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 (186)

Ibn Waḥshiyyah — Names: Ibn WaḥshiyyahIbn Waḥshiyyah Abū Bakr Aḥmad `or` Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al Nabaṭī alchemist and astronomer author of `K al filāḥah al al nabaṭiyyah` d ca...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1161
Ibn Wāfid — Names: Ibn WāfidIbn Wāfid, ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm, author of a `K. al-` adwiyah `al-`mufradah (d. 460/1068)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1162
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
Abū Bakr ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan al-Quhistānī — Names: Abū Bakr ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan al-QuhistānīAbū Bakr ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan al-Quhistānī, poet (ca. 435/1043), ?author of lines ascribed to Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/123
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
ʿĪsā ibn Māssah al-Baṣrī — Names: ʿĪsā ibn Māssah al-BaṣrīʿĪsā ibn MāssahʿĪsā ibn Māssah al-Baṣrī, medical writer (d. ca. 275/888)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1246
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
Isḥāq ibn ʿAlī al-Ruhāwī — Names: Isḥāq ibn ʿAlī al-RuhāwīIsḥāq ibn ʿAlī al-Ruhāwī, 3rd/9th-c. physician, author of Adab `al-ṭabīb`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1257
Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn — Names: Isḥāq ibn ḤunaynIsḥāq ibn Ḥunayn, translator of Greek philosophy, author of `Taʾrīkh al-aṭibbāʾ`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1258
Abū Bakr Ibn al-ʿArabī — Names: Abū Bakr Ibn al-ʿArabīAbū Bakr Ibn al-ʿArabī, Mālikī juristURI: https://usaybia.net/person/126
Isḥāq ibn Sulaymān al-Isrāʾīlī — Names: Isḥāq ibn Sulaymān al-IsrāʾīlīIsḥāq ibn Sulaymān al-Isrāʾīlī, medical writer (d. 320/932 `or` 344/955)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1272
Isidore of Seville — Names: Isidore of SevilleIsidore of Seville, encyclopaedist author of `Etymologies` (d. 636)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1275
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
al-Jāḥiẓ — Names: al-Jāḥiẓal-Jāḥiẓ, Abū ʿUthmān ʿAmr ibn Baḥr, author of works of adab, theology, etc. (d. 255/868–869)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1306
al-Jānis (Jābis, Ḥābis?) — Names: al-Jānis (Jābis, Ḥābis?)al-Jānis (Jābis, Ḥābis?), unidentified author of a book on leadership (?)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1322
al-Jawharī — Names: al-Jawharīal-Jawharī, al-ʿAbbās ibn Saʿīd, astronomer under al-MaʾmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1333
al-Jurjānī — Names: al-Jurjānīal-Jurjānī, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad (d. 482/1089), author of `al-Kināyāt`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1352
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

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.