Index of Persons

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Occupationgrammarian (47) jurist (19) mathematician (19) astronomer (19) lexicographer (4) physician (4) astrologer (4) poet (3) geometer (3) teacher (2) philosopher (2) scientist (2) geographer (1) man of letters (1) author (1) traditionist (1) historian (1) alchemist (1) commentator (1) judge (1) translator (1) philologist (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 (99)

Abū l-Ḥasan al-Qudūrī — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan al-QudūrīAbū l-Ḥasan al-Qudūrī, Ḥanafī jurist (d. 428/1037)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/208
Shihāb al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Ṣiqillī — Names: Shihāb al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-ṢiqillīShihāb al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Ṣiqillī, grammarianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2082
Shuhdah bint Aḥmad ibn al-Faraj ibn ʿAmr al-Ibarī — Names: Shuhdah bint Aḥmad ibn al-Faraj ibn ʿAmr al-IbarīShuhdah bint Aḥmad ibn al-Faraj ibn ʿAmr al-Ibarī, grammarian (d. 574/1178)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2097
Sībawayh — Names: SībawayhSībawayh, Abū Bishr ʿAmr ibn ʿUthmān, grammarian (d. between 177/793 and 180/796–797)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2102
al-Sīrāfī, Abū Saʿīd Ḥasan (al-Ḥasan) ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Marzubān — Names: al-Sīrāfī, Abū Saʿīd Ḥasan (al-Ḥasan) ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Marzubānal-Sīrāfī, Abū Saʿīd Ḥasan (`or` al-Ḥasan) ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Marzubān, grammarian (290–368/903–979)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2122
al-Subkī, Tāj al-Dīn — Names: al-Subkī, Tāj al-Dīnal-Subkī, Tāj al-Dīn (d. 771/1370), Shāfiʿī jurist and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2136
Sulaymān ibn Ayyūb al-Faqīh — Names: Sulaymān ibn Ayyūb al-FaqīhSulaymān ibn Ayyūb al-Faqīh (d. 377/987– 988), Cordovan juristURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2151
Sulaymān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā ibn al-Nāshī — Names: Sulaymān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā ibn al-NāshīSulaymān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā ibn al-Nāshī, Andalusī mathematicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2155
Taqī l-Dīn Khazʿal ibn ʿAskar ibn Khalīl (Abū l-Majd Taqī al-Dīn Khazʿal ibn ʿAskar ibn Khalīl) — Names: Taqī l-Dīn Khazʿal ibn ʿAskar ibn Khalīl (Abū l-Majd Taqī al-Dīn Khazʿal ibn ʿAskar ibn Khalīl)Taqī l-Dīn Khazʿal ibn ʿAskar ibn Khalīl (Abū l-Majd Taqī al-Dīn Khazʿal ibn ʿAskar ibn Khalīl), grammarian (d. 623/1226)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2183
Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī — Names: Thābit ibn Qurrah al-ḤarrānīThābit the TranslatorThābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī, mathematician and scientistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2196
Thaʿlab, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Zayd — Names: Thaʿlab, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā ibn ZaydThaʿlab, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Zayd, grammarian (200–291/815–904)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2198
al-Thamānīnī, Abū l-Qāsim ʿUmar ibn Thābit — Names: al-Thamānīnī, Abū l-Qāsim ʿUmar ibn Thābital-Thamānīnī, Abū l-Qāsim ʿUmar ibn Thābit, grammarian (d. 442/1050)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2199
Theodosius — Names: TheodosiusTheodosius, 2nd-/1st-c. BC Greek mathematician and astronomerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2201
Theon — Names: TheonTheon (d. ＡⅮ405), Greek mathematicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2202
Theon — Names: TheonTheon, 2nd-c. ＡⅮ mathematician and philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2218
Thrasyllus of Mendes Names: Thrasyllus of MendesThrasyllus of Mendes, 1st-c. ＡⅮ grammarian and literary commentatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2225
al-Ṭurṭūshī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Walīd — Names: al-Ṭurṭūshī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Walīdal-Ṭurṭūshī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Walīd, jurist (451–520/1059–1127)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2247
al-Ṭūsī, Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Muẓaffar — Names: al-Ṭūsī, Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Muẓaffaral-Ṭūsī, Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Muẓaffar, mathematician and astronomer (d. 610/1213)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2248
ʿUmar ibn Ḥamzah — Names: ʿUmar ibn ḤamzahʿUmar ibn Ḥamzah, al-Sharīf, grammarianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2260
ʿUmar ibn al-Farrūkhān al-Ṭabarī — Names: ʿUmar ibn al-Farrūkhān al-ṬabarīʿUmar ibn al-Farrūkhān al-Ṭabarī, astronomer (active 762–812)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2262
ʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr — Names: ʿUrwah ibn al-ZubayrʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr, late 7th-c. Medinan juristURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2272
Abū ʿImrān ibn Abī ʿImrān al-Martalī — Names: Abū ʿImrān ibn Abī ʿImrān al-MartalīAbū ʿImrān ibn Abī ʿImrān al Martalī unidentified jurist and ascetic who lived in Seville perhaps Abū ʿImrān Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al Raḥmān ibn...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/228
Wajīh al-Dīn al-Wāsiṭī, Abū Bakr al-Mubārak ibn Abī Ṭālib al-Mubārak ibn Abī l-Azhar Saʿīd Ibn al-Dahhān al-Ḍarīr — Names: Wajīh al-Dīn al-Wāsiṭī, Abū Bakr al-Mubārak ibn Abī Ṭālib al-Mubārak ibn Abī l-Azhar Saʿīd Ibn al-Dahhān al-ḌarīrWajīh al Dīn al Wāsiṭī Abū Bakr al Mubārak ibn Abī Ṭālib al Mubārak ibn Abī l Azhar Saʿīd Ibn al Dahhān al Ḍarīr...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2283
al-Washshā, Abū l-Ṭayyib Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad — Names: al-Washshā, Abū l-Ṭayyib Muḥammad ibn Aḥmadal-Washshā, Abū l-Ṭayyib Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, man of letters, grammarian and lexicographer (d. 325/937)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2289
Yaḥyā ibn Abī Manṣūr — Names: Yaḥyā ibn Abī ManṣūrYaḥyā ibn Abī Manṣūr, astronomer (d. 216/ 832)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2298
al-Zajjāj, Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad al-Sarī — Names: al-Zajjāj, Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad al-Sarīal-Zajjāj, Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad al-Sarī, grammarian (d. 310/922)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2354
al-Zamakhsharī, Abū l-Qāsim Maḥmūd ibn ʿUmar — Names: al-Zamakhsharī, Abū l-Qāsim Maḥmūd ibn ʿUmaral-Zamakhsharī, Abū l-Qāsim Maḥmūd ibn ʿUmar, grammarian (467–538/1075– 1144)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2356
Zayn al-Dīn ibn Muʿṭī — Names: Zayn al-Dīn ibn MuʿṭīZayn al-Dīn ibn Muʿṭī, grammarian (d. 628/ 1231)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2369
John the Grammarian/Yaḥyā al-Naḥwī — Names: John the Grammarian/Yaḥyā al-NaḥwīJohn the Grammarian Yaḥyā al Naḥwī conflation of John Philoponus ca 490 575 and one or more unidentified late antique medical writers alleged contemporary...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2428
Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam the Astrologer — Names: Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam the AstrologerAbū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam the Astrologer, mathematician (active 3rd–4th/9th–10th c.)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/251
Abū l-Majd ibn Abī l-Ḥakam — Names: Abū l-Majd ibn Abī l-ḤakamAbū l-Majd ibn Abī l-Ḥakam, physician, astronomer, geometricianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/263
Abū Manṣūr al-Jabbān — Names: Abū Manṣūr al-JabbānAbū Manṣūr al-Jabbān, grammarianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/267
Abū Marwān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik al-Lakhmī al-Bājī — Names: Abū Marwān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik al-Lakhmī al-BājīAbū Marwān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik al-Lakhmī al-Bājī, Sevillian jurist and informant of ⅠＡＵURI: https://usaybia.net/person/274
Abū Maʿshar Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar al-Balkhī — Names: Abū Maʿshar Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar al-BalkhīAbū Maʿshar Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar al-BalkhīAbū MaʿšarAbū Maʿshar Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar al-Balkhī, astronomer and astrologer in BaghdadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/275
Abū Muḥammad ibn Rizq al-Ḥāfiẓ — Names: Abū Muḥammad ibn Rizq al-ḤāfiẓAbū Muḥammad ibn Rizq al-Ḥāfiẓ, Andalusī juristURI: https://usaybia.net/person/287
Abū Sahl al-Kūhī — Names: Abū Sahl al-KūhīAbū Sahl al-Kūhī, 4th/10th-c. astronomerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/333
Abū l-Ṭayyib al-Ṭabarī — Names: Abū l-Ṭayyib al-ṬabarīAbū l-Ṭayyib al-Ṭabarī, Shāfiʿite jurist (d. 450/1058)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/367
Abū ʿUbayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām al-Baghdādī — Names: Abū ʿUbayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām al-BaghdādīAbū ʿUbayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām al-Baghdādī, 8th-c. grammarian and Qurʾanic scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/373

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.