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Results (221)

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 Naṣr ibn Nārī ibn Ayyūb — Names: Abū Naṣr ibn Nārī ibn AyyūbAbū Naṣr ibn Nārī ibn Ayyūb, translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/301
Abū Naṣr Sābūr ibn Ardashīr — Names: Abū Naṣr Sābūr ibn ArdashīrAbū Naṣr Sābūr ibn Ardashīr, 4th/10th-c. vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/303
Abū l-Qāsim ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā — Names: Abū l-Qāsim ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsāAbū l-Qāsim ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā, son of vizier of al-MuqtadirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/318
Abū l-Qāsim ibn Sulaymān al-Ṣayrafī — Names: Abū l-Qāsim ibn Sulaymān al-ṢayrafīAbū l-Qāsim ibn Sulaymān al-Ṣayrafī (d. 542/1147), Egyptian author who worked for the Fatimid chancelleryURI: https://usaybia.net/person/320
Abū l-Qāsim ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Sulaymān — Names: Abū l-Qāsim ʿUbayd Allāh ibn SulaymānAbū l-Qāsim ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Sulaymān, member of the Banū Wahb family of viziers (d. 288/901)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/326
Abū Saʿīd ʿUthmān al-Dimashqī — Names: Abū Saʿīd ʿUthmān al-DimashqīAbū Saʿīd ʿUthmān al Dimashqī translator perhaps identical with Abū ʿUthmān Saʿīd ibn Yaʿqūb al Dimashqī Abū Saʿīd Wahb ibn Ibrāhīm secretary to al...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/341
Abū ʿUthmān Saʿīd ibn Yaʿqūb al-Dimashqī — Names: Abū ʿUthmān Saʿīd ibn Yaʿqūb al-DimashqīAbū ʿUthmān Saʿīd ibn Yaʿqūb al-Dimashqī, translator and physician of ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā (active 302/924–925)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/379
Abū Yūsuf al-Kātib ‘the Secretary’ — Names: Abū Yūsuf al-Kātib ‘the Secretary’Abū Yūsuf the SecretaryAbū Yūsuf al-Kātib ‘the Secretary’, translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/387
Abū Zayd ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mūsā ibn Yūjān — Names: Abū Zayd ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mūsā ibn YūjānAbū Zayd ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mūsā ibn Yūjān, vizier of the Almohad ruler al-ManṣūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/390
ʿAḍud al-Dīn Abū al-Faraj ibn Raʾīs al-Ruʾasāʾ — Names: ʿAḍud al-Dīn Abū al-Faraj ibn Raʾīs al-RuʾasāʾʿAḍud al-Dīn Abū al-Faraj ibn Raʾīs al-Ruʾasāʾ, vizier to al-Mustaḍīʾ bi-Amr AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/402
al-Afḍal ibn Amīr al-Juyūsh — Names: al-Afḍal ibn Amīr al-Juyūshal-Afḍal ibn Amīr al-Juyūsh, Fatimid vizier 487–515/1094–1121URI: https://usaybia.net/person/408
Agathon — Names: AgathonAgathon, metropolitan at al-ShawbakURI: https://usaybia.net/person/417
Aḥmad ibn Yūnus al-Ḥarrānī see al-Ḥarrānī, Aḥmad ibn Yūnus Ahrun ibn Aʿyan — Names: Aḥmad ibn Yūnus al-Ḥarrānī see al-Ḥarrānī, Aḥmad ibn Yūnus Ahrun ibn AʿyanAḥmad ibn Yūnus al-Ḥarrānī see al-Ḥarrānī, Aḥmad ibn Yūnus Ahrun ibn Aʿyan, 6th-c. author of a medical compendiumURI: https://usaybia.net/person/439
Akhū l-Sayyidah — Names: Akhū l-SayyidahAkhū l-Sayyidah, metropolitan (`al-muṭrān`) in Cairo 380/991 [Arsenius, later Patriarch of Alexandria; d. 400/1000]URI: https://usaybia.net/person/444
ʿAlāʾ al-Mulk al-Alawī — Names: ʿAlāʾ al-Mulk al-AlawīʿAlāʾ al-Mulk al-Alawī, vizier under Sultan Khwārazm ShāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/449
ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā ibn Dāʾūd ibn al-Jarrāh, Abū l-Ḥasan — Names: ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā ibn Dāʾūd ibn al-Jarrāh, Abū l-ḤasanʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā ibn Dāʾūd ibn al-Jarrāh, Abū l-Ḥasan, twice vizier under al-Muqtadir billāh (d. 334/996)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/472
ʿAbd Yashūʿ ibn Bahrīr — Names: ʿAbd Yashūʿ ibn BahrīrʿAbd Yashūʿ ibn Bahrīr, translator associate of Jibrīl ibn BukhtīshūʿURI: https://usaybia.net/person/49
al-ʿAmīd — Names: al-ʿAmīdal-ʿAmīd, vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/492
Amīn al-Dawlah Abū l-Ḥasan ibn Ghazāl ibn Abī Saʿīd — Names: Amīn al-Dawlah Abū l-Ḥasan ibn Ghazāl ibn Abī SaʿīdAmīn al-DawlahAmīn al-Dawlah Abū l-Ḥasan ibn Ghazāl ibn Abī Saʿīd, vizier and physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/497
al-ʿAbdī ʿAbdishoʿ bar Bahrīz (ʿAbdīshūʿ ibn Bahrīz) — Names: al-ʿAbdī ʿAbdishoʿ bar Bahrīz (ʿAbdīshūʿ ibn Bahrīz)ʿAbdīshūʿ ibn Bahrīz (ʿAbdishoʿ bar Bahrīz)al-ʿAbdī ʿAbdishoʿ bar Bahrīz (ʿAbdīshūʿ ibn Bahrīz), metropolitan and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/53
al-Ābī — Names: al-Ābīal-Ābī, Abū Saʿd (`or` Saʿīd) Manṣūr ibn al-Ḥusayn, man of letters and vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/57
Asad al-Dīn — Names: Asad al-DīnAsad al-Dīn, known as Shīrkūh, one of the last viziers of Fatimid Egypt (d. 564/1169)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/571
Autolycus — Names: AutolycusAutolycus, author of `Moving Sphere`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/589
Ayyūb al-Ruhāwī (Job of Edessa) al-Abrash — Names: Ayyūb al-Ruhāwī (Job of Edessa) al-AbrashAyyūb, known as al-AbrashAyyūb al-Ruhāwī (Job of Edessa) al-Abrash, Syriac polymath, Christian physician and translator of Galen (d. ca. 835)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/596
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
Bar Bahlūl — Names: Bar BahlūlBar Bahlūl, author of Syriac lexicon and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/633
Bar Hebraeus (Abū l-Faraj ibn al-ʿIbrī) — Names: Bar Hebraeus (Abū l-Faraj ibn al-ʿIbrī)Bar Hebraeus (Abū l-Faraj ibn al-ʿIbrī), Syriac Orthodox historian, philosopher and translator (d. 685/1286)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/634
Basīl al-Muṭrān — Names: Basīl al-MuṭrānBasīl al-Muṭrān, translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/638
al-Battānī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jābir ibn Sinān — Names: al-Battānī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jābir ibn SinānAbū ʿAbdullāh Muhammad ibn Dschābir ibn Sinān al-Harrānī as-Sābī al-Battānīal-Battānīal-Battānī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jābir ibn Sinān (d. 317/929), astrologer and mathematicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/639
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-Biṭrīq — Names: al-Biṭrīqal-Biṭrīq, Christian translator under al-ManṣūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/649
Burhān al-Dīn — Names: Burhān al-DīnBurhān al-Dīn, vizier of Ayyubid emir ʿIzz al-Dīn al-MuʿaẓẓamīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/663
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
Diocles — Names: DioclesDiocles, 3rd–2nd-c. BC mathematician and geometerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/714
Elias of Nisibis — Names: Elias of NisibisElias of Nisibis, 11th c., brother of Zāhid al-ʿUlamāʾ, metropolitan of Nisibis, chronographerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/733
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-Ḥajjāj ibn Maṭar (al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar) — Names: al-Ḥajjāj ibn Maṭar (al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar)al-Ḥajjāj ibn Maṭaral-Ḥajjāj ibn Maṭar (al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar), translator of Euclid (active 169– 218/786–833)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/810
Ḥāmid ibn al-ʿAbbās — Names: Ḥāmid ibn al-ʿAbbāsḤāmid ibn al-ʿAbbās, vizier under al-MuqtadirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/818
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-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
Hermann of Carinthia Names: Hermann of CarinthiaHermann of Carinthia, Istrian scholar and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/871
Hilāl ibn Abī Hilāl al-Ḥimṣī — Names: Hilāl ibn Abī Hilāl al-ḤimṣīHilāl ibn Abī Hilāl al-Ḥimṣī, mathematician (d. 218/833), translator of Apollonius’ `K. al-Makhrūṭāt`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/881
Ḥubaysh ibn Ḥasan al-Dimashqī — Names: Ḥubaysh ibn Ḥasan al-DimashqīḤubaysh al-AʿsamḤubaysh ibn Ḥasan al-Dimashqī, translator nephew of Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/892
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
Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq, Abū Zayd Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-ʿIbādī — Names: Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq, Abū Zayd Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-ʿIbādīḤunayn ibn IsḥāqḤunayn ibn Isḥāq, Abū Zayd Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-ʿIbādī, Christian physician and translator (192– 260/808–873)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/899
Hypsicles — Names: HypsiclesHypsicles, Greek mathematician and astronomer (d. 120BC)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/908
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 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 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 al-Biṭrīq — Names: Ibn al-BiṭrīqIbn al-Biṭrīq, translator of Greek into Arabic under al-MaʾmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/956
Ibn al-Dahhān Wajīh al-Dīn al-Wāsiṭī Ibn Dahn (`or` Ibn Dhan) the Indian — Names: Ibn al-Dahhān Wajīh al-Dīn al-Wāsiṭī Ibn Dahn (`or` Ibn Dhan) the IndianIbn al-Dahhān Wajīh al-Dīn al-Wāsiṭī Ibn Dahn (`or` Ibn Dhan) the Indian, translator of Sanskrit medical texts and head of Baghdad hospitalURI: https://usaybia.net/person/963
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 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-Haytham — Names: Ibn al-HaythamAbū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-HaythamIbn al-Haytham, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham, mathematician, writer on optics (d. 430/1039)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/997

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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.