Index of Persons

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Occupationgrammarian (47) teacher (38) jurist (19) mathematician (19) physician (5) lexicographer (4) astronomer (4) poet (3) scholar (2) astrologer (2) philosopher (2) scientist (2) man of letters (1) author (1) traditionist (1) historian (1) commentator (1) ruler (1) judge (1) geometer (1) translator (1) philologist (1) Qurʾanic scholar (1) oculist (1)

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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 (120)

Abū ʿImrān ibn Abī ʿImrān al-Martalī — Names: Abū ʿImrān ibn Abī ʿImrān al-MartalīAbū ʿImrān ibn Abī ʿImrān al Martalī unidentified jurist and ascetic who lived in Seville perhaps Abū ʿImrān Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al Raḥmān ibn...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/228
Wajīh al-Dīn al-Wāsiṭī, Abū Bakr al-Mubārak ibn Abī Ṭālib al-Mubārak ibn Abī l-Azhar Saʿīd Ibn al-Dahhān al-Ḍarīr — Names: Wajīh al-Dīn al-Wāsiṭī, Abū Bakr al-Mubārak ibn Abī Ṭālib al-Mubārak ibn Abī l-Azhar Saʿīd Ibn al-Dahhān al-ḌarīrWajīh al Dīn al Wāsiṭī Abū Bakr al Mubārak ibn Abī Ṭālib al Mubārak ibn Abī l Azhar Saʿīd Ibn al Dahhān al Ḍarīr...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2283
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 al-Marwazī — Names: Yaḥyā al-MarwazīYaḥyā al-Marwazī (? = Abū Yaḥyā al-Marwazī), teacher of Abū Bishr MattāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2306
al-Zajjāj, Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad al-Sarī — Names: al-Zajjāj, Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad al-Sarīal-Zajjāj, Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad al-Sarī, grammarian (d. 310/922)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2354
al-Zamakhsharī, Abū l-Qāsim Maḥmūd ibn ʿUmar — Names: al-Zamakhsharī, Abū l-Qāsim Maḥmūd ibn ʿUmaral-Zamakhsharī, Abū l-Qāsim Maḥmūd ibn ʿUmar, grammarian (467–538/1075– 1144)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2356
Zayn al-Dīn ibn Muʿṭī — Names: Zayn al-Dīn ibn MuʿṭīZayn al-Dīn ibn Muʿṭī, grammarian (d. 628/ 1231)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2369
John the Grammarian/Yaḥyā al-Naḥwī — Names: John the Grammarian/Yaḥyā al-NaḥwīJohn the Grammarian Yaḥyā al Naḥwī conflation of John Philoponus ca 490 575 and one or more unidentified late antique medical writers alleged contemporary...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2428
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
Abū Manṣūr al-Jabbān — Names: Abū Manṣūr al-JabbānAbū Manṣūr al-Jabbān, grammarianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/267
Abū Marwān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik al-Lakhmī al-Bājī — Names: Abū Marwān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik al-Lakhmī al-BājīAbū Marwān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik al-Lakhmī al-Bājī, Sevillian jurist and informant of ⅠＡＵURI: https://usaybia.net/person/274
Abū Muḥammad ibn Rizq al-Ḥāfiẓ — Names: Abū Muḥammad ibn Rizq al-ḤāfiẓAbū Muḥammad ibn Rizq al-Ḥāfiẓ, Andalusī juristURI: https://usaybia.net/person/287
Abū l-Qāsim Ismāʿīl ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Samarqandī — Names: Abū l-Qāsim Ismāʿīl ibn Aḥmad ibn al-SamarqandīAbū l-Qāsim Ismāʿīl ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Samarqandī, teacher of Muhadhdhab al-Dīn ibn HabalURI: https://usaybia.net/person/321
Abū l-Qāsim Yaḥyā ibn Thābit al-Wakīl — Names: Abū l-Qāsim Yaḥyā ibn Thābit al-WakīlAbū l-Qāsim Yaḥyā ibn Thābit al-Wakīl, teacher of ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-BaghdādīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/328
Abū Ṭāhir Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Silafī al-Iṣfahānī — Names: Abū Ṭāhir Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Silafī al-IṣfahānīAbū Ṭāhir Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Silafī al-Iṣfahānī, teacher of HadithURI: https://usaybia.net/person/358
Abū l-Ṭayyib al-Ṭabarī — Names: Abū l-Ṭayyib al-ṬabarīAbū l-Ṭayyib al-Ṭabarī, Shāfiʿite jurist (d. 450/1058)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/367
Abū l-Tuqā Ṣāliḥ ibn Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Sulaymān al-Qurashī `alias` Taqī al-Dīn — Names: Abū l-Tuqā Ṣāliḥ ibn Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Sulaymān al-Qurashī `alias` Taqī al-DīnAbū l-Tuqā Ṣāliḥ ibn Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Sulaymān al-Qurashī `alias` Taqī al-Dīn, teacher of ⅠＡＵ’s paternal uncleURI: https://usaybia.net/person/369
Abū ʿUbayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām al-Baghdādī — Names: Abū ʿUbayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām al-BaghdādīAbū ʿUbayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām al-Baghdādī, 8th-c. grammarian and Qurʾanic scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/373
Abū Yaḥyā al-Marwazī — Names: Abū Yaḥyā al-MarwazīAbū Yaḥyā al-Marwazī, teacher of Abū Bishr Mattā ibn YūnusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/381
Abū Zayd al-Anṣārī — Names: Abū Zayd al-AnṣārīAbū Zayd al-Anṣārī, 9th-c. grammarian and lexicographerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/391
al-Naḥwī al-Mawṣilī — Names: al-Naḥwī al-Mawṣilīal-Naḥwī al-Mawṣilī, grammarian (d. 666/1267)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/407
Albinus — Names: AlbinusAlbinus, Platonist and teacher of GalenURI: https://usaybia.net/person/452
ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā al-Rabaʿī, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Naḥwī — Names: ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā al-Rabaʿī, Abū al-Ḥasan al-NaḥwīʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā al-Rabaʿī, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Naḥwī (the Grammarian) (d. 420/1029)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/474
al-ʿAmīdī, Rukn al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Samarqandī — Names: al-ʿAmīdī, Rukn al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Samarqandīal-ʿAmīdī, Rukn al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Samarqandī, Ḥanafī jurist at Bukhārā (d. 615/1218)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/493
al-Anbārī al-Naḥwī, Kamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh Abū l-Barakāt — Names: al-Anbārī al-Naḥwī, Kamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh Abū l-Barakātal-Anbārī al-Naḥwī, Kamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh Abū l-Barakāt, grammarian (513/1119–577/1181)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/519
ʿArafah — Names: ʿArafahʿArafah, unidentified grammarian of DamascusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/551
Archimedes — Names: ArchimedesArchimedes, Hellenistic Greek scientistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/556
Artemon — Names: ArtemonArtemon, 2nd-c. grammarian from CassandreiaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/569
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
Binyāmīn — Names: BinyāmīnBinyāmīn, teacher of Abū Bishr Mattā ibn YūnānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/644
Diocles — Names: DioclesDiocles, 3rd–2nd-c. BC mathematician and geometerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/714
Dioscorides the Younger — Names: Dioscorides the YoungerDioscorides the Younger, 2nd-c. ＡⅮ grammarianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/722
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad Ibrāhīm — Names: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad IbrāhīmAbū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad Ibrāhīm, Andalusī judge and grammarianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/84
Hermias ‘the Slave’ Names: Hermias ‘the Slave’Hermias ‘the Slave’, ruler of Atarneus Herminus, teacher of Alexander of AphrodisiasURI: https://usaybia.net/person/872
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
Hypsicles — Names: HypsiclesHypsicles, Greek mathematician and astronomer (d. 120BC)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/908
Ibn Bābashādh, Abū l-Ḥasan Ṭāhir b. Aḥmad al-Miṣrī — Names: Ibn Bābashādh, Abū l-Ḥasan Ṭāhir b. Aḥmad al-MiṣrīIbn Bābashādh, Abū l-Ḥasan Ṭāhir b. Aḥmad al-Miṣrī, grammarianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/940
Ibn Barhān, Abū l-Fatḥ Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad — Names: Ibn Barhān, Abū l-Fatḥ Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn MuḥammadIbn Barhān, Abū l-Fatḥ Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad, grammarian and jurist (d. 520//1126)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/949

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.