Index of Persons

Facets

Occupationauthor (87) translator (47) physician (22) mathematician (19) philosopher (6) astronomer (5) scholar (3) poet (3) historian (3) syncellus (2) astrologer (2) encyclopedist (1) teacher (1) jurist (1) lexicographer (1) queen (1) chess expert (1) courtier (1) metropolitan (1) patron (1) traditionist (1) pharmacologist (1) vizier (1) theologian (1) patriarch (1) preacher (1) alchemist (1) biographer (1) polymath (1) qadi (1) poetry expert (1) scientist (1) secretary (1) geometer (1) orator (1) medical author (1) traveller (1)

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 (151)

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
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
Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ — Names: Ibn al-MuqaffaʿIbn al-Muqaffaʿ, ʿAbd Allāh, translator of `Kalīlah wa-Dimnah` (d. ca. 137/755)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1064
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 Nāʿimah (ʿAbd al-Masīḥ ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥimṣī al-Nāʿimī) — Names: Ibn Nāʿimah (ʿAbd al-Masīḥ ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥimṣī al-Nāʿimī)Ibn NāʿimahIbn Nāʿimah (ʿAbd al-Masīḥ ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥimṣī al-Nāʿimī), translator of Greek philosophyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1076
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 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 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
Ibn al-Sarrāj — Names: Ibn al-SarrājIbn al-Sarrāj, author of `K. al-Uṣūl`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1114
Ibn Shahdā al-Karkhī — Names: Ibn Shahdā al-KarkhīIbn Shahdā al-Karkhī, Syriac-to-Arabic translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1116
Ibn al-Shanāʿah — Names: Ibn al-ShanāʿahIbn al-Shanāʿah, unidentified Andalusī mathematicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1119
Ibn al-Sharīf al-Jalīl — Names: Ibn al-Sharīf al-JalīlIbn al-Sharīf al-Jalīl, al-Sayyid al-Naqīb al-Kāmil, author of panegyric on Amīn al-Dawlah Ibn al-TilmīdhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1120
Ibn Sīnā — Names: Ibn Sīnāal-Shaykh al-Raʾīs Ibn SīnāIbn Sīnā, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Shaykh al-Raʾīs (d. 428/1037)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1125
Ibn al-Tilmīdh — Names: Ibn al-TilmīdhAmīn al-Dawlah ibn al-TilmīdhIbn al Tilmīdh Amīn al Dawlah Abū l Ḥasan Hibat Allāh ibn Ṣaʿīd Christian court physician of al Mustaḍī bi Amr Allāh author of...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1139
Ibn Waḥshiyyah — Names: Ibn WaḥshiyyahIbn Waḥshiyyah Abū Bakr Aḥmad `or` Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al Nabaṭī alchemist and astronomer author of `K al filāḥah al al nabaṭiyyah` d ca...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1161
Ibn Wāfid — Names: Ibn WāfidIbn Wāfid, ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm, author of a `K. al-` adwiyah `al-`mufradah (d. 460/1068)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1162
Ibn Zurʿah — Names: Ibn ZurʿahAbū ʿAlī ibn ZurʿahIbn Zurʿah, Abū ʿAlī ʿĪsā ibn Isḥāq ibn Zurʿah, Christian philosopher and translator (331–398/943–1008)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1176
Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAbd Allāh — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAbd AllāhIbrāhīm ibn ʿAbd Allāh, Christian translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1181
Ibrāhīm ibn Baks/Bakūs/Bakūsh/Bakkūsh al-ʿUshārī/al-ʿAshshārī(?) — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn Baks/Bakūs/Bakūsh/Bakkūsh al-ʿUshārī/al-ʿAshshārī(?)Ibrāhīm ibn Baks (Bakūs)Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn BaksIbrāhīm ibn Baks/Bakūs/Bakūsh/Bakkūsh al-ʿUshārī/al-ʿAshshārī(?), Abū Isḥāq, 4th/10th-c. Christian physician and translator active in BaghdadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1191
Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ṣalt — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn al-ṢaltIbrāhīm ibn al-Ṣalt, Christian translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1205
Ibrāhīm ibn Sinān — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn SinānIbrāhīm ibn Sinān, mathematician (d. 355/ 946)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1206
Abū Bakr ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan al-Quhistānī — Names: Abū Bakr ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan al-QuhistānīAbū Bakr ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan al-Quhistānī, poet (ca. 435/1043), ?author of lines ascribed to Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/123
ʿĪsā ibn Māsarjīs (`or` Māsarjawayh) — Names: ʿĪsā ibn Māsarjīs (`or` Māsarjawayh)ʿĪsā ibn MāsarjīsʿĪsā ibn Māsarjīs (`or` Māsarjawayh), physician and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1245
ʿĪsā ibn Māssah al-Baṣrī — Names: ʿĪsā ibn Māssah al-BaṣrīʿĪsā ibn MāssahʿĪsā ibn Māssah al-Baṣrī, medical writer (d. ca. 275/888)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1246
Isḥāq ibn ʿAlī al-Ruhāwī — Names: Isḥāq ibn ʿAlī al-RuhāwīIsḥāq ibn ʿAlī al-Ruhāwī, 3rd/9th-c. physician, author of Adab `al-ṭabīb`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1257
Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn — Names: Isḥāq ibn ḤunaynIsḥāq ibn Ḥunayn, translator of Greek philosophy, author of `Taʾrīkh al-aṭibbāʾ`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1258
Isḥāq ibn Sulaymān al-Isrāʾīlī — Names: Isḥāq ibn Sulaymān al-IsrāʾīlīIsḥāq ibn Sulaymān al-Isrāʾīlī, medical writer (d. 320/932 `or` 344/955)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1272
Isidore of Seville — Names: Isidore of SevilleIsidore of Seville, encyclopaedist author of `Etymologies` (d. 636)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1275
Iṣṭifan ibn Basīl — Names: Iṣṭifan ibn BasīlIṣṭifan ibn Basīl, translator (d. ca. 298/910)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1287
al-Jāḥiẓ — Names: al-Jāḥiẓal-Jāḥiẓ, Abū ʿUthmān ʿAmr ibn Baḥr, author of works of adab, theology, etc. (d. 255/868–869)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1306
al-Jānis (Jābis, Ḥābis?) — Names: al-Jānis (Jābis, Ḥābis?)al-Jānis (Jābis, Ḥābis?), unidentified author of a book on leadership (?)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1322
al-Jurjānī — Names: al-Jurjānīal-Jurjānī, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad (d. 482/1089), author of `al-Kināyāt`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1352
Kamāl al-Dīn ibn Yūnus — Names: Kamāl al-Dīn ibn YūnusKamāl al Dīn ibn Yūnus Abū ʿImrān `or` Abū l Fatḥ Kamāl al Dīn Mūsā ibn Yūnus ibn Muḥammad al Mawṣilī mathematician and jurist...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1362
al-Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī, Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Thābit — Names: al-Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī, Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Thābital-Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī, Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Thābit (d. 463/1071), author of `Tārīkh Baghdād`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1392
Khayrūn ibn Rābiṭah — Names: Khayrūn ibn RābiṭahKhayrūn ibn Rābiṭah, translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1395
ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī — Names: ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlīʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī, unidentified Persian-to-Arabic translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/14
al-Kīshī — Names: al-Kīshīal-Kīshī, author of a commentary on the Hippocratic `Aphorisms`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1411
Mādhava Names: MādhavaMādhava, Indian author of the `Nidān or Nidāna`, also called `Mādhavanidāna` (active ca. ＡⅮ700)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1432
Abū Bishr Mattā ibn Yūnān (`or` Yūnus) — Names: Abū Bishr Mattā ibn Yūnān (`or` Yūnus)Mattā ibn YūnānAbū Bishr Mattā ibn Yūnān (`or` Yūnus), Christian Aristotelian translator (d. 328/940)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/145
al-Manāwī — Names: al-Manāwīal-Manāwī, author of a commentary on the Hippocratic AphorismsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1499
Mankah al-Hindī (Māṇikya) — Names: Mankah al-Hindī (Māṇikya)Mankah al-Hindī (Māṇikya or Maṅkha)Mankah al-Hindī (Māṇikya), Indian physician and translator under Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1501
Manṣūr ibn Bānās — Names: Manṣūr ibn BānāsManṣūr ibn Bānās, translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1504
al-Marzūqī, Abū ʿAlī Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan — Names: al-Marzūqī, Abū ʿAlī Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasanal-Marzūqī, Abū ʿAlī Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan, author of a commentary on the `Ḥamāsah` of Abū TammāmURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1528
Māsarjawayh — Names: MāsarjawayhMāsarjawayh (also Māsarjīs, Persian Māsargōye), Jewish Umayyad physician and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1529
al-Masʿūdī, Abu l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn — Names: al-Masʿūdī, Abu l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusaynal-Masʿūdī, Abu l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn, author of historical and geographical works (d. 345/956)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1542
Menelaus Names: MenelausMenelaus, Greek author on sphericsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1558
Michael the Syncellus Names: Michael the SyncellusMichael the Syncellus, brother of Theodore at Mar SabaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1563
al-Mubashshir ibn Fātik, Maḥmūd al-Dawlah Abū l-Wafāʾ — Names: al-Mubashshir ibn Fātik, Maḥmūd al-Dawlah Abū l-Wafāʾal-Mubashshir ibn Fātikal-Mubashshir ibn Fātik, Maḥmūd al-Dawlah Abū l-Wafāʾ (5th/11th c.), author of `Mukhtār al-ḥikam`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1589
Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Tamīmī al-Maqdisī — Names: Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Tamīmī al-MaqdisīMuḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Tamīmī al-Maqdisī, author of `Māddat al-baqāʾ`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1613
Muḥammad ibn Khalaf al-Marzubān — Names: Muḥammad ibn Khalaf al-MarzubānMuḥammad ibn Khalaf al-Marzubān, 3rd/9th-c. scholar and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1622
Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-Ṭabīb — Names: Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-ṬabībMuḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-Ṭabīb, one of the Andalusī translators of `De Materia Medica`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1630
Muḥammad ibn Sallām al-Jumaḥī — Names: Muḥammad ibn Sallām al-JumaḥīMuḥammad ibn Sallām al-Jumaḥī, traditionist and author of `Ṭabaqāt al-shuʿarā` (d. ca. 231–232/845–6)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1632
Muḥammad al-Shajjār — Names: Muḥammad al-ShajjārMuḥammad al-Shajjār, one of the Andalusī translators of `De Materia Medica`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1644
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
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
Ptolemy al-Gharīb — Names: Ptolemy al-GharībPtolemy al-Gharīb, author of the `Vita Aristotelis`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1851
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
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
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 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
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
Shahdā al-Karkhī — Names: Shahdā al-KarkhīShahdā al-Karkhī, Syriac translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2043
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 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
Shihāb al-Dīn Abū Shāmah — Names: Shihāb al-Dīn Abū ShāmahShihāb al-Dīn Abū Shāmah, authority on QurʾanURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2083
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
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
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
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
Theon — Names: TheonTheon (d. ＡⅮ405), Greek mathematicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2202
al-Usquf Theodore the Syncellus — Names: al-Usquf Theodore the SyncellusTheodore the Syncellusal-Usquf Theodore the Syncellus (Tadharus, or Tadrus, al-Sunqal), translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2209
Theomnestus of Nicopolis Names: Theomnestus of NicopolisTheomnestus of Nicopolis, Byzantine writer on veterinary medicineURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2217
Theon — Names: TheonTheon, 2nd-c. ＡⅮ mathematician and philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2218
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
Vāgbhaṭa Names: VāgbhaṭaVāgbhaṭa, author c. 600ＡⅮ of `Aṣṭāṅgahṛ-daya-Saṃhitā` (`K. Astānkar`/`Astāngar al-jāmiʿ`)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2278
Yaḥyā ibn al-Biṭrīq — Names: Yaḥyā ibn al-BiṭrīqYaḥyā ibn al-Biṭrīq, translator of philosophical works and medical author (d. ca. 200/815)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2300
Yaḥyā ibn Māsawayh — Names: Yaḥyā ibn MāsawayhYaḥyā ibn Māsawayh, 11th-c. writer on pharmacologyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2303
Yaʿqūb al-Sīrāfī Ibn Māhān — Names: Yaʿqūb al-Sīrāfī Ibn MāhānIbn MāhānYaʿqūb al-Sīrāfī Ibn Māhān, physician and author of a work on medical mattersURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2311
al-Yasaʿ, Elisha — Names: al-Yasaʿ, Elishaal-Yasaʿ, Elisha, patron of translatorsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2314
Abū Isḥāq al-Shīrāzī — Names: Abū Isḥāq al-ShīrāzīAbū Isḥāq al-Shīrāzī, author of `A Guide to Jurisprudence`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/236
Zarūyā ibn Mānaḥūh al-Nāʿimī al-Ḥimṣī — Names: Zarūyā ibn Mānaḥūh al-Nāʿimī al-ḤimṣīZarūyā (Zarūbā?) ibn Mānaḥūh (Mājūh?) al-Nāʿimī al-Ḥimṣī, translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2363
Abū l-Faraj ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Iṣfahānī (`or` al-Iṣbahānī) — Names: Abū l-Faraj ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Iṣfahānī (`or` al-Iṣbahānī)Abū l-Faraj ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Iṣfahānī (`or` al-Iṣbahānī), author of `K. al-Aghānī`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2380
Abū Jābir al-Maghribī — Names: Abū Jābir al-MaghribīAbū Jābir al-Maghribī, unidentified author quoted by Ibn al-MuṭrānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2397
Abū Jurayq (the Monk) — Names: Abū Jurayq (the Monk)Abū Jurayq (the Monk), late-antique medical writerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/250
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 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 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
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
ʿAbd Yashūʿ ibn Bahrīr — Names: ʿAbd Yashūʿ ibn BahrīrʿAbd Yashūʿ ibn Bahrīr, translator associate of Jibrīl ibn BukhtīshūʿURI: https://usaybia.net/person/49
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
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
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
Diocles — Names: DioclesDiocles, 3rd–2nd-c. BC mathematician and geometerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/714
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
al-Ḥarīrī — Names: al-Ḥarīrīal-Ḥarīrī, author of `Maqāmāt` (d. 516/1122)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/825
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
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 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 ʿAsākir — Names: Ibn ʿAsākirIbn ʿAsākir, author of `Taʾrīkh Dimashq` (d. 571/1176)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/936
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

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.