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 (698)

Isḥāq ibn Mūsā — Names: Isḥāq ibn MūsāIsḥāq ibn Mūsā, physician (d. 363/973) and son of Mūsā ibn al-ʿĀzārURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1265
Isḥāq ibn Qasṭār — Names: Isḥāq ibn QasṭārIsḥāq ibn Qasṭār, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1267
Abū Bakr ibn Qārin al-Rāzī — Names: Abū Bakr ibn Qārin al-RāzīAbū Bakr ibn Qārin al-Rāzī, physician, student of al-RāzīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/127
Isḥāq ibn Shalīṭā — Names: Isḥāq ibn ShalīṭāIsḥāq ibn Shalīṭā, physician of al-Muṭīʿ liAllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1270
Isḥāq al-Ṭabīb — Names: Isḥāq al-ṬabībIsḥāq al-Ṭabīb (the Physician)Isḥāq al-Ṭabīb, physician in Cordova (active 287/900)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1274
Ismāʿīl ibn Mūsā — Names: Ismāʿīl ibn MūsāIsmāʿīl ibn Mūsā, physician son of Mūsā ibn al-ʿĀzār al-IsraʾīlīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1279
Abū Bakr al-Khālidī — Names: Abū Bakr al-KhālidīAbū Bakr al-Khālidī, 4th/10th-c. poet and man of letters, brother of Abū ʿUthmān al-KhālidīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/128
Isrāʾīl ibn Sahl — Names: Isrāʾīl ibn SahlIsrāʾīl ibn Sahl, early 3rd/9th-c. physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1285
Isrāʾīl ibn Zakariyyā ibn al-Ṭayfūrī — Names: Isrāʾīl ibn Zakariyyā ibn al-ṬayfūrīIsrāʾīl ibn Zakariyyā ibn al-Ṭayfūrī, Christian personal physician of al-MutawakkilURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1286
ʿIzz al-Dīn al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Ghanawī al-Rāfiḍī al-Irbilī al-Ḍarīr — Names: ʿIzz al-Dīn al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Ghanawī al-Rāfiḍī al-Irbilī al-ḌarīrʿIzz al Dīn al Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al Ghanawī al Rāfiḍī al Irbilī al Ḍarīr d 660 1262 poet philosopher teacher of...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1294
Jabhar — Names: JabharJabhar, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1295
Jaḥẓah — Names: JaḥẓahJaḥẓah, Aḥmad ibn Jaʿfar al-Barmakī, courtier, man of letters, poet (d. 324/936)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1307
Jalāl al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn Nubātah — Names: Jalāl al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn NubātahJalāl al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn Nubātah, al-Ṣāḥib, unidentified high officialURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1309
Jamāl al-Dīn ʿUthmān — Names: Jamāl al-Dīn ʿUthmānJamāl al-Dīn ibn al-RaḥbīJamāl al-Dīn ʿUthmān (d. 658/1258)), physician brother of Sharaf al-Dīn ibn al-RaḥbīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1318
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Khalīl al-Raqqī — Names: Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Khalīl al-Raqqīal-RaqqīAbū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Khalīl al-Raqqī, physician, commentator on Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/132
Jamīl ibn Maʿmar — Names: Jamīl ibn MaʿmarJamīl ibn Maʿmar, poet-lover (d. 82/701)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1320
Jārī — Names: JārīJārī, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1324
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

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.