Index of Persons

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

Thus a search for:

G?wargis  
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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*  
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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

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 (187)

Abū ʿAlī ibn Mawṣilāyā — Names: Abū ʿAlī ibn MawṣilāyāAbū ʿAlī ibn Mawṣilāyā, secretary of Abū l-Qāsim al-MaghribīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/102
Ibn Masarrah — Names: Ibn MasarrahIbn Masarrah, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh, Esotericist (Bāṭinī) philosopher from Cordoba (d. 319/931)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1045
Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ — Names: Ibn al-MuqaffaʿIbn al-Muqaffaʿ, ʿAbd Allāh, translator of `Kalīlah wa-Dimnah` (d. ca. 137/755)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1064
Ibn Nāʿimah (ʿAbd al-Masīḥ ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥimṣī al-Nāʿimī) — Names: Ibn Nāʿimah (ʿAbd al-Masīḥ ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥimṣī al-Nāʿimī)Ibn NāʿimahIbn Nāʿimah (ʿAbd al-Masīḥ ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥimṣī al-Nāʿimī), translator of Greek philosophyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1076
Ibn Rushd (Averroes) — Names: Ibn Rushd (Averroes)Abū l-Walīd ibn RushdIbn Rushd (Averroes), Abū l-Walīd Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, philosopher (d. 595/ 1198)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1096
Ibn al-Ṣalāḥ — Names: Ibn al-ṢalāḥIbn al-Ṣalāḥ, Najm al-Dīn Abū l-Futūḥ Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Sarī, philosopher, astronomer, physician (d. 540/1145 `or` 548/1153)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1109
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 Shahdā al-Karkhī — Names: Ibn Shahdā al-KarkhīIbn Shahdā al-Karkhī, Syriac-to-Arabic translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1116
Ibn al-Shanāʿah — Names: Ibn al-ShanāʿahIbn al-Shanāʿah, unidentified Andalusī mathematicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1119
Ibn Sīnā — Names: Ibn Sīnāal-Shaykh al-Raʾīs Ibn SīnāIbn Sīnā, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Shaykh al-Raʾīs (d. 428/1037)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1125
Ibn Ṭalḥah al-Kātib al-Baghdādī — Names: Ibn Ṭalḥah al-Kātib al-BaghdādīIbn Ṭalḥah al-Kātib al-Baghdādī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Ḥamzah, secretary to the Ḥājib of the Bāb al-Nūbī (d. 599/1202–1203)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1132
Ibn al-Ṭayyib — Names: Ibn al-ṬayyibAbū l-Faraj ibn al-ṬayyibIbn al-Ṭayyib, Abū l-Faraj ʿAbd Allāh, Christian physician and philosopher (d. 435/1043)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1136
Ibn Thawābah — Names: Ibn ThawābahIbn Thawābah, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, jurist (d. 277/890–891)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1137
Ibn Ṭufayl — Names: Ibn ṬufaylIbn Ṭufayl (d. 581/1185–1186), Andalusī philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1142
Ibn Zurʿah — Names: Ibn ZurʿahAbū ʿAlī ibn ZurʿahIbn Zurʿah, Abū ʿAlī ʿĪsā ibn Isḥāq ibn Zurʿah, Christian philosopher and translator (331–398/943–1008)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1176
Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAbd Allāh — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAbd AllāhIbrāhīm ibn ʿAbd Allāh, Christian translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1181
Ibrāhīm ibn Baks/Bakūs/Bakūsh/Bakkūsh al-ʿUshārī/al-ʿAshshārī(?) — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn Baks/Bakūs/Bakūsh/Bakkūsh al-ʿUshārī/al-ʿAshshārī(?)Ibrāhīm ibn Baks (Bakūs)Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn BaksIbrāhīm ibn Baks/Bakūs/Bakūsh/Bakkūsh al-ʿUshārī/al-ʿAshshārī(?), Abū Isḥāq, 4th/10th-c. Christian physician and translator active in BaghdadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1191
Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ṣalt — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn al-ṢaltIbrāhīm ibn al-Ṣalt, Christian translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1205
Ibrāhīm ibn Sinān — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn SinānIbrāhīm ibn Sinān, mathematician (d. 355/ 946)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1206
Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Rāzī — Names: Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-RāzīAbū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Rāzī, juristURI: https://usaybia.net/person/121
ʿĪsā ibn Māsarjīs (`or` Māsarjawayh) — Names: ʿĪsā ibn Māsarjīs (`or` Māsarjawayh)ʿĪsā ibn MāsarjīsʿĪsā ibn Māsarjīs (`or` Māsarjawayh), physician and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1245
Abū Bakr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥārith ibn Hishām — Names: Abū Bakr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥārith ibn HishāmAbū Bakr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥārith ibn Hishām, prominent jurist and traditionistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/125
ʿĪsā ibn Yūnus — Names: ʿĪsā ibn YūnusʿĪsā ibn Yūnus, the Secretary and the AccountantʿĪsā ibn Yūnus ‘the secretary and accountant’ (`al-kātib al-ḥāsib`), patron of translatorsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1254
Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn — Names: Isḥāq ibn ḤunaynIsḥāq ibn Ḥunayn, translator of Greek philosophy, author of `Taʾrīkh al-aṭibbāʾ`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1258
Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm — Names: Isḥāq ibn IbrāhīmIsḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm, secretary to Ibn ṬūlūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1259
Abū Bakr Ibn al-ʿArabī — Names: Abū Bakr Ibn al-ʿArabīAbū Bakr Ibn al-ʿArabī, Mālikī juristURI: https://usaybia.net/person/126
Ismāʿīl ibn al-Ṣāliḥ ibn al-Bannāʾ al-Qifṭī — Names: Ismāʿīl ibn al-Ṣāliḥ ibn al-Bannāʾ al-QifṭīIsmāʿīl ibn al-Ṣāliḥ ibn al-Bannāʾ al-Qifṭī, juristURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1281
Iṣṭifan ibn Basīl — Names: Iṣṭifan ibn BasīlIṣṭifan ibn Basīl, translator (d. ca. 298/910)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1287
ʿIzz al-Dīn al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Ghanawī al-Rāfiḍī al-Irbilī al-Ḍarīr — Names: ʿIzz al-Dīn al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Ghanawī al-Rāfiḍī al-Irbilī al-ḌarīrʿIzz al Dīn al Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al Ghanawī al Rāfiḍī al Irbilī al Ḍarīr d 660 1262 poet philosopher teacher of...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1294
Kamāl al-Dīn ibn Yūnus — Names: Kamāl al-Dīn ibn YūnusKamāl al Dīn ibn Yūnus Abū ʿImrān `or` Abū l Fatḥ Kamāl al Dīn Mūsā ibn Yūnus ibn Muḥammad al Mawṣilī mathematician and jurist...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1362
Kankah (`or` Kanakah) al-Hindī — Names: Kankah (`or` Kanakah) al-HindīKankah al-HindīKankah (`or` Kanakah) al-Hindī, Indian astrologer-astronomer (active ca. 775– 800)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1364
al-Kātib al-Iṣfahānī — Names: al-Kātib al-Iṣfahānīal-Kātib al-Iṣfahānī, ʿImād al-Dīn, state secretary of Nūr al-Dīn and Saladin, anthologist (d. 597/1201)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1367
Abū l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī — Names: Abū l-Barakāt al-BaghdādīAwḥad al-Zamān (Abū l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī)Abū l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī, Awḥad al-Zamān Hibat Allāh ibn ʿAlī ibn Malkā, Jewish philosopher and physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/139
Khayrūn ibn Rābiṭah — Names: Khayrūn ibn RābiṭahKhayrūn ibn Rābiṭah, translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1395
ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī — Names: ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlīʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī, unidentified Persian-to-Arabic translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/14
al-Kindī, Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥaq — Names: al-Kindī, Yaʿqūb ibn IsḥaqYaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq al-Kindīal-Kindī, Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥaq, philosopher (ca. 185–252/801–866)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1408
Abū Bishr Mattā ibn Yūnān (`or` Yūnus) — Names: Abū Bishr Mattā ibn Yūnān (`or` Yūnus)Mattā ibn YūnānAbū Bishr Mattā ibn Yūnān (`or` Yūnus), Christian Aristotelian translator (d. 328/940)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/145
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 ibn Bānās — Names: Manṣūr ibn BānāsManṣūr ibn Bānās, translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1504
Manṣūr ibn Ṭalḥah ibn Ṭāhir ibn al-Ḥusayn — Names: Manṣūr ibn Ṭalḥah ibn Ṭāhir ibn al-ḤusaynManṣūr ibn Ṭalḥah ibn Ṭāhir ibn al-Ḥusayn (active 3rd/9th c.), philosopher and Ṭāhirid governorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1507
Māsarjawayh — Names: MāsarjawayhMāsarjawayh (also Māsarjīs, Persian Māsargōye), Jewish Umayyad physician and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1529
Māshāʾallāh — Names: MāshāʾallāhMāshāʾallāh, astrologer courtier of Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1533
al-Māwardī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb — Names: al-Māwardī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥabībal-Māwardī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb, Shāfiʿite jurist (d. 450/1058)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1546
al-Minfākh Miskawayh, Abū ʿAlī Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Minfākh Miskawayh, Abū ʿAlī Aḥmad ibn MuḥammadMiskawayhal-Minfākh Miskawayh, Abū ʿAlī Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, philosopher and historian (d. 421/ 1030)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1571
Muhadhdhab al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Abī Saʿīd al-Sāmirī — Names: Muhadhdhab al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Abī Saʿīd al-SāmirīMuhadhdhab al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Abī Saʿīd al-Sāmirī, Samaritan philosopher and physician (d. 624/1227)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1597
Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Muqaffaʿ — Names: Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-MuqaffaʿMuḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Muqaffaʿ, son of Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ and secretary to al-ManṣūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1604
Muḥammad ibn al-Jahm — Names: Muḥammad ibn al-JahmMuḥammad ibn al-Jahm (active 3rd/8th c.), Muʿtazilite philosoper and officialURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1621
Muḥammad ibn Khalaf al-Marzubān — Names: Muḥammad ibn Khalaf al-MarzubānMuḥammad ibn Khalaf al-Marzubān, 3rd/9th-c. scholar and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1622
Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-Ṭabīb — Names: Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-ṬabībMuḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-Ṭabīb, one of the Andalusī translators of `De Materia Medica`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1630
Muḥammad al-Shajjār — Names: Muḥammad al-ShajjārMuḥammad al-Shajjār, one of the Andalusī translators of `De Materia Medica`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1644
Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-Malik — Names: Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-MalikMūsā ibn ʿAbd al-Malik, secretary to the caliph al-Mutawakkil (`reg.` 232–247/847– 61)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1671
Mūsā ibn Maymūn, Moses Maimonides, Abū ʿImrān al-Qurṭubī — Names: Mūsā ibn Maymūn, Moses Maimonides, Abū ʿImrān al-Qurṭubīal-Raʾīs Mūsā ibn Maymūn (Maimonides)Mūsā ibn Maymūn, Moses Maimonides, Abū ʿImrān al-Qurṭubī (527–606/1135–1208) Jewish theologian, philosopher and physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1678
Muwaffaq al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Salām — Names: Muwaffaq al-Dīn ʿAbd al-SalāmMuwaffaq al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Salām, physician and philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1710
Muwaffaq al-Dīn Yaʿqūb al-Sāmirī (Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb ibn Ghanāʾim) — Names: Muwaffaq al-Dīn Yaʿqūb al-Sāmirī (Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb ibn Ghanāʾim)Muwaffaq al-Dīn Yaʿqūb al-SāmirīMuwaffaq al-Dīn Yaʿqūb al-Sāmirī (Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb ibn Ghanāʾim), Samaritan physician and philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1716
Najīb al-Dīn Asʿad al-Hamadānī (`or` al-Hamadhānī) — Names: Najīb al-Dīn Asʿad al-Hamadānī (`or` al-Hamadhānī)Najīb al-Dīn Asʿad al-Hamadānī (`or` al-Hamadhānī), philosopher from PersiaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1731
al-Nawbakhtī, Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan — Names: al-Nawbakhtī, Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasanal-Nawbakhtī, Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan (d. between 300/912 and 310/922), Imamite scholar and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1760
Nicomachus of Gerasa — Names: Nicomachus of GerasaNicomachus of Gerasa, mathematician (d. ＡⅮ120)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1772
Numenius Names: NumeniusNumenius, 2nd-c. ＡⅮ Platonist philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1785
Olympiodorus Names: OlympiodorusOlympiodorus, 5th-c. philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1789
Panaetius of Rhodes Names: Panaetius of RhodesPanaetius of Rhodes, 2nd-c. BC Stoic philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1796
Parmenides — Names: ParmenidesParmenides, Presocratic philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1798
Plato — Names: PlatoPlato, 4th-c. BC philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1829
Porphyry — Names: PorphyryPorphyry, philosopher author of `Isagoge` (d. ca. 305)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1841
Posidonius — Names: PosidoniusPosidonius, 2nd-c. BC philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1843
Qayḍā al-Ruhāwī — Names: Qayḍā al-RuhāwīQayḍā al-Ruhāwī, translator associate of Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1870

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.