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 (327)

Ibn Qāḍī l-Yaman — Names: Ibn Qāḍī l-YamanIbn Qāḍī l-Yaman, Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar al-Kātib, poet (b. 589/1193)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1079
Abū ʿAmr al-Aʿjamī — Names: Abū ʿAmr al-AʿjamīAbū ʿAmr al-Aʿjamī, courtier of Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/108
Ibn al-Qaysarānī — Names: Ibn al-QaysarānīIbn al-Qaysarānī, Muḥammad ibn Naṣr ibn Dāghir, poet (d. 548/1154)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1083
Ibn Rushd (Averroes) — Names: Ibn Rushd (Averroes)Abū l-Walīd ibn RushdIbn Rushd (Averroes), Abū l-Walīd Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, philosopher (d. 595/ 1198)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1096
Ibn al-Ṣalāḥ — Names: Ibn al-ṢalāḥIbn al-Ṣalāḥ, Najm al-Dīn Abū l-Futūḥ Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Sarī, philosopher, astronomer, physician (d. 540/1145 `or` 548/1153)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1109
Abū l-Aṣbagh ʿĪsā ibn Aḥmad al-Rāzī — Names: Abū l-Aṣbagh ʿĪsā ibn Aḥmad al-RāzīAbū l-Aṣbagh ʿĪsā ibn Aḥmad al-Rāzī (d. 379/989), Andalusī historian and secretary of al-Ḥakam ⅠⅠURI: https://usaybia.net/person/111
Ibn Shahdā al-Karkhī — Names: Ibn Shahdā al-KarkhīIbn Shahdā al-Karkhī, Syriac-to-Arabic translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1116
Ibn al-Shaṭajayrī — Names: Ibn al-ShaṭajayrīIbn al-Shaṭajayrī, Ḥabīb ibn Aḥmad, Andalusī poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1121
Ibn Shaʿyā see Abū l-Barakāt ibn Shaʿyā Ibn (al-)Shibl al-Baghdādī — Names: Ibn Shaʿyā see Abū l-Barakāt ibn Shaʿyā Ibn (al-)Shibl al-BaghdādīIbn Shibl al-BaghdādīIbn Shaʿyā see Abū l Barakāt ibn Shaʿyā Ibn al Shibl al Baghdādī Abū ʿAlī al Ḥusayn `or` Muḥammad ibn al Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1122
Ibn al-Shiḥnah — Names: Ibn al-ShiḥnahIbn al-Shiḥnah, Muhadhdhab al-Dīn Abū Ḥafṣ ʿUmar ibn Muḥammad al-Mawṣilī, poet (d. 608/1211 `or` 606/1209)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1123
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 Sukkarah al-Hāshimī — Names: Ibn Sukkarah al-HāshimīIbn Sukkarah al-Hāshimī (d. 385/995), poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1128
Ibn Ṭalḥah al-Kātib al-Baghdādī — Names: Ibn Ṭalḥah al-Kātib al-BaghdādīIbn Ṭalḥah al-Kātib al-Baghdādī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Ḥamzah, secretary to the Ḥājib of the Bāb al-Nūbī (d. 599/1202–1203)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1132
Ibn al-Ṭayyib — Names: Ibn al-ṬayyibAbū l-Faraj ibn al-ṬayyibIbn al-Ṭayyib, Abū l-Faraj ʿAbd Allāh, Christian physician and philosopher (d. 435/1043)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1136
Ibn al-Tilmīdh — Names: Ibn al-TilmīdhAbū l-Faraj ibn al-TilmīdhIbn al Tilmīdh Muʿtamad al Mulk Abū l Faraj Yaḥyā ibn Ṣāʿid ibn Yaḥyā physician and poet d 559 1164 according to Yāqūt but...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1140
Ibn Ṭufayl — Names: Ibn ṬufaylIbn Ṭufayl (d. 581/1185–1186), Andalusī philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1142
Abū l-ʿAtāhiyah — Names: Abū l-ʿAtāhiyahAbū l-ʿAtāhiyah, poet (d. 211/826)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/115
Ibn ʿUnayn — Names: Ibn ʿUnaynIbn ʿUnayn, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Naṣr (`or` Naṣr Allāh) ibn al-Ḥasan, Damascene poet (d. 630/1233)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1151
Ibn Wakīʿ al-Tinnīsī — Names: Ibn Wakīʿ al-TinnīsīIbn Wakīʿ al-Tinnīsī, ʿAlī ibn Wakīʿ al-Tinnīsī, poet and critic (d. 393/1003)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1163
Ibn al-Zayyāt — Names: Ibn al-ZayyātMuḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn al-ZayyātIbn al-Zayyāt, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik, Abbasid vizier and poet (d. 243/847)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1168
Ibn al-Zubayr — Names: Ibn al-ZubayrIbn al-Zubayr, al-Qāḍī al-Muhadhdhab al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Zubayr, poet (d. 561/1166)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1170
Ibn Zuhr — Names: Ibn Zuhral-Ḥafīd (the grandson) Abū Bakr ibn ZuhrIbn Zuhr, al-Ḥafīd Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Abī Marwān ibn Abī l-ʿAlāʾ, Andalusian physician and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1175
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

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.