn Tāshufīn (`or` Tāshfīn) — Names: Ibn Tāshufīn (`or` Tāshfīn)Ibn Tāshufīn (`or` Tāshfīn), Almoravid ruler (`reg.` 453–500/1061–1106)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1134
Abū l-ʿAskar al-Ḥusayn ibn Maʿdān — Names: Abū l-ʿAskar al-Ḥusayn ibn MaʿdānAbū l-ʿAskar al-Ḥusayn ibn Maʿdān, ruler of Makrān (Mukrān)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/114
Ibn al-Tilmīdh — Names: Ibn al-TilmīdhAbū l-Faraj ibn al-TilmīdhIbn al Tilmīdh Muʿtamad al Mulk Abū l Faraj Yaḥyā ibn Ṣāʿid ibn Yaḥyā physician and poet d 559 1164 according to Yāqūt but...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1140
Ibn Ṭughj — Names: Ibn ṬughjIbn Ṭughj, founder of the Ikshīdid dynasty (`reg.` 323–334/935–46)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1144
Abū l-ʿAtāhiyah — Names: Abū l-ʿAtāhiyahAbū l-ʿAtāhiyah, poet (d. 211/826)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/115
Ibn ʿUnayn — Names: Ibn ʿUnaynIbn ʿUnayn, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Naṣr (`or` Naṣr Allāh) ibn al-Ḥasan, Damascene poet (d. 630/1233)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1151
Ibn Wakīʿ al-Tinnīsī — Names: Ibn Wakīʿ al-TinnīsīIbn Wakīʿ al-Tinnīsī, ʿAlī ibn Wakīʿ al-Tinnīsī, poet and critic (d. 393/1003)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1163
Ibn al-Yasaʿ — Names: Ibn al-YasaʿIbn al-Yasaʿ, Abū Yaḥyā al-Yasaʿ ibn ʿĪsā ibn Ḥazm, Fatimid historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1167
Ibn al-Zayyāt — Names: Ibn al-ZayyātMuḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn al-ZayyātIbn al-Zayyāt, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik, Abbasid vizier and poet (d. 243/847)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1168
Ibn al-Zubayr — Names: Ibn al-ZubayrIbn al-Zubayr, al-Qāḍī al-Muhadhdhab al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Zubayr, poet (d. 561/1166)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1170
Ibn Zuhr — Names: Ibn Zuhral-Ḥafīd (the grandson) Abū Bakr ibn ZuhrIbn Zuhr, al-Ḥafīd Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Abī Marwān ibn Abī l-ʿAlāʾ, Andalusian physician and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1175
Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Mūsā — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn MūsāIbrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Mūsā, the SecretaryIbrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Mūsā, ‘the Secretary’ (`al-kātib`), 3rd/9th-c. patron of Greek-to-Arabic translatorsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1201
al-Ibshīhī Names: al-Ibshīhīal-Ibshīhī (d. ca. 850/1446), anthologistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1212
Idrīs ibn ʿAbd Allāh Ibn al-Yamān al-Andalusī — Names: Idrīs ibn ʿAbd Allāh Ibn al-Yamān al-AndalusīIdrīs ibn ʿAbd Allāh Ibn al-Yamān al-Andalusī, poet (d. 470/1077–1078)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1214
Ilghāzī ibn Artuq — Names: Ilghāzī ibn ArtuqIlghāzī ibn Artuq, Najm al-Dīn, Artuqid ruler (`reg.` 507–516/1115–1122)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1218
ʿImād al-Dīn Abū Bakr ibn Qarā Arslān ibn Dāwūd ibn Artuq — Names: ʿImād al-Dīn Abū Bakr ibn Qarā Arslān ibn Dāwūd ibn ArtuqʿImād al-Dīn Abū Bakr ibn Qarā Arslān ibn Dāwūd ibn Artuq, 12th-c. Artuqid ruler of Kharpūt (Harpūt)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1220

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.