Index of Persons

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al-Abīwardī — Names: al-Abīwardīal-Abīwardī, poet (d. 507/1113)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/59
al-Azdī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Abū l-Muṭahhar — Names: al-Azdī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Abū l-Muṭahharal-Azdī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Abū l-Muṭahhar, 4th–5th/10th–11th-c. authorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/597
al-Badīʿ ʿAbd al-Razzāq ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Khiḍr al-ʿĀmirī, Abū l-Qāsim — Names: al-Badīʿ ʿAbd al-Razzāq ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Khiḍr al-ʿĀmirī, Abū l-Qāsimal-Badīʿ ʿAbd al-Razzāq ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Khiḍr al-ʿĀmirī, Abū l-Qāsim, poet of unknown dateURI: https://usaybia.net/person/603
al-Badīʿ (`or` Badīʿ al-Zamān) al-Asṭurlābī, Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad — Names: al-Badīʿ (`or` Badīʿ al-Zamān) al-Asṭurlābī, Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmadal-Badīʿ al-Aṣṭurlābī (Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad al-Baghdādī)al-Badīʿ (`or` Badīʿ al-Zamān) al-Asṭurlābī, Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad, physician and poet (d. 534/1139)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/605
al-Badīhī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Badīhī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammadal-Badīhī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad, 4th/10th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/607
al-Bahāʾ — Names: al-Bahāʾal-Bahāʾ, musicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/612
Bahāʾ al-Dīn Ibn Shaddād — Names: Bahāʾ al-Dīn Ibn ShaddādBahāʾ al-Dīn Ibn Shaddād (d. 632/1234– 1235), military judge and biographer of Ṣalāḥ al-DīnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/616
Bar Bahlūl — Names: Bar BahlūlBar Bahlūl, author of Syriac lexicon and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/633
al-Bayhaqī, Ẓahīr al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Zayd ibn Funduq — Names: al-Bayhaqī, Ẓahīr al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Zayd ibn Funduqal-Bayhaqī, Ẓahīr al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Zayd ibn Funduq, Persian author of `Tatimmat Ṣiwān al-Ḥikmah` (d. 565/1169– 1170)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/641
Bhela Names: BhelaBhela, author of a Sanskrit medical compendium (Saṃhitā)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/643
al-Buḥturī — Names: al-Buḥturīal-Buḥturī, poet (d. 284/897)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/653
Bulmuẓaffar ibn Muʿarrif (Bulmuẓaffar Naṣr ibn Maḥmūd ibn al-Muʿarrif) — Names: Bulmuẓaffar ibn Muʿarrif (Bulmuẓaffar Naṣr ibn Maḥmūd ibn al-Muʿarrif)Bulmuẓaffar ibn MuʿarrifBulmuẓaffar ibn Muʿarrif (Bulmuẓaffar Naṣr ibn Maḥmūd ibn al-Muʿarrif), Egyptian physician and poet (active 534/1140)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/659
al-Bundahī, Badīʿ al-Dīn, — Names: al-Bundahī, Badīʿ al-Dīn,al-Bundahī, Badīʿ al-Dīn, poet known to ⅠＡＵURI: https://usaybia.net/person/662
Burhān al-Dīn — Names: Burhān al-DīnBurhān al-Dīn, vizier of Ayyubid emir ʿIzz al-Dīn al-MuʿaẓẓamīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/663
Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Qarrābī — Names: Abū l-ʿAbbās al-QarrābīAbū l-ʿAbbās al-Qarrābī, Almohad poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/67
Caraka (also Sharak, Sīrk, or Jarak) — Names: Caraka (also Sharak, Sīrk, or Jarak)Caraka (also Sharak, Sīrk, or Jarak)– Indian physician, author of `Carakasaṃhitā`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/670
Cleopatra — Names: CleopatraCleopatra, Ptolemaic queen of Egypt (d. 30BC), supposed author on cosmetics and medical/alchemical mattersURI: https://usaybia.net/person/678
al-Darkazīnī, ʿImād al-Dīn Abū l-Barakāt ibn Salamah — Names: al-Darkazīnī, ʿImād al-Dīn Abū l-Barakāt ibn Salamahal-Darkazīnī, ʿImād al-Dīn Abū l-Barakāt ibn Salamah, vizier under the Seljuq ruler Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad ibn Malikshāh (d. 521/1127)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/697
Dhū l-Rummah — Names: Dhū l-RummahDhū l-Rummah, poet (d. 117/735–736)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/711
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-Faḍl ibn al-Rabīʿ — Names: al-Faḍl ibn al-Rabīʿal-Faḍl ibn al-Rabīʿ, vizier of caliphs Hārūn al-Rashīd and al-AmīnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/757
al-Faḍl ibn Sahl — Names: al-Faḍl ibn Sahlal-Faḍl ibn Sahl, vizier under the caliph al-MaʿmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/758
Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī, Ibn Khaṭīb al-Rayy — Names: Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī, Ibn Khaṭīb al-RayyIbn Khaṭīb al-Rayy (Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī)Fakhr al Dīn al Rāzī Ibn Khaṭīb al Rayy The Son of the Preacher of Rayy philosopher and theologian author of the monumental Qurʾanic...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/762
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-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
Ḥāmid ibn al-ʿAbbās — Names: Ḥāmid ibn al-ʿAbbāsḤāmid ibn al-ʿAbbās, vizier under al-MuqtadirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/818
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-Ḥarīrī — Names: al-Ḥarīrīal-Ḥarīrī, author of `Maqāmāt` (d. 516/1122)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/825
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Nūr al-Dawlah Abū Shujāʿ al-Āmirī al-Maʾmūn — Names: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Nūr al-Dawlah Abū Shujāʿ al-Āmirī al-MaʾmūnAbū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Nūr al-Dawlah Abū Shujāʿ al-Āmirī al-Maʾmūn, Fatimid vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/83
al-Ḥārithī — Names: al-Ḥārithīal-Ḥārithī, unidentified poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/830
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
al-Ḥasan ibn Makhlad ibn al-Jarrāḥ — Names: al-Ḥasan ibn Makhlad ibn al-Jarrāḥal-Ḥasan ibn Makhlad ibn al-Jarrāḥ, vizier under al-Muʿtamid (d. 269/882)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/852
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
Ḥujjat al-Dīn Marwān ibn ʿAlī ibn Salāmah al-Fanakī — Names: Ḥujjat al-Dīn Marwān ibn ʿAlī ibn Salāmah al-FanakīḤujjat al-Dīn Marwān ibn ʿAlī ibn Salāmah al-Fanakī, vizier (d. after 550/1155)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/894
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
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 ʿAbbād, Abū l-Qāsim Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbbād — Names: Ibn ʿAbbād, Abū l-Qāsim Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbbādIbn ʿAbbād, Abū l-Qāsim Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbbād, known as Kāfī l-Kufāh `or` al-Ṣāḥib, Būyid vizier (d. 385/995)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/910
Ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥakam — Names: Ibn ʿAbd al-ḤakamIbn ʿAbd al-Ḥakam, Egyptian historian, author of `Futūḥ Miṣr` (d. 257/871)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/912
Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, Abū ʿUmar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān — Names: Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, Abū ʿUmar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-RaḥmānIbn ʿAbd Rabbih, Abū ʿUmar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, Andalusian littérateur, author of `al-ʿIqd al-farīd` (d. 328/940)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/913
Ibn Abī l-Ḥawāfir, Jamāl al-Dīn (al-Shaykh al-Imām al-ʿĀlim Abū ʿAmr ʿUthmān ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAqīl al-Qaysī, also known as Ibn Abī l-Ḥawāfir) — Names: Ibn Abī l-Ḥawāfir, Jamāl al-Dīn (al-Shaykh al-Imām al-ʿĀlim Abū ʿAmr ʿUthmān ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAqīl al-Qaysī, also known as Ibn Abī l-Ḥawāfir)Jamāl al-Dīn ibn Abī l-ḤawāfirIbn Abī l Ḥawāfir Jamāl al Dīn al Shaykh al Imām al ʿĀlim Abū ʿAmr ʿUthmān ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAqīl al...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/920
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 al-ʿAmīd, Abū l-Faḍl Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad — Names: Ibn al-ʿAmīd, Abū l-Faḍl Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn MuḥammadIbn al-ʿAmīd, Abū l-Faḍl Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad (d. 360/970), vizier and man of lettersURI: https://usaybia.net/person/933
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 ʿAsākir — Names: Ibn ʿAsākirIbn ʿAsākir, author of `Taʾrīkh Dimashq` (d. 571/1176)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/936
Ibn al-Aṭṭār, Ẓahīr al-Dīn Abū Bakr Manṣūr ibn Naṣr — Names: Ibn al-Aṭṭār, Ẓahīr al-Dīn Abū Bakr Manṣūr ibn NaṣrIbn al-Aṭṭār, Ẓahīr al-Dīn Abū Bakr Manṣūr ibn Naṣr (d. 575/1179), vizier under al-MustanjidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/938
Ibn al-Baladī, Sharaf al-Dīn — Names: Ibn al-Baladī, Sharaf al-DīnIbn al-Baladī, Sharaf al-Dīn, vizier under al-MustanjidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/946
Ibn Baqiyyah, Abū Ṭāhir [Muḥammad] — Names: Ibn Baqiyyah, Abū Ṭāhir [Muḥammad]Ibn Baqiyyah, Abū Ṭāhir [Muḥammad], vizier of ʿIzz al-Dawlah Bakhtiyār (d. 367/978)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/947
Abū ʿAlī ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿĪsā ibn Dāʾūd ibn al-Jarrāḥ — Names: Abū ʿAlī ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿĪsā ibn Dāʾūd ibn al-JarrāḥAbū ʿAlī ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿĪsā ibn Dāʾūd ibn al-Jarrāḥ (active 325/936), vizier of al-Rāḍī and al-MuttaqīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/95
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
Ibn al-Dāyah — Names: Ibn al-DāyahIbn al Dāyah Abū l Ḥasan Yūsuf ibn Ibrāhīm al Ḥāsib courtier and assistant to Ibrāhīm ibn al Mahdī author of `Akhbār al atibbāʾ`...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/967
Ibn Diḥyah — Names: Ibn DiḥyahIbn Diḥyah (d. 633/1235), Andalusian poet and anthologistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/970
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-Furāt — Names: Ibn al-FurātIbn al-Furāt, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Mūsā ibn al-Ḥasan (d. 312/924), vizier to al-MuqtadirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/981
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

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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.