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 (792)

Jawād al-Ṭabīb al-Naṣrānī — Names: Jawād al-Ṭabīb al-NaṣrānīJawād al-Ṭabīb al-Naṣrānī (the Christian Physician)Jawād al-Ṭabīb al-Naṣrānī (the Christian Physician) (3rd/9th c.)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1329
Jibrīl ibn Bukhtīshūʿ — Names: Jibrīl ibn BukhtīshūʿJibrīl ibn Bukhtīshūʿ, Christian physician serving Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1337
al-Jilyānī — Names: al-JilyānīḤakīm al-Zamān ʿAbd al-Munʿim al-Jilyānīal Jilyānī Ḥakīm al Zamān Abū l Faḍl ʿAbd al Munʿim ibn ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ḥassān al Ghassānī al Andalusī physician ophthalmologist...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1339
Jirāb al-Dawlah — Names: Jirāb al-DawlahJirāb al-Dawlah, musician and wit under al-MuqtadirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1341
Jirjis — Names: JirjisJirjis, 5th/11th-c. Christian physician in CairoURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1342
Jurayj ibn al-Ṭabbākh — Names: Jurayj ibn al-ṬabbākhJurayj ibn al-Ṭabbākh, unidentified physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1351
Jūrjis ibn Jibrīl — Names: Jūrjis ibn JibrīlJūrjis ibn Jibrīl, first of the Christian Bukhtīshūʿ family of physiciansURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1353
al-Juwaynī — Names: al-Juwaynīal Juwaynī Abū ʿAlī al Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm al Juwaynī al Kātib known as Ibn al Luʿaybah poet d in Cairo 586...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1355
Kaʿb ibn Zuhayr — Names: Kaʿb ibn ZuhayrKaʿb ibn Zuhayr, 1st/7th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1356
Kaṅkāyana — Names: KaṅkāyanaKaṅkāyana, Indian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1365
Chaldaeans al-Kashkarī (or al-Kaskarī) — Names: Chaldaeans al-Kashkarī (or al-Kaskarī)Chaldaeans al-Kashkarī (or al-Kaskarī), Yaʿqūb, 4th/10thc. physician in BaghdadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1366
Kaysān ibn ʿUthmān ibn Kaysān — Names: Kaysān ibn ʿUthmān ibn KaysānKaysān ibn ʿUthmān ibn Kaysān, 10th-c. physician from Egypt and brother of the physician SahlānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1371
Khalaf ibn ʿAbbās al-Zahrāwī — Names: Khalaf ibn ʿAbbās al-ZahrāwīKhalaf ibn ʿAbbās al-Zahrāwī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1376
Khalaf ibn Khalīfah — Names: Khalaf ibn KhalīfahKhalaf ibn Khalīfah, poet (possibly Khalaf ibn Khalīfah ibn Ṣāʿid, d. 181/797–780)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1377
Khalaf al-Ṭūlūnī — Names: Khalaf al-ṬūlūnīKhalaf al-Ṭūlūnī, Abū ʿAlī, Baghdadi physician (active 302/914)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1378
Abū Bakr al-Khālidī — Names: Abū Bakr al-KhālidīAbū Bakr al-Khālidī, a poet and man of letters, known together with his brother Abū ʿUthmān al-Khālidī as al-Khālidiyyān (d. 380/990)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1384
al-Khansāʾ — Names: al-Khansāʾal-Khansāʾ, poetess (d. after 24/644)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1386
al-Khāqānī — Names: al-Khāqānīal-Khāqānī, Abū l-Qāsim ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad (d. 314/926–927), vizier under al-MuqtadirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1387
Abū l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī — Names: Abū l-Barakāt al-BaghdādīAwḥad al-Zamān (Abū l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī)Abū l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī, Awḥad al-Zamān Hibat Allāh ibn ʿAlī ibn Malkā, Jewish philosopher and physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/139
Khaṣīb al-Naṣrānī — Names: Khaṣīb al-NaṣrānīKhaṣībKhaṣīb al-Naṣrānī, 2nd/8th-c. Christian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1390
al-Khaṣībī — Names: al-Khaṣībīal-Khaṣībī, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Khaṣīb (d. 328/940), vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1391
Khayyām — Names: KhayyāmKhayyām, ʿUmar (Omar), Persian poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1396
Abū l-Barakāt ibn al-Quḍāʿī — Names: Abū l-Barakāt ibn al-QuḍāʿīAbū l-Barakāt ibn al-Quḍāʿī, physician serving Saladin (d 598/1201)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/140
al-Khūnajī — Names: al-KhūnajīAfḍal al-Dīn al-Khūnajīal-Khūnajī, Afḍal al-Dīn Abū l-Faḍāʾil Muḥammad ibn Nāmawar, physician, teacher of ⅠAU (d. 646/1248)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1401
al-Khuraymī — Names: al-Khuraymīal-Khuraymī, Abu Yaʿqūb Isḥāq ibn Ḥassān, poet (d. 214/829)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1402

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.