Index of Persons

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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 (591)

Abū l-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn Mūrāṭīr — Names: Abū l-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn MūrāṭīrAbū l-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn Mūrāṭīr, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/183
Plato the Physician — Names: Plato the PhysicianPlato the Physician, legendary ancient Greek physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1830
Pliny the Younger Names: Pliny the YoungerPliny the Younger, 1st/2nd-c. courtierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1831
Politianus (Balīṭīyān) — Names: Politianus (Balīṭīyān)Politianus (Balīṭīyān), patriarch of Alexandria and physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1838
Abū Ḥakam — Names: Abū ḤakamAbū Ḥakam, Christian physician serving MuʿāwiyahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/184
Porphyry — Names: PorphyryPorphyry, philosopher author of `Isagoge` (d. ca. 305)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1841
Posidonius — Names: PosidoniusPosidonius, 4th-c. BC physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1842
Posidonius — Names: PosidoniusPosidonius, 2nd-c. BC philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1843
Praxagoras — Names: PraxagorasPraxagoras, late 4th-c. Hippocratic physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1844
Protas of Pelusium Names: Protas of PelusiumProtas of Pelusium, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1848
Abū l-Ḥakam ibn Ghalindū — Names: Abū l-Ḥakam ibn GhalindūAbū l-Ḥakam ibn Ghalindū (son of Galindo), Andalusian physician and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/185
Pythagoras ‘the physician’ — Names: Pythagoras ‘the physician’Pythagoras ‘the physician’URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1856
Abū l-Ḥakam ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Muẓaffar ibn ʿAbd Allāh — Names: Abū l-Ḥakam ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Muẓaffar ibn ʿAbd AllāhAbū l-ḤakamAbū l-Ḥakam ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Muẓaffar ibn ʿAbd Allāh, physician and poet (d. 549/1155)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/186
Abū l-Ḥākim Isḥāq ibn Yūḥannā — Names: Abū l-Ḥākim Isḥāq ibn YūḥannāAbū l-Ḥākim Isḥāq ibn Yūḥannā, physician from Ahwāz,URI: https://usaybia.net/person/187
Qayṣar ibn Abī l-Qāsim ibn ʿAbd al-Ghanī ibn Musāfir al-Ḥanafī Names: Qayṣar ibn Abī l-Qāsim ibn ʿAbd al-Ghanī ibn Musāfir al-ḤanafīQayṣar ibn Abī l Qāsim ibn ʿAbd al Ghanī ibn Musāfir al Ḥanafī ʿAlam al Dīn known as Qayṣar and as al Taʿāsīf mathematician...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1875
al-Qazwīnī, Abū Yaḥyā Zakariyyā ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Qazwīnī, Abū Yaḥyā Zakariyyā ibn Muḥammadal-Qazwīnī, Abū Yaḥyā Zakariyyā ibn Muḥammad, physician, astronomer and geographer (d. 682/1283)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1877
Quintus — Names: QuintusQuintus, 2nd-c. physician at RomeURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1881
al-Qumrī (or al-Qamarī), Abū Manṣūr al-Ḥasan ibn Nūḥ al-Qumrī (or al-Qamarī) — Names: al-Qumrī (or al-Qamarī), Abū Manṣūr al-Ḥasan ibn Nūḥ al-Qumrī (or al-Qamarī)Abū Manṣūr al-Ḥasan ibn Nūḥ al-Qamarī (or, al-Qumrī)al-Qumrī (or al-Qamarī), Abū Manṣūr al-Ḥasan ibn Nūḥ al-Qumrī (or al-Qamarī), Persian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1883
al-Quṭb (Quṭb al-Dīn) al-Miṣrī — Names: al-Quṭb (Quṭb al-Dīn) al-Miṣrīal-Quṭb al-Miṣrīal-Quṭb (Quṭb al-Dīn) al-Miṣrī, physician and philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1887
Rabban al-Ṭabarī — Names: Rabban al-ṬabarīRabban al-Ṭabarī, physician and astrologerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1890
Rāḥah — Names: RāḥahRāḥah (Rājah?), otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1901
al-Raḥbī, Jamāl al-Dīn ibn — Names: al-Raḥbī, Jamāl al-Dīn ibnal-Raḥbī, Jamāl al-Dīn ibn, physician (d. 658/1259)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1902
al-Raḥbī, Raḍī al-Dīn — Names: al-Raḥbī, Raḍī al-DīnRaḍī al-Dīn al-Raḥbīal-Raḥbī, Raḍī al-Dīn, Syrian physician (d. 631/1233)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1903
al-Raʾīs Hibat Allāh — Names: al-Raʾīs Hibat Allāhal-Raʾīs Hibat Allāh, Jewish Egyptian physician (d. 580s/1184–1193)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1905
Rajāʾ the physician of Khorasan — Names: Rajāʾ the physician of KhorasanRajāʾ the physician of KhorasanURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1906
al-Raqqī al-Tiflīsī, Abū l-Qāsim ʿĪsā — Names: al-Raqqī al-Tiflīsī, Abū l-Qāsim ʿĪsāʿĪsā al-Raqqīal Raqqī al Tiflīsī Abū l Qāsim ʿĪsā physician and astronomer under Sayf al Dawla Abū l Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ḥamdān...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1908
Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Khalaf ibn ʿAsākir al-Dārimī — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Khalaf ibn ʿAsākir al-DārimīAbū l-Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Khalaf ibn ʿAsākir al-Dārimī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/191
Rashīd al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Khalīfah — Names: Rashīd al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Khalīfahmy paternal uncle Rashīd al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn KhalīfahRashīd al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Khalīfah, physician and uncle of ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-BaghdādīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1910
Rashīd al-Dīn Abū Ḥulayqah ibn al-Fāris (Rashīd al-Dīn Abū l-Waḥsh ibn al-Fāris Abī l-Khayr ibn Abī Sulaymān Dāwūd ibn Abī l-Manā ibn Abī Fānah) — Names: Rashīd al-Dīn Abū Ḥulayqah ibn al-Fāris (Rashīd al-Dīn Abū l-Waḥsh ibn al-Fāris Abī l-Khayr ibn Abī Sulaymān Dāwūd ibn Abī l-Manā ibn Abī Fānah)Rashīd al-Dīn Abū ḤulayqahRashīd al Dīn Abū Ḥulayqah ibn al Fāris Rashīd al Dīn Abū l Waḥsh ibn al Fāris Abī l Khayr ibn Abī Sulaymān Dāwūd...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1911
Rashīd al-Dīn Abū Saʿīd ibn Muwaffaq al-Dīn Yaʿqūb — Names: Rashīd al-Dīn Abū Saʿīd ibn Muwaffaq al-Dīn YaʿqūbRashīd al-Dīn Abū SaʿīdRashīd al-Dīn Abū Saʿīd ibn Muwaffaq al-Dīn Yaʿqūb, Christian physician of Jerusalem (d. 646/1249)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1912
Rashīd al-Dīn ibn al-Ṣūrī — Names: Rashīd al-Dīn ibn al-ṢūrīRashīd al-Dīn ibn al-Ṣūrī, physician, botanist and pharmacologist, student of ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādi (573–639/1177–1242)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1914
al-Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyā — Names: al-Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ZakariyyāAbū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyā al-Rāzīal-Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyā, physician and philosopher (ca. 250– 313/854–925)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1919
Abū l-Ḥasan Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭabarī — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-ṬabarīAbū l-Ḥasan Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭabarī, 4th/10th-c. physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/192
Rufus of Ephesus — Names: Rufus of EphesusRufus of Ephesus, Greek physician (active 100)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1926
al-Rumaylī — Names: al-Rumaylīal-Rumaylī, 5th/11th-c. Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1929
Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlīAbū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī, al-Shaykh al-Sadīd Egyptian physician,URI: https://usaybia.net/person/193
Sabrishoʿ ibn Quṭrub (written Shīrshūʿ `or` Shīrīshūʿ) — Names: Sabrishoʿ ibn Quṭrub (written Shīrshūʿ `or` Shīrīshūʿ)Sabrīshūʿ ibn Quṭrub (Sabrishoʿ bar Quṭrub)Sabrishoʿ ibn Quṭrub (written Shīrshūʿ `or` Shīrīshūʿ), physician from GondēshāpūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1932
Sābūr ibn Sahl — Names: Sābūr ibn SahlSābūr ibn Sahl, early 3rd/9th-c. Christian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1934
Saʿd al-Dīn ibn Muwaffaq al-Dīn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Sulamī — Names: Saʿd al-Dīn ibn Muwaffaq al-Dīn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-SulamīSaʿd al-Dīn ibn Muwaffaq al-Dīn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Sulamī, Damascus physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1937
Saʿdūn — Names: SaʿdūnSaʿdūn, son-in-law of Ghālib the physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1948
Sahl al-Kawsaj (Sahl the Beardless) — Names: Sahl al-Kawsaj (Sahl the Beardless)Sahl al-KawsajSahl al-Kawsaj (Sahl the Beardless), early 3rd/9th-c. physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1955
Sahl ibn Jubayr — Names: Sahl ibn JubayrSahl ibn Jubayr, early 3rd/9th-c. physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1956

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.