Index of Persons

Facets

Occupationpoet (173) grammarian (47) emir (32) physician (14) lexicographer (13) musician (8) anthologist (6) littérateur (5) man of letters (5) author (4) vizier (3) historian (3) philologist (3) teacher (2) courtier (2) hadith scholar (2) traditionalist (1) jurist (1) scholar (1) mystic (1) prince (1) official (1) ophthalmologist (1) theologian (1) prose writer (1) commentator (1) philosopher (1) judge (1) commander (1) secretary (1) orator (1) translator (1) Qurʾanic scholar (1)

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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 (270)

Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥamdūn — Names: Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn ḤamdūnAbū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥamdūn, man of lettersURI: https://usaybia.net/person/69
Dhū l-Rummah — Names: Dhū l-RummahDhū l-Rummah, poet (d. 117/735–736)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/711
Dioscorides the Younger — Names: Dioscorides the YoungerDioscorides the Younger, 2nd-c. ＡⅮ grammarianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/722
Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yazīd — Names: Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn YazīdAbū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yazīd, Andalusian physician and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/73
al-Farazdaq (Hammām ibn Ghālib) — Names: al-Farazdaq (Hammām ibn Ghālib)al-Farazdaq (Hammām ibn Ghālib), Umayyad poet (d. 110/728)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/767
al-Fāriqī, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik — Names: al-Fāriqī, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malikal-Fāriqī, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik, poet (d. after 561/1166)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/770
al-Fāris (the knight) Fāris al-Dīn Maymūn al-Qaṣrī — Names: al-Fāris (the knight) Fāris al-Dīn Maymūn al-Qaṣrīal-Fāris (the knight) Fāris al-Dīn Maymūn al-Qaṣrī, Ayyubid emir (d. 611/1214)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/771
al-Fīrūzābādī, Abū Ṭāhir Majīd al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Yaʿqūb — Names: al-Fīrūzābādī, Abū Ṭāhir Majīd al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Yaʿqūbal-Fīrūzābādī, Abū Ṭāhir Majīd al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Yaʿqūb, 8th/14th-c. lexicographerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/778
al-Ghaḍanfar, Abū Taghlib Faḍl Allāh — Names: al-Ghaḍanfar, Abū Taghlib Faḍl Allāhal-Ghaḍanfar, Abū Taghlib Faḍl Allāh (d. 369/979), Ḥamdānid emirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/792
Ḥabbūs ibn Māksan ibn Zīrī ibn Manād al-Ṣanhājī — Names: Ḥabbūs ibn Māksan ibn Zīrī ibn Manād al-ṢanhājīḤabbūs ibn Māksan ibn Zīrī ibn Manād al-Ṣanhājī, first emir of the Zirid dynasty in GranadaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/805
al-Ḥakam ibn Muḥammad ibn Qanbar (`or` Qunbur) al-Māzinī — Names: al-Ḥakam ibn Muḥammad ibn Qanbar (`or` Qunbur) al-Māzinīal-Ḥakam ibn Muḥammad ibn Qanbar (`or` Qunbur) al-Māzinī, 3rd/9th-c. poet from BasraURI: https://usaybia.net/person/812
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Masʿūd al-Bajjānī — Names: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Masʿūd al-BajjānīAbū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Masʿūd al-Bajjānī, poet who lived in Cordova (d. ca. 400/1009–1010)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/82
Ḥammād ibn Isḥāq — Names: Ḥammād ibn IsḥāqḤammād ibn Isḥāq, musician (150–235/767– 850)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/820
al-Ḥārithī — Names: al-Ḥārithīal-Ḥārithī, unidentified poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/830
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad Ibrāhīm — Names: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad IbrāhīmAbū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad Ibrāhīm, Andalusī judge and grammarianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/84
al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī Abū l-Jawāʾiz al-Wāsiṭī — Names: al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī Abū l-Jawāʾiz al-Wāsiṭīal-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī Abū l-Jawāʾiz al-Wāsiṭī (d. 460/1067–1068), poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/847
al-Ḥasan ibn Bishr al-Dimashqī — Names: al-Ḥasan ibn Bishr al-Dimashqīal-Ḥasan ibn Bishr al-Dimashqī, satiric poet at the court of the Fatimid caliph al-ʿAzīz bi-AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/849
Ḥassān ibn al-Ḥubāb ibn al-Walīd al-Qushayrī — Names: Ḥassān ibn al-Ḥubāb ibn al-Walīd al-QushayrīḤassān ibn al-Ḥubāb ibn al-Walīd al-Qushayrī, 5th/11th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/863
Ḥātim ibn Saʿīd — Names: Ḥātim ibn SaʿīdḤātim ibn Saʿīd, Andalusī poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/864
Ḥātim al-Ṭāʾī — Names: Ḥātim al-ṬāʾīḤātim al-Ṭāʾī – pre-Islamic poet proverbial for his generosityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/865
Saʿd b. Muḥammad al-Tamīmī — Names: Saʿd b. Muḥammad al-TamīmīSaʿd b. Muḥammad al-Tamīmī, poet (d. 574/1179)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/866
al-Ḥaẓīrī, ʿAlī ibn Yūsuf ibn Abī l-Maʿālī Saʿd ibn ʿAlī — Names: al-Ḥaẓīrī, ʿAlī ibn Yūsuf ibn Abī l-Maʿālī Saʿd ibn ʿAlīDallāl al-Kutubal-Ḥaẓīrī, ʿAlī ibn Yūsuf ibn Abī l-Maʿālī Saʿd ibn ʿAlī – known as Dallāl al-Kutub (‘the Book Hawker’); poet and anthologistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/867
Hishām I al-Riḍā — Names: Hishām I al-RiḍāHishām I al-Riḍā, emir of al-Andalus in 172– 180/788–796URI: https://usaybia.net/person/889
Humām al-Dīn al-ʿAbdī, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Naṣr — Names: Humām al-Dīn al-ʿAbdī, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn NaṣrHumām al-Dīn al-ʿAbdī, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Naṣr, poet (d. 596/1199)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/896
ʿAbd Allāh Ⅰ — Names: ʿAbd Allāh ⅠʿAbd Allāh Ⅰ, seventh emir of CordovaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/9
al-Huzaymī al-Abīwardī, Abū Naṣr — Names: al-Huzaymī al-Abīwardī, Abū Naṣral-Huzaymī al-Abīwardī, Abū Naṣr, 4th/10thc. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/907
Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah, Muwaffaq al-Dīn Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn al-Qāsim ibn Khalīfah — Names: Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah, Muwaffaq al-Dīn Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn al-Qāsim ibn KhalīfahIbn Abī Uṣaybiʿah, Muwaffaq al-Dīn Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn al-Qāsim ibn Khalīfah , the author of the present book `passim` treatises specifiedURI: https://usaybia.net/person/926
Ibn Aflaḥ, Abū l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn Aflaḥ al-kātib — Names: Ibn Aflaḥ, Abū l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn Aflaḥ al-kātibIbn Aflaḥ, Abū l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn Aflaḥ al-kātib, poet (d. 535/1141)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/931
Ibn al-Aḥmar — Names: Ibn al-AḥmarIbn al-Aḥmar, poet from the 1st/7th c.URI: https://usaybia.net/person/932
Ibn ʿArabī, Muḥyī l-Dīn — Names: Ibn ʿArabī, Muḥyī l-DīnIbn ʿArabī, Muḥyī l-Dīn (d. 638/1240), Andalusī mystic and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/935
Ibn Bābashādh, Abū l-Ḥasan Ṭāhir b. Aḥmad al-Miṣrī — Names: Ibn Bābashādh, Abū l-Ḥasan Ṭāhir b. Aḥmad al-MiṣrīIbn Bābashādh, Abū l-Ḥasan Ṭāhir b. Aḥmad al-Miṣrī, grammarianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/940
Ibn Barhān, Abū l-Fatḥ Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad — Names: Ibn Barhān, Abū l-Fatḥ Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn MuḥammadIbn Barhān, Abū l-Fatḥ Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad, grammarian and jurist (d. 520//1126)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/949
Ibn Barrī — Names: Ibn BarrīIbn Barrī, grammarianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/950
Ibn Bassām — Names: Ibn BassāmIbn Bassām, 3rd/9th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/952
Ibn Buṣāqah, al-Ṣāḥib Fakhr al-Quḍāh Abū l-Fatḥ Naṣr Allāh ibn Hibat Allāh al-Ḥanafī — Names: Ibn Buṣāqah, al-Ṣāḥib Fakhr al-Quḍāh Abū l-Fatḥ Naṣr Allāh ibn Hibat Allāh al-ḤanafīIbn Buṣāqah, al-Ṣāḥib Fakhr al-Quḍāh Abū l-Fatḥ Naṣr Allāh ibn Hibat Allāh al-Ḥanafī, poet (d. 650/1252–1253)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/960
ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʿAlī Ibn al-Darrī, Yūsuf ibn Durrah — Names: ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʿAlī Ibn al-Darrī, Yūsuf ibn DurrahʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʿAlī (d. 628/1230) Ibn al-Darrī, Yūsuf ibn Durrah, poet (d. 545/1151)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/964
Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn Abān (Abū ʿAlī al-Fārisī) — Names: Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn Abān (Abū ʿAlī al-Fārisī)Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn Abān (Abū ʿAlī al-Fārisī), grammarian (d. 377/987)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/97
Ibn Diḥyah — Names: Ibn DiḥyahIbn Diḥyah (d. 633/1235), Andalusian poet and anthologistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/970
Ibn Durayd — Names: Ibn DuraydIbn Durayd, grammarian (d. 321/933)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/974
Ibn Durustawayh ibn al-Marzubān al-Fasawī — Names: Ibn Durustawayh ibn al-Marzubān al-FasawīIbn Durustawayh ibn al-Marzubān al-Fasawī, Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Jaʿfar, grammarian (d. 347/958)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/975
Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn Bishr al-Ramlī — Names: Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn Bishr al-RamlīAbū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn Bishr al-Ramlī, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/98
Ibn al-Habbāriyyah — Names: Ibn al-HabbāriyyahIbn al-Habbāriyyah, al-Sharīf Abū Yaʿlā Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ, poet (d. 504/1110– 1111 `or` 509/1116)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/984
Ibn al-Ḥajjāj — Names: Ibn al-ḤajjājIbn al-Ḥajjāj, Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn, poet (d. 391/1001)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/986
Ibn Hāniʾ al-Andalusī — Names: Ibn Hāniʾ al-AndalusīIbn Hāniʾ al-Andalusī, poet (d. ca. 362/973)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/995

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.