Index of Persons

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Thus

"ʿAbdishoʿ I"  
returns only one result with that exact phrase, while several results are found for the words "ʿAbdishoʿ" and "I".

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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 (261)

Ibn Hindū — Names: Ibn HindūAbū l-Faraj ibn HindūIbn Hindū, Abū l-Faraj ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn, poet and physician author of `K. Miftāḥ al-ṭibb` (d. 420/1029)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1000
Ibn Hishām — Names: Ibn HishāmIbn Hishām, Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Malik, author of a biography of MuḥammadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1001
Ibn Jubayr — Names: Ibn JubayrIbn Jubayr (d. 614/1217), Andalusī traveller and writerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1015
Ibn Juljul — Names: Ibn JuljulIbn Juljul, Abū Dāwūd Sulaymān ibn Ḥassān al-Andalusī, physician, author of `Ṭabaqāt al-aṭibbāʾ wa-l-ḥukamāʾ` (d. after 384/954)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1016
Ibn al-Kalbī — Names: Ibn al-KalbīIbn al-Kalbī, Hishām, 2nd/8th-c. historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1019
Ibn Khaldūn — Names: Ibn KhaldūnIbn Khaldūn, historian (d. 808/1406)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1026
Ibn al-Khammār — Names: Ibn al-KhammārAbū l-Khayr al-Ḥasan ibn Suwār, known as Ibn al-KhammārIbn al-Khammār, Abū l-Khayr al-Ḥasan ibn Suwār ibn Bābā ibn Bihrām (Bihnām), teacher of Ibn al-Ṭayyib and Ibn HindūURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1028
Ibn Masarrah — Names: Ibn MasarrahIbn Masarrah, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh, Esotericist (Bāṭinī) philosopher from Cordoba (d. 319/931)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1045
Abū ʿAlī al-Muhandis al-Miṣrī — Names: Abū ʿAlī al-Muhandis al-MiṣrīAbū ʿAlī al-Muhandis al-Miṣrī (active 550/1155), author of an epigram attributed to al-Badīʿ al-AsṭurlābīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/105
Abū ʿĀmir ibn Yannaq al-Shāṭibī — Names: Abū ʿĀmir ibn Yannaq al-ShāṭibīAbū ʿĀmir ibn Yannaq al-Shāṭibī, Andalusī poet and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/107
Ibn al-Muṭrān — Names: Ibn al-MuṭrānMuwaffaq al-Dīn ibn al-MuṭrānIbn al Muṭrān Muwaffaq al Dīn Abū Naṣr Asʿad ibn Ilyās personal physician of Saladin teacher of al Dakhwār author of `Bustān al aṭibbāʾ...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1070
Ibn al-Nadīm — Names: Ibn al-NadīmIbn al-Nadīm, Abū l-Faraj Muḥammad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb Ishāq, known as al-Warrāq al-Baghdādī, author of the `Fihrist`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1073
Ibn Nubātah al-Khaṭīb — Names: Ibn Nubātah al-KhaṭībIbn Nubātah al-Khaṭīb, orator and preacher, author of `al-Khuṭab al-nubātiyyah` (d. 374/984–985)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1077
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah — Names: Ibn Qayyim al-JawziyyahIbn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, writer on law and theology (d. 751/1350)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1084
Ibn al-Qifṭī — Names: Ibn al-QifṭīIbn al Qifṭī Jamāl al Dīn Abū l Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Yūsuf ibn Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAbd al Wāḥid al Shaybānī vizier and biographer author...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1085
Ibn Raqīqah — Names: Ibn RaqīqahSadīd al-Dīn ibn RaqīqahIbn Raqīqah Abū l Thanāʾ Maḥmūd ibn ʿUmar ibn Muḥammad al Ṭabīb ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Shujāʿ al Shaybānī al Ḥanawī Sadīd al Dīn physician...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1090
Ibn Rashīq — Names: Ibn RashīqIbn Rashīq, author of the `K. al-ʿumdah`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1091
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 Sahlān — Names: Ibn SahlānIbn Sahlān probably Zayn al Dīn ʿUmar ibn Sahlān al Sāwī `or` al Sāwajī author of `al Tabṣirah` = `K al Baṣāʾir al Naṣīriyyah...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1106
Ibn al-Sāʿī — Names: Ibn al-SāʿīIbn al-Sāʿī, Tāj al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Anjab, 7th/13thc. historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1107
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 Samajūn — Names: Ibn SamajūnIbn Samajūn, Abū Bakr Ḥāmid, author of a `K. al-`adwiyah `al-`mufradahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1111
Ibn Sanāʾ al-Mulk — Names: Ibn Sanāʾ al-MulkIbn Sanāʾ al Mulk al Qāḍī l Saʿīd Abū l Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn Abī l Faḍl Jaʿfar ibn al Muʿtamid Ayyubid qadi and...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1113

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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.