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Shihāb al-Dīn Atābekī — Names: Shihāb al-Dīn AtābekīShihāb al-Dīn Atābekī, governor of DamascusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2080
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
Sumayyah — Names: SumayyahSumayyah, mother (possibly by Abū Sufyān, father of Muʿāwiyah) of Ziyād ibn Abīhī, governor of IraqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2160
Tādurā al-Usquf (Tādurī the Bishop), Theodore of Karkh Guddan — Names: Tādurā al-Usquf (Tādurī the Bishop), Theodore of Karkh GuddanTādurā al-usquf (Theodore the Bishop)Tādurā al-Usquf (Tādurī the Bishop), Theodore of Karkh Guddan, patron of letters, associate of Sergius of Rēsh ʿAynāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2170
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
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
ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Mahdī — Names: ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-MahdīʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Mahdī, governor of Egypt under Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2253
al-Washshā, Abū l-Ṭayyib Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad — Names: al-Washshā, Abū l-Ṭayyib Muḥammad ibn Aḥmadal-Washshā, Abū l-Ṭayyib Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, man of letters, grammarian and lexicographer (d. 325/937)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2289
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
al-Yasaʿ, Elisha — Names: al-Yasaʿ, Elishaal-Yasaʿ, Elisha, patron of translatorsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2314
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
Ziyād ibn Abīhi (Ziyād ibn Abī Sufyān) — Names: Ziyād ibn Abīhi (Ziyād ibn Abī Sufyān)Ziyād ibn Abīhi (also known as Ziyād ibn Abī Sufyān), governor of Iraq and the eastern provinces under MuʿāwiyahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2376
Abū l-ʿIzz al-Mawṣilī — Names: Abū l-ʿIzz al-MawṣilīAbū l-ʿIzz al-Mawṣilī, scholar of Qurʾanic sciences, probably Yūsuf, father of ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-BaghdādīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/238
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
ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṭāhir — Names: ʿAbd Allāh ibn ṬāhirʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṭāhir, governor of KhorasanURI: https://usaybia.net/person/26
Abū Manṣūr Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Azharī — Names: Abū Manṣūr Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-AzharīAbū Manṣūr Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Azharī (d. 370/980), lexicographerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/264
Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid — Names: Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-WāḥidAbū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid, governor of IfrīqiyahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/278
Abū Muḥammad al-Shīrāzī — Names: Abū Muḥammad al-ShīrāzīAbū Muḥammad al-Shīrāzī, patron of Ibn Sīnā at JurjānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/289
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 al-Maghribī, al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn — Names: Abū l-Qāsim al-Maghribī, al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn al-ḤusaynAbū l-Qāsim al-Maghribī, al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn, politician and scholar (d. 418/1027)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/324
Abū Quraysh Abū l-Rabīʿ al-Kafīf — Names: Abū Quraysh Abū l-Rabīʿ al-Kafīfas Abū Quraysh Abū l-Rabīʿ al-Kafīf, unidentified Andalusī scholar exiled to LucenaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/330
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
al-Abrash Abū Ṣāliḥ Manṣūr ibn Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad ibn Asad al-Sāmānī — Names: al-Abrash Abū Ṣāliḥ Manṣūr ibn Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad ibn Asad al-Sāmānīal-Abrash Abū Ṣāliḥ Manṣūr ibn Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad ibn Asad al-Sāmānī (d. 302/915), patron of al-RāzīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/343
Abū Sulaym Faraj — Names: Abū Sulaym FarajAbū Sulaym Faraj, Turkish `mawlā` of Hārūn al-Rashīd and governorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/355
Abū Ṭāhir ibn ʿAbd al-Bāqī (known as Ibn Qaṭramīz, ‘Son of Big Bottle’) — Names: Abū Ṭāhir ibn ʿAbd al-Bāqī (known as Ibn Qaṭramīz, ‘Son of Big Bottle’)Abū Ṭāhir ibn ʿAbd al-Bāqī (known as Ibn Qaṭramīz, ‘Son of Big Bottle’), scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/359
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
ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Baghdādī — Names: ʿAbd al-Qādir al-BaghdādīʿAbd al-Qādir al-Baghdādī, man of letters and lexicographerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/39
Abū Zayd al-Anṣārī — Names: Abū Zayd al-AnṣārīAbū Zayd al-Anṣārī, 9th-c. grammarian and lexicographerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/391
Abū Zurʿah Ṭāhir ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṭāhir al-Maqdisī al-Hamadhānī — Names: Abū Zurʿah Ṭāhir ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṭāhir al-Maqdisī al-HamadhānīAbū Zurʿah Ṭāhir ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṭāhir al-Maqdisī al-Hamadhānī, scholar of Hadith (481/1088–566/1170)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/394
Aḥmad ibn Ilyās al-Qāʾid — Names: Aḥmad ibn Ilyās al-QāʾidAḥmad ibn Ilyās al-Qāʾid, governor of CordovaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/428
Aḥmad ibn al-Muʿtaṣim, Abū l-ʿAbbās — Names: Aḥmad ibn al-Muʿtaṣim, Abū l-ʿAbbāsAḥmad ibn al-Muʿtaṣim, Abū l-ʿAbbās, Abbasid prince and patron of al-KindīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/434
Aḥmad ibn Ṭūlūn — Names: Aḥmad ibn ṬūlūnAḥmad ibn Ṭūlūn, Turkish governor of Egypt, founder of the Ṭūlūnid dynasty (220/835– 270/884)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/437
al-ʿAlawī — Names: al-ʿAlawīal-ʿAlawī, patron of Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/451
ʿAlī, known as al-Fayyūm — Names: ʿAlī, known as al-FayyūmʿAlī, known as al-Fayyūm, Christian patron of translators including Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq, governor of the Egyptian district of FayyūmURI: https://usaybia.net/person/461
ʿAlī ibn Wāhsūdhān — Names: ʿAlī ibn WāhsūdhānʿAlī ibn Wāhsūdhān the Daylamite (d. after 304/917), governor of RayyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/482
ʿAbd Yashūʿ ibn Bahrīr — Names: ʿAbd Yashūʿ ibn BahrīrʿAbd Yashūʿ ibn Bahrīr, translator associate of Jibrīl ibn BukhtīshūʿURI: https://usaybia.net/person/49
ʿAnbasah ibn Isḥāq al-Ḍabbī — Names: ʿAnbasah ibn Isḥāq al-ḌabbīʿAnbasah ibn Isḥāq al-Ḍabbī, governor of Daybul (Sind) under al-WāthiqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/520
Andī — Names: AndīAndī, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/523
Androcles — Names: AndroclesAndrocles, governor of Samos and fosterfather of PythagorasURI: https://usaybia.net/person/525
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
Ankar — Names: AnkarAnkar, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/531
al-ʿAskarī — Names: al-ʿAskarīal-ʿAskarī, Abū Aḥmad, philologist, lexicographer (d. 382/993)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/581
ʿAwn al-ʿIbādī al-Jawharī — Names: ʿAwn al-ʿIbādī al-JawharīʿAwn al-ʿIbādī al-Jawharī, governor of al-Ḥīrah under Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/592
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
Bākahr — Names: BākahrBākahr, an otherwise unrecorded Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/620
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
Bishr ibn al-Samaydaʿ al-Azdī — Names: Bishr ibn al-Samaydaʿ al-AzdīBishr ibn al-Samaydaʿ al-Azdī, governor of Balad under al-MuʿtaṣimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/648
al-Biṭrīq — Names: al-Biṭrīqal-Biṭrīq, Christian translator under al-ManṣūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/649
Dāhir — Names: DāhirDāhir, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/688
Diocles — Names: DioclesDiocles, 3rd–2nd-c. BC mathematician and geometerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/714
Farīd al-Dīn Dāmādh — Names: Farīd al-Dīn DāmādhFarīd al-Dīn Dāmādh, scholar in NishapurURI: https://usaybia.net/person/769
al-Fīrūzābādī, Abū Ṭāhir Majīd al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Yaʿqūb — Names: al-Fīrūzābādī, Abū Ṭāhir Majīd al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Yaʿqūbal-Fīrūzābādī, Abū Ṭāhir Majīd al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Yaʿqūb, 8th/14th-c. lexicographerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/778
Ghassān ibn ʿAbbād — Names: Ghassān ibn ʿAbbādGhassān ibn ʿAbbād, governor of Khorasan under al-MaʾmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/796
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-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf al-Thaqafī — Names: al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf al-Thaqafīal-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf al-Thaqafī, Umayyad governor (ca. 41–95/661–714) loyal to caliphs ʿAbd al-Malik and al-WalīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/811
al-Ḥasan ibn Sahl — Names: al-Ḥasan ibn Sahlal-Ḥasan ibn Sahl, governor of Iraq under al-MaʾmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/856
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
Abū Aḥmad Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fārisī — Names: Abū Aḥmad Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-FārisīAbū Aḥmad Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fārisī, patron of Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/89
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 al-Abbār, Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Khawlānī — Names: Ibn al-Abbār, Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-KhawlānīIbn al-Abbār, Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Khawlānī, Andalusian scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/911
Ibn al-Baṭṭī, Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Bāqī ibn Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Baghdādī — Names: Ibn al-Baṭṭī, Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Bāqī ibn Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-BaghdādīIbn al Baṭṭī Abū l Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al Bāqī ibn Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al Baghdādī Hadith scholar chief traditionist of Iraq `musnid...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/953
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
Abū ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd al-Muʾmin — Names: Abū ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd al-MuʾminAbū ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd al-Muʾmin, governor (`ṣāḥib`) of SevilleURI: https://usaybia.net/person/99
Ibn al-Haytham — Names: Ibn al-HaythamAbū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-HaythamIbn al-Haytham, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham, mathematician, writer on optics (d. 430/1039)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/997

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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.