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Results (578)

al-Sharīf Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥasanī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh — Names: al-Sharīf Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥasanī, Abū ʿAbd Allāhal-Sharīf Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥasanīal-Sharīf Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥasanī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2076
al-Shaykh al-Sadīd Raʾīs al-Ṭibb (al-Qāḍī al-Ajall al-Sadīd Abū l-Manṣūr ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Shaykh al-Sadīd Abī l-Ḥasan ʿAlī, Sharaf al-Dīn) — Names: al-Shaykh al-Sadīd Raʾīs al-Ṭibb (al-Qāḍī al-Ajall al-Sadīd Abū l-Manṣūr ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Shaykh al-Sadīd Abī l-Ḥasan ʿAlī, Sharaf al-Dīn)al-Shaykh al-Sadīd Raʾīs al-Ṭibb (Abū l-Manṣūr ʿAbd Allāh)al Shaykh al Sadīd Raʾīs al Ṭibb al Qāḍī al Ajall al Sadīd Abū l Manṣūr ʿAbd Allāh ibn al Shaykh al Sadīd Abī...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2078
Shihāb al-Dīn ibn Fatḥ al-Dīn ibn Abī l-Ḥawāfir — Names: Shihāb al-Dīn ibn Fatḥ al-Dīn ibn Abī l-ḤawāfirShihāb al-Dīn ibn Fatḥ al-Dīn ibn Abī l-Ḥawāfir, Egyptian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2086
Siculus — Names: SiculusSiculus, Dogmatist physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2106
Simeon of Taybūthā — Names: Simeon of TaybūthāSimeon of Taybūthā, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2110
Simplicius — Names: SimpliciusSimplicius, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2114
Simus — Names: SimusSimus, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2115
Sinān ibn Thābit — Names: Sinān ibn ThābitSinān ibn Thābit ibn QurrahSinān ibn Thābit, physician and scientist, son of Thābit ibn QurrahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2116
al-Sinjārī, Ṭāhir ibn Ibrāhīm — Names: al-Sinjārī, Ṭāhir ibn IbrāhīmṬāhir ibn Ibrāhīm al-Sinjarīal-Sinjārī, Ṭāhir ibn Ibrāhīm, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2119
Socrates — Names: SocratesSocrates, Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2125
Sophocles — Names: SophoclesSophocles, legendary physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2128
Sophus — Names: SophusSophus, Dogmatic physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2130
Soranus — Names: SoranusSoranus, 2nd-c. Methodist physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2131
Stephanus — Names: StephanusStephanus, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2134
Stephanus of Ḥarrān — Names: Stephanus of ḤarrānStephanus of Ḥarrān, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2135
al-Suhrawardī, Shihāb al-Dīn — Names: al-Suhrawardī, Shihāb al-DīnShihāb al-Dīn al-Suhrawardīal-Suhrawardī, Shihāb al-Dīn, philosopher and mysticURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2139
al-Sukkarī, Ẓāfir ibn Jābir, Abū Ḥakīm — Names: al-Sukkarī, Ẓāfir ibn Jābir, Abū ḤakīmẒāfir ibn Jābir al-Sukkarīal-Sukkarī, Ẓāfir ibn Jābir, Abū Ḥakīm, physician son of Jābir ibn ManṣūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2144
Sukkarah al-Ḥalabī — Names: Sukkarah al-ḤalabīSukkarah al-Ḥalabī, Jewish physician under al-Malik al-ʿĀdilURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2145
Sulaymān Abū Bakr ibn Tāj — Names: Sulaymān Abū Bakr ibn TājSulaymān Abū Bakr ibn Tāj, physician in al-Andalus (active 310/922)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2148
Sulaymān ibn Dāwūd ibn Bābān — Names: Sulaymān ibn Dāwūd ibn BābānSulaymān ibn Dāwūd ibn Bābān, physician accompanying Abū DulafURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2152
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
Syennesis of Cyprus Names: Syennesis of CyprusSyennesis of Cyprus, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2166
Symmachus — Names: SymmachusSymmachus, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2167
Abū Hilāl al-Ḥimṣī — Names: Abū Hilāl al-ḤimṣīHilāl ibn Abī Hilāl al-ḤimṣīAbū Hilāl al-Ḥimṣī, physician, father of Hilāl ibn Abī Hilāl al-ḤimṣīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/217
al-Tamīmī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Saʿīd — Names: al-Tamīmī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Saʿīdal-Tamīmīal-Tamīmī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Saʿīd, 10th-c. physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2181
Tarmirah — Names: TarmirahTarmirah, physician of al-MuqtadirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2185
Tayādūrus (Theodorus) — Names: Tayādūrus (Theodorus)Tayādūrus (Theodorus), court physician to Shāpūr ⅠⅠURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2189
Abū l-Ḥusayn Aḥmad ibn Saʿīd — Names: Abū l-Ḥusayn Aḥmad ibn SaʿīdAbū l-Ḥusayn Aḥmad ibn Saʿīd, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/219
al-Ṭayfūrī — Names: al-Ṭayfūrīal-Ṭayfūrī, father-in-law of the physician Yūḥannā ibn MāsawayhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2191
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
Thābit ibn Sinān ibn Thābit ibn Qurrah — Names: Thābit ibn Sinān ibn Thābit ibn QurrahThābit ibn Sinān ibn Thābit ibn Qurrah, physician and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2197
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
Themistius — Names: ThemistiusThemistius, philosopher and courtier (ca. 317–388)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2205
Themistius ‘the physician’ — Names: Themistius ‘the physician’Themistius ‘the physician’, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2206
Theocritus of Anazarbus — Names: Theocritus of AnazarbusTheocritus of Anazarbus, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2207
Theodoretos — Names: TheodoretosTheodoretos, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2210
Theodorus of Athens — Names: Theodorus of AthensTheodorus of Athens, Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2212
Theodosius — Names: TheodosiusTheodosius, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2213
Theodotus — Names: TheodotusTheodotus, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2216
Theon — Names: TheonTheon, 2nd-c. ＡⅮ mathematician and philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2218
Theophrastus of Eresos Names: Theophrastus of EresosTheophrastus of Eresos, philosopher and successor to Aristotle (d. ca. 287BC)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2219
Abū l-Ḥusayn ibn Kashkarāyā — Names: Abū l-Ḥusayn ibn KashkarāyāAbū l-Ḥusayn ibn Kashkarāyā, physician and pupil of Sinān ibn ThābitURI: https://usaybia.net/person/222
Thessalus of Tralles Names: Thessalus of TrallesThessalus of Tralles, 1st-c. Greek Methodist physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2222
Timaeus of Tarsus — Names: Timaeus of TarsusTimaeus of Tarsus, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2231
Timotheus — Names: TimotheusTimotheus, Greek philosopher, teacher of SocratesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2235
Tullius of Alexandria — Names: Tullius of AlexandriaTullius of Alexandria, physician of late antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2245
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
ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Jibrīl (Jabrāʾīl) ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Bukhtīshūʿ — Names: ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Jibrīl (Jabrāʾīl) ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn BukhtīshūʿʿUbayd Allāh ibn JibrīlʿUbayd Allāh ibn Jibrīl (or Jabrāʾīl) ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Bukhtīshūʿ, physician and source for ⅠＡＵURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2252
ʿUmar ibn Ḥafs ibn Barīq — Names: ʿUmar ibn Ḥafs ibn BarīqʿUmar Ibn Ḥafṣ ibn BarīqʿUmar ibn Ḥafs ibn Barīq, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2259
Abū l-Ḥusayn al-Wārid — Names: Abū l-Ḥusayn al-WāridAbū l-Ḥusayn al-Wārid, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/226
al-Yabrūdī, Abū l-Faraj Jirjīs [Jūrjis] ibn Yuḥannā ibn Sahl ibn Ibrahīm — Names: al-Yabrūdī, Abū l-Faraj Jirjīs [Jūrjis] ibn Yuḥannā ibn Sahl ibn Ibrahīmal-Yabrūdīal-Yabrūdī, Abū l-Faraj Jirjīs [Jūrjis] ibn Yuḥannā ibn Sahl ibn Ibrahīm, Christian physician from Damascus (d. ca. 450/1058)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2295
Yaḥyā ibn Abī Ḥakīm al-Ḥallājī — Names: Yaḥyā ibn Abī Ḥakīm al-Ḥallājīal-ḤallājīYaḥyā ibn Abī Ḥakīm al-Ḥallājī, personal physician of the caliph al-MuʿtaḍidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2297
Yaḥyā ibn ʿAdī — Names: Yaḥyā ibn ʿAdīYaḥyā ibn ʿAdī, Christian philosopher and theologian (d. 363/974)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2299
Abū ʿĪsā Baqiyyah — Names: Abū ʿĪsā BaqiyyahAbū ʿĪsā Baqiyyah, physician at the ʿAḍudī HospitalURI: https://usaybia.net/person/230
Yaḥyā ibn Isḥāq — Names: Yaḥyā ibn IsḥāqYaḥyā ibn Isḥāq, physician in al-Andalus (active 300/912)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2301
Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd ibn Yaḥyā (Abū l-Faraj al-Anṭākī) — Names: Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd ibn Yaḥyā (Abū l-Faraj al-Anṭākī)Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd ibn Yaḥyā also known as Abū l Faraj al Anṭākī Christian physician and historian continuator of Saʿīd ibn al Biṭrīq ca...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2304
Yaḥyā ibn Yaḥyā — Names: Yaḥyā ibn YaḥyāYaḥyā ibn Yaḥyā, Known as Ibn al-SamīnahYaḥyā ibn Yaḥyā, known as Ibn al-Samīnah, physician from Cordova (d. 315/927)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2305
Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq ibn Mūsā ibn al-ʿĀzār al-Israʾīlī — Names: Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq ibn Mūsā ibn al-ʿĀzār al-IsraʾīlīYaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq ibn Mūsā ibn al-ʿĀzār al-Israʾīlī, physician in the service of al-Muʿizz li-Dīn AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2310
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
Abū Isḥāq ibn Ṭumlūs — Names: Abū Isḥāq ibn ṬumlūsAbū Isḥāq ibn Ṭumlūs, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/232
Yazīd ibn Rūmān al-Naṣrānī al-Andalusī — Names: Yazīd ibn Rūmān al-Naṣrānī al-AndalusīYazīd ibn Rūmān al-Naṣrānī al-Andalusī, Christian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2320
Yazīd ibn Yūḥannā ibn Abī Khālid — Names: Yazīd ibn Yūḥannā ibn Abī KhālidYazīd ibn Yūḥannā ibn Abī Khālid, known as Yazīd Būr, personal physician to al-Maʾmūn and then Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn al-MahdīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2321
Yūḥannā ibn Bukhtīshūʿ — Names: Yūḥannā ibn BukhtīshūʿYūḥannā ibn Bukhtīshūʿ, Christian physician, collaborator of Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq (d. ca. 912)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2323
Yūḥannā ibn Ḥaylān — Names: Yūḥannā ibn ḤaylānYūḥannā ibn Ḥaylān, Christian philosopher (d. during caliphate of al-Muqtadir)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2325
Yūḥannā ibn Māsawayh — Names: Yūḥannā ibn MāsawayhYūḥannā ibn Māsawayh, Christian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2326
Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm al-Dānī — Names: Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm al-DānīAbū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm al-Dānī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/233
Yūsuf known as al-Sāhir — Names: Yūsuf known as al-Sāhiral-SāhirYūsuf known as al-Sāhir, physician in the time of the caliph al-MuktafīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2332
Yūsuf al-Baṣrī — Names: Yūsuf al-BaṣrīYūsuf al-Baṣrī, known as ‘the Short’, physician accompanying Abū DulafURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2333
Yūsuf ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥasdāy — Names: Yūsuf ibn Aḥmad ibn ḤasdāyAbū Jaʿfar Yūsuf ibn Aḥmad ibn ḤasdāyYūsuf ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥasdāy, Abū Jaʿfar, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2335
Yūsuf ibn Iṣṭifan — Names: Yūsuf ibn IṣṭifanYūsuf ibn Iṣṭifan, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2338
Yūsuf ibn Ṣalībā — Names: Yūsuf ibn ṢalībāYūsuf ibn Ṣalībā, physician accompanying Abū DulafURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2339
Yūsuf ibn Yazdād — Names: Yūsuf ibn YazdādYūsuf ibn Yazdād, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2341
Yūsuf al-Isrāʾīlī, Abū al-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn Yaḥyā ibn Isḥāq al-Sabtī al-Maghribī — Names: Yūsuf al-Isrāʾīlī, Abū al-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn Yaḥyā ibn Isḥāq al-Sabtī al-MaghribīAbū l-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf al-IsrāʾīlīYūsuf al-Isrāʾīlī, Abū al-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn Yaḥyā ibn Isḥāq al-Sabtī al-Maghribī, Jewish physician often known as Ibn Shamʿūn (d. 1227)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2342
Yūsuf al-Khūrī `or` al-Qass, Abū Yaʿqūb ibn Yūsuf ibn ʿĪsā — Names: Yūsuf al-Khūrī `or` al-Qass, Abū Yaʿqūb ibn Yūsuf ibn ʿĪsāYūsuf the TranslatorYūsuf al Khūrī `or` al Qass the priest Abū Yaʿqūb ibn Yūsuf ibn ʿĪsā known as Yūsuf the Translator the Physician and the Sleepless...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2343
Yūsuf al-Naṣrānī — Names: Yūsuf al-NaṣrānīYūsuf al-Naṣrānī, Christian physician and patriarch of Jerusalem 981–983URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2345
Yūsuf al-Wāsiṭī — Names: Yūsuf al-WāsiṭīYūsuf al-Wāsiṭī, 4th/10th-c. Baghdadi physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2346
Ẓāfir ibn Tamīm — Names: Ẓāfir ibn TamīmẒāfir ibn Tamīm, physician, presumably of Ibn al-ʿAynzarbīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2349
Zāhid al-ʿUlamāʾ, Abū Saʿīd Manṣūr ibn ʿĪsā — Names: Zāhid al-ʿUlamāʾ, Abū Saʿīd Manṣūr ibn ʿĪsāZāhid al-ʿUlamāʾ (Abū Saʿīd Manṣūr ibn ʿĪsā)Zāhid al-ʿUlamāʾ, Abū Saʿīd Manṣūr ibn ʿĪsā, physician of Naṣr al-Dawlah and brother of Elias of NisibisURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2350
Zakariyyā ibn al-Ṭayfūrī — Names: Zakariyyā ibn al-ṬayfūrīZakariyyā ibn al-Ṭayfūrī, physician on campaign with al-Afshīn in 222/837URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2355
Zankal — Names: ZankalZankal, Indian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2358
Zarayāyal — Names: ZarayāyalZarayāyal, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2361
Zayn al-Dīn — Names: Zayn al-DīnZayn al-Dīn, the blind, philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2366
Zayn al-Dīn al-Ḥāfiẓī, Sulaymān — Names: Zayn al-Dīn al-Ḥāfiẓī, SulaymānZayn al-Dīn al-ḤāfiẓīZayn al-Dīn al-Ḥāfiẓī, Sulaymān, physician in Aleppo and Damascus under the AyyubidsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2367
Zaynab — Names: ZaynabZaynab, the Physician of the Banū AwdZaynab, female physician of the Banū AwdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2371
Zeno the Elder — Names: Zeno the ElderZeno the Elder, i.e. Zeno of Elea, Presocratic Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2372
Zeno the Younger — Names: Zeno the YoungerZeno the Younger, i.e. Zeno of Citium, Hellenistic philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2373
Zeno of Cyprus Names: Zeno of CyprusZeno of Cyprus, 4th-c. ＡⅮ Greek physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2374
John Philoponus — Names: John PhiloponusJohn Philoponus, Neoplatonist Christian philosopher (ca. 490–575)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2385
Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Ḥassān — Names: Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn ḤassānAbū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Ḥassān, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/239
al-Sharīf Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl — Names: al-Sharīf Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīlal-Sharīf Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl, physician in service of ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad Khwārazm ShāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2390
Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan — Names: Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-ḤasanAbū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan, unidentified physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2398
Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Sābiq — Names: Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn SābiqAbū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Sābiq, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/240

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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.