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 (323)

Mutammim ibn Nuwayrah — Names: Mutammim ibn NuwayrahMutammim ibn Nuwayrah, 1st/7th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1697
al-Mutanabbī, Abū l-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Juʿfī — Names: al-Mutanabbī, Abū l-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Juʿfīal-Mutanabbī, Abū l-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Juʿfī, poet (d. 354/965)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1698
Abū l-Fatḥ ʿUthmān ibn Jinnī see Ibn Jinnī Abū Firās al-Ḥamdānī — Names: Abū l-Fatḥ ʿUthmān ibn Jinnī see Ibn Jinnī Abū Firās al-ḤamdānīAbū l-Fatḥ ʿUthmān ibn Jinnī see Ibn Jinnī Abū Firās al-Ḥamdānī, poet (d. 357/968)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/172
al-Najāshī al-Ḥārithī — Names: al-Najāshī al-Ḥārithīal-Najāshī al-Ḥārithī, 1st/7th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1728
Najm al-Dīn Abū l-Ghanāʾim Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Muʿallim al-Hurthī — Names: Najm al-Dīn Abū l-Ghanāʾim Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Muʿallim al-HurthīNajm al-Dīn Abū l-Ghanāʾim Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Muʿallim al-Hurthī, poet of WāsiṭURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1730
al-Nāshiʾ al-Akbar, Abū l-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mālik al-Anbārī — Names: al-Nāshiʾ al-Akbar, Abū l-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mālik al-Anbārīal Nāshiʾ al Akbar Abū l ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mālik al Anbārī also known as Ibn Shirshīr d...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1743
Naṣr ibn Manṣūr ibn Bassām — Names: Naṣr ibn Manṣūr ibn BassāmNaṣr ibn Manṣūr ibn Bassām, grandfather of 3rd/9th-c. poet Ibn BassāmURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1757
al-Nawbakhtī, Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan — Names: al-Nawbakhtī, Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasanal-Nawbakhtī, Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan (d. between 300/912 and 310/922), Imamite scholar and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1760
Nemesius Names: NemesiusNemesius, 4th-c. author confused with Gregory of NyssaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1764
Nicomachus of Gerasa — Names: Nicomachus of GerasaNicomachus of Gerasa, mathematician (d. AⅮ120)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1772
Niqūlā — Names: NiqūlāNiqūlā, Byzantine monk collaborator in the Andalusī translation of `De Materia Medica`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1778
Abū l-Ghawth ibn Niḥrīr al-Munayḥī — Names: Abū l-Ghawth ibn Niḥrīr al-MunayḥīAbū l-Ghawth ibn Niḥrīr al-Munayḥī, 4th– 5th/10th–11th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/178
Orosius — Names: OrosiusOrosius, late 4th/early 5th-c. author of `Historiae adversum paganos`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1792
Abū Ḥafṣ al-Kirmānī — Names: Abū Ḥafṣ al-KirmānīAbū Ḥafṣ al-Kirmānī, author of `Akhbār al- Barāmikah`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/180
Paul of Aegina — Names: Paul of AeginaPaul of Aegina, 7th-c. physician and author of `Collectiones medicae`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1801
Perictione Names: PerictionePerictione, pen-name of an author who wrote in the style of PythagorasURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1806
Pethion the Translator — Names: Pethion the TranslatorPethion the Translator, author of a lost ecclesiastical history (active 2nd half 9th c.)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1810
Porphyry — Names: PorphyryPorphyry, philosopher author of `Isagoge` (d. ca. 305)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1841
Abū l-Ḥakam ibn Ghalindū — Names: Abū l-Ḥakam ibn GhalindūAbū l-Ḥakam ibn Ghalindū (son of Galindo), Andalusian physician and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/185
Ptolemy al-Gharīb — Names: Ptolemy al-GharībPtolemy al-Gharīb, author of the `Vita Aristotelis`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1851
Abū l-Ḥakam ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Muẓaffar ibn ʿAbd Allāh — Names: Abū l-Ḥakam ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Muẓaffar ibn ʿAbd AllāhAbū l-ḤakamAbū l-Ḥakam ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Muẓaffar ibn ʿAbd Allāh, physician and poet (d. 549/1155)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/186
al-Qāḍī al-Jalīs Abū l-Maʿālī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Jabbāb (`or` al-Ḥabbāb) — Names: al-Qāḍī al-Jalīs Abū l-Maʿālī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Jabbāb (`or` al-Ḥabbāb)al-Qāḍī al-Jalīs Abū l-Maʿālī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Jabbāb (`or` al-Ḥabbāb), poet (d. 561/1166)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1861
Qayḍā al-Ruhāwī — Names: Qayḍā al-RuhāwīQayḍā al-Ruhāwī, translator associate of Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1870
Qayṣar ibn Abī l-Qāsim ibn ʿAbd al-Ghanī ibn Musāfir al-Ḥanafī Names: Qayṣar ibn Abī l-Qāsim ibn ʿAbd al-Ghanī ibn Musāfir al-ḤanafīQayṣar ibn Abī l Qāsim ibn ʿAbd al Ghanī ibn Musāfir al Ḥanafī ʿAlam al Dīn known as Qayṣar and as al Taʿāsīf mathematician...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1875
Abū Ḥanīfah al-Dīnawarī — Names: Abū Ḥanīfah al-DīnawarīAbū Ḥanīfah al-Dīnawarī (d. 282–283/896), author of `K. al-Nabāt`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/188
Qudāmah ibn Jaʿfar — Names: Qudāmah ibn JaʿfarQudāmah ibn Jaʿfar, author of `Naqd al-shiʿr` (d. ca. 337/948)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1880
Quss ibn Sāʿidah al-Iyādī — Names: Quss ibn Sāʿidah al-IyādīQuss ibn Sāʿidah al-Iyādī, legendary preIslamic oratorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1884
Rabīʿah al-Raqqī — Names: Rabīʿah al-RaqqīRabīʿah al-Raqqī, poet under Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1894
al-Rāghib al-Iṣfahānī, Abū l-Qāsim al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Rāghib al-Iṣfahānī, Abū l-Qāsim al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammadal-Rāghib al-Iṣfahānī, Abū l-Qāsim al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad, 5th/11th-c. author of `Muḥāḍarāt al-udabāʾ`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1900
Ravigupta Names: RaviguptaRavigupta, author of `Siddhasāra` (`K. Sindhashār`) (active 650)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1916
Saḥbān — Names: SaḥbānSaḥbān, legendary orator and poet of the tribe of WāʾilURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1954
Ṣāʿid al-Andalusī (al-Qāḍī Ṣāʿid), Abū l-Qāsim Ṣāʿid ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Taghlibī al-Andalusī — Names: Ṣāʿid al-Andalusī (al-Qāḍī Ṣāʿid), Abū l-Qāsim Ṣāʿid ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Taghlibī al-AndalusīṢāʿid al Andalusī al Qāḍī Ṣāʿid Abū l Qāsim Ṣāʿid ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al Raḥmān al Taghlibī al Andalusī author of `Ṭabaqāt al...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1960
Saʿīd ibn al-Biṭrīq (Eutychius) — Names: Saʿīd ibn al-Biṭrīq (Eutychius)Saʿīd ibn al Biṭrīq Eutychius physician patriarch of Alexandria historian author of `K al tārīkh al majmūʿ alā l taḥqīq wa l taṣdīq` `Naẓm...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1965
Ṣāliḥ ibn Bahlah al-Hindī — Names: Ṣāliḥ ibn Bahlah al-HindīṢāliḥ ibn Bahlah al-Hindī, Indian physician in household of Hārūn al-Rashīd, perhaps descendant of Bhela author of the `Saṃhitā`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1984
Sallām al-Abrash, Abū Salamah — Names: Sallām al-Abrash, Abū SalamahSallām al-Abrash, Abū Salamah, early translator and member of Hārūn al-Rashīd’s householdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1989
al-Samawʾal — Names: al-Samawʾalal-Samawʾal, pre-Islamic Jewish poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1999
al-Samawʾal ibn Yaḥyā ibn ʿAbbās al-Maghribī — Names: al-Samawʾal ibn Yaḥyā ibn ʿAbbās al-Maghribīal-Samawʾalal-Samawʾal ibn Yaḥyā ibn ʿAbbās al-Maghribī, mathematician (d. 570/1174)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2000
al-Ṣanawbarī, Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Ṣanawbarī, Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Muḥammadal-Ṣanawbarī, Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, poet (d. 334/945)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2001
Sayf al-Dīn al-Mushidd Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar ibn Qizil — Names: Sayf al-Dīn al-Mushidd Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar ibn QizilSayf al-Dīn al-Mushidd Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar ibn Qizil, emir and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2018
al-Sayyid al-Naqīb al-Kāmil Ibn al-Sharīf al-Jalīl — Names: al-Sayyid al-Naqīb al-Kāmil Ibn al-Sharīf al-Jalīlal-Sayyid al-Naqīb al-Kāmil Ibn al-Sharīf al-Jalīl, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2021
Sergius of Rēsh ʿAynā/Raʾs al-ʿAyn — Names: Sergius of Rēsh ʿAynā/Raʾs al-ʿAynSergius al-Raʾsī (Sergius of Rēsh ʿAynā)Sergius of Rēsh ʿAynā/Raʾs al-ʿAyn, Syriac physician and translator (d. 536)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2026
al-Shabānsī, Qāsim ibn Muḥammad al-Qurashī al-Marwānī — Names: al-Shabānsī, Qāsim ibn Muḥammad al-Qurashī al-Marwānīal-Shabānsī, Qāsim ibn Muḥammad al-Qurashī al-Marwānī, Cordovan physician and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2033
Shaftar — Names: ShaftarShaftar, nickname of poet Abū l-Maʿālī al-SulamīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2039
al-Shāghūrī, Shihāb al-Dīn Fityān ibn ʿAlī — Names: al-Shāghūrī, Shihāb al-Dīn Fityān ibn ʿAlīal-Shāghūrī, Shihāb al-Dīn Fityān ibn ʿAlī, poet (d. 615/1218)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2041
Shahdā al-Karkhī — Names: Shahdā al-KarkhīShahdā al-Karkhī, Syriac translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2043
Shams al-ʿArab al-Baghdādī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Nafīs ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Wahbān — Names: Shams al-ʿArab al-Baghdādī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Nafīs ibn Hibat Allāh ibn WahbānShams al-ʿArab al-Baghdādī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Nafīs ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Wahbān, poet and `muḥaddith` (d. 622/1225)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2047
Shams al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad al-Kātib al-Baghdādī ibn al-Karīm — Names: Shams al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad al-Kātib al-Baghdādī ibn al-KarīmShams al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad al-Kātib al-Baghdādī ibn al-Karīm, author of `K. al-Ṭabīkh`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2049
Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar — Names: Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmarSharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar, 7th/13th-c. `kātib` and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2065
Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Muẓaffar al-Ṭūsī — Names: Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Muẓaffar al-ṬūsīSharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Muẓaffar al-Ṭūsī, mathematician and astronomer (d. 610/1213)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2067
Shibl al-Dawlah Abū l-Hayjāʾ Muqātil ibn ʿAṭiyyah — Names: Shibl al-Dawlah Abū l-Hayjāʾ Muqātil ibn ʿAṭiyyahShibl al-Dawlah Abū l-Hayjāʾ Muqātil ibn ʿAṭiyyah, poet (d. 505/1111)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2079
Shihāb al-Dīn Abū Shāmah — Names: Shihāb al-Dīn Abū ShāmahShihāb al-Dīn Abū Shāmah, authority on QurʾanURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2083
Shukr ibn Abī l-Futūḥ al-ʿAlawī al-Ḥasanī — Names: Shukr ibn Abī l-Futūḥ al-ʿAlawī al-ḤasanīShukr ibn Abī l-Futūḥ al-ʿAlawī al-Ḥasanī, emir of Mecca, poet (d. 453/1061)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2100
Sibṭ ibn al-Taʿāwīdhī — Names: Sibṭ ibn al-TaʿāwīdhīSibṭ ibn al-Taʿāwīdhī, poet (d. 584/1188)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2104
Abū Ḥātim al-Balkhī — Names: Abū Ḥātim al-BalkhīAbū Ḥātim al-Balkhī, otherwise unknown translator, presumably from Persian into BactrianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/215
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
al-Ṣūlī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā — Names: al-Ṣūlī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyāal-Ṣūlī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā, court companion of caliphs, expert on poetry and chess, author of `K. al-Awrāq` (d. 335/947)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2159
Suśruta — Names: SuśrutaSuśruta, 6 c. BC Indian author of the `Suśruta-Saṃhitā`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2163
Ṭāhir ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Yaḥyā al-Makhzūmī al-Baṣrī, Abū Muḥammad — Names: Ṭāhir ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Yaḥyā al-Makhzūmī al-Baṣrī, Abū MuḥammadṬāhir ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Yaḥyā al-Makhzūmī al-Baṣrī, Abū Muḥammad, late 4th/10th or early 5th/11th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2172
Tāj al-Dīn ibn Yūnus al-Bulghārī — Names: Tāj al-Dīn ibn Yūnus al-BulghārīTāj al-Dīn ibn Yūnus al-Bulghārī, writer on simple drugsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2175
Ṭarafah — Names: ṬarafahṬarafah, pre-Islamic poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2184
al-Tawḥīdī, Abū Ḥayyān — Names: al-Tawḥīdī, Abū Ḥayyānal-Tawḥīdī, Abū Ḥayyān, 4th/10th-c. intellectual and authorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2187
Teucros Names: TeucrosTeucros, presumed author of the `Tankalūshā`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2192
al-Thaʿālibī, Abū Manṣūr ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Thaʿālibī, Abū Manṣūr ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammadal-Thaʿālibī, Abū Manṣūr ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammad, anthologist and poet (d. 429/1038)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2194
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
Theodosius — Names: TheodosiusTheodosius, 2nd-/1st-c. BC Greek mathematician and astronomerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2201

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*  
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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.