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Results (171)

Ibn Hubayrah — Names: Ibn HubayrahIbn Hubayrah, Abū l-Muẓaffar ʿAwn al-Dīn Yaḥyā ibn Muḥammad, Ḥanbalī scholar, vizier to caliphs al-Muqtafī and al-Mustanjid (d. 560/1165)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1002

Ibn Jinnī — Names: Ibn JinnīIbn Jinnī, Abū l-Fatḥ ʿUthmān al-Mawṣilī, grammarian (d. 392/1002)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1014

Abū ʿAlī ibn Mawṣilāyā — Names: Abū ʿAlī ibn MawṣilāyāAbū ʿAlī ibn Mawṣilāyā, secretary of Abū l-Qāsim al-MaghribīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/102

Ibn Kharūf — Names: Ibn KharūfIbn Kharūf, ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Kharūf, poet, grammarian (d. ca. 609/1212)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1030

Ibn al-Khashshāb — Names: Ibn al-KhashshābIbn al-Khashshāb, Abū Muḥammad (or Abū Aḥmad) ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad Ibn al-Khashshāb al-Baghdādī, grammarian (d. 567/1172)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1031

Ibn Kunāsah — Names: Ibn KunāsahIbn Kunāsah, Iraqi poet and scholar (123–207 `or` 208/ 741– 823 `or` 824)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1036

Ibn Manẓūr — Names: Ibn ManẓūrIbn Manẓūr, Muḥammad ibn Mukarram ibn ʿAlī, 7th/13th-c. lexicographerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1042

Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ — Names: Ibn al-MuqaffaʿIbn al-Muqaffaʿ, ʿAbd Allāh, translator of `Kalīlah wa-Dimnah` (d. ca. 137/755)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1064

Ibn Nāʿimah (ʿAbd al-Masīḥ ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥimṣī al-Nāʿimī) — Names: Ibn Nāʿimah (ʿAbd al-Masīḥ ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥimṣī al-Nāʿimī)Ibn NāʿimahIbn Nāʿimah (ʿAbd al-Masīḥ ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥimṣī al-Nāʿimī), translator of Greek philosophyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1076

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-Shajarī — Names: Ibn al-ShajarīIbn al-Shajarī, scholar, teacher of al-Khaṭīb al-TibrīzīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1117

Ibn al-Shanāʿah — Names: Ibn al-ShanāʿahIbn al-Shanāʿah, unidentified Andalusī mathematicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1119

Ibn al-Sikkīt — Names: Ibn al-SikkītIbn al-Sikkīt, philologist and lexicographer (d. ca. 243/857)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1124

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 Tātalī — Names: Ibn TātalīIbn Tātalī, itinerant scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1135

Ibn ʿUbaydah al-Karkhī — Names: Ibn ʿUbaydah al-KarkhīIbn ʿUbaydah al-Karkhī, grammarian (d. 605/1208)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1146

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

Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ṣalt — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn al-ṢaltIbrāhīm ibn al-Ṣalt, Christian translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1205

Ibrāhīm ibn Sinān — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn SinānIbrāhīm ibn Sinān, mathematician (d. 355/ 946)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1206

ʿĪsā ibn Māsarjīs (`or` Māsarjawayh) — Names: ʿĪsā ibn Māsarjīs (`or` Māsarjawayh)ʿĪsā ibn MāsarjīsʿĪsā ibn Māsarjīs (`or` Māsarjawayh), physician and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1245

ʿĪsā ibn Yūnus — Names: ʿĪsā ibn YūnusʿĪsā ibn Yūnus, the Secretary and the AccountantʿĪsā ibn Yūnus ‘the secretary and accountant’ (`al-kātib al-ḥāsib`), patron of translatorsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1254

Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn — Names: Isḥāq ibn ḤunaynIsḥāq ibn Ḥunayn, translator of Greek philosophy, author of `Taʾrīkh al-aṭibbāʾ`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1258

Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm — Names: Isḥāq ibn IbrāhīmIsḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm, secretary to Ibn ṬūlūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1259

Ismāʿīl al-Zāhid — Names: Ismāʿīl al-ZāhidIsmāʿīl al-Zāhid (the Ascetic), Ḥanafī scholar of Bukhara (d. 402/1012)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1282

Iṣṭifan ibn Basīl — Names: Iṣṭifan ibn BasīlIṣṭifan ibn Basīl, translator (d. ca. 298/910)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1287

Jabhar — Names: JabharJabhar, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1295

Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik al-Sarrāj — Names: Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik al-SarrājAbū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik al-Sarrāj, grammarian (d. ca. 330/942)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/130

al-Jahshiyārī — Names: al-Jahshiyārīal-Jahshiyārī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh, 4th/10th-c. man of letters, historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1308

Jārī — Names: JārīJārī, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1324

al-Jawālīqī — Names: al-Jawālīqīal-Jawālīqī, Abū Manṣūr Mawhūb ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Khiḍr (d. 539/1144), lexicographer and traditionalistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1330

Jawdar (`or` Jawdhar) — Names: Jawdar (`or` Jawdhar)JawdarJawdar (`or` Jawdhar), otherwise unrecorded Indian scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1331

al-Jawharī — Names: al-Jawharīal-Jawharī, Abū Naṣr Ismāʿīl ibn Ḥammād (d. 393/1002 `or` 398/1007), 10th-c. lexicographerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1332

al-Jazūlī — Names: al-Jazūlīal-Jazūlī, Abū Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz (d. between 606/1209 and 616/1219), grammarianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1335

Kamāl al-Dīn ibn Yūnus — Names: Kamāl al-Dīn ibn YūnusKamāl al Dīn ibn Yūnus Abū ʿImrān `or` Abū l Fatḥ Kamāl al Dīn Mūsā ibn Yūnus ibn Muḥammad al Mawṣilī mathematician and jurist...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1362

al-Kātib al-Iṣfahānī — Names: al-Kātib al-Iṣfahānīal-Kātib al-Iṣfahānī, ʿImād al-Dīn, state secretary of Nūr al-Dīn and Saladin, anthologist (d. 597/1201)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1367

Abū l-Baqāʾ ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn al-ʿUkbarī — Names: Abū l-Baqāʾ ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn al-ʿUkbarīAbū l-Baqāʾ ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn al-ʿUkbarī, grammarian (d. 616/1219)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/137

al-Khalīl ibn Aḥmad — Names: al-Khalīl ibn Aḥmadal-Khalīl ibn Aḥmad, Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Farāhīdī al-Azdī, lexicographer, grammarian (d. 175/791)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1385

Khayrūn ibn Rābiṭah — Names: Khayrūn ibn RābiṭahKhayrūn ibn Rābiṭah, translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1395

ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī — Names: ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlīʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī, unidentified Persian-to-Arabic translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/14

al-Kindī al-Naḥwī, Tāj al-Dīn Abū l-Yumn Zayd ibn al-Ḥasan — Names: al-Kindī al-Naḥwī, Tāj al-Dīn Abū l-Yumn Zayd ibn al-Ḥasanal-Kindī al-Naḥwī, Tāj al-Dīn Abū l-Yumn Zayd ibn al-Ḥasan, grammarian and teacher of literary sciences (d. 613/1217)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1409

Majd al-Dīn al-Jīlī — Names: Majd al-Dīn al-JīlīMajd al-Dīn al-Jīlī, scholar, teacher of Fakhr al-Dīn al-RāzīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1444

Abū Bishr Mattā ibn Yūnān (`or` Yūnus) — Names: Abū Bishr Mattā ibn Yūnān (`or` Yūnus)Mattā ibn YūnānAbū Bishr Mattā ibn Yūnān (`or` Yūnus), Christian Aristotelian translator (d. 328/940)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/145

Mankah al-Hindī (Māṇikya) — Names: Mankah al-Hindī (Māṇikya)Mankah al-Hindī (Māṇikya or Maṅkha)Mankah al-Hindī (Māṇikya), Indian physician and translator under Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1501

Manṣūr ibn Bānās — Names: Manṣūr ibn BānāsManṣūr ibn Bānās, translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1504

al-Marzubānī, Abū ʿUbayd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿImrān — Names: al-Marzubānī, Abū ʿUbayd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿImrānal-Marzubānī, Abū ʿUbayd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿImrān, 4th/10th-c. scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1527

Māsarjawayh — Names: MāsarjawayhMāsarjawayh (also Māsarjīs, Persian Māsargōye), Jewish Umayyad physician and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1529

al-Mastūr, Abū l-Faraj al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Mastūr, Abū l-Faraj al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammadal-Mastūr, Abū l-Faraj al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad, grammarian and poet (d. 392/1001–1002)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1540

al-Mubarrad, Abū l-ʿAbbās Muḥammad ibn Yazīd al-Azdī — Names: al-Mubarrad, Abū l-ʿAbbās Muḥammad ibn Yazīd al-Azdīal-Mubarrad, Abū l-ʿAbbās Muḥammad ibn Yazīd al-Azdī, philologist, grammarian (d. 285/898)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1588

Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Muqaffaʿ — Names: Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-MuqaffaʿMuḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Muqaffaʿ, son of Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ and secretary to al-ManṣūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1604

Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbbādah — Names: Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbbādahMuḥammad ibn Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbbādah, 5th/11th-c. Andalusian grammarianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1619

Muḥammad ibn Khalaf al-Marzubān — Names: Muḥammad ibn Khalaf al-MarzubānMuḥammad ibn Khalaf al-Marzubān, 3rd/9th-c. scholar and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1622

Muḥammad ibn Maymūn Markūsh — Names: Muḥammad ibn Maymūn MarkūshMuḥammad ibn Maymūn Markūsh, Andalusian grammarian and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1626

Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-Ṭabīb — Names: Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-ṬabībMuḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-Ṭabīb, one of the Andalusī translators of `De Materia Medica`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1630

Muḥammad al-Shajjār — Names: Muḥammad al-ShajjārMuḥammad al-Shajjār, one of the Andalusī translators of `De Materia Medica`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1644

Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-Malik — Names: Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-MalikMūsā ibn ʿAbd al-Malik, secretary to the caliph al-Mutawakkil (`reg.` 232–247/847– 61)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1671

al-Muṭarriz, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Sulamī al-Dimashqī — Names: al-Muṭarriz, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Sulamī al-Dimashqīal-Muṭarriz, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Sulamī al-Dimashqī, grammarian, lexicographer and `adīb` (d. 456/1064)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1699

al-Nawbakhtī, Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan — Names: al-Nawbakhtī, Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasanal-Nawbakhtī, Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan (d. between 300/912 and 310/922), Imamite scholar and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1760

Nicomachus of Gerasa — Names: Nicomachus of GerasaNicomachus of Gerasa, mathematician (d. ＡⅮ120)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1772

Nifṭawayh, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad — Names: Nifṭawayh, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Ibrāhīm ibn MuḥammadNifṭawayh, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad, grammarian (244–323/858– 935)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1774

Qayḍā al-Ruhāwī — Names: Qayḍā al-RuhāwīQayḍā al-Ruhāwī, translator associate of Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1870

Qayṣar ibn Abī l-Qāsim ibn ʿAbd al-Ghanī ibn Musāfir al-Ḥanafī Names: Qayṣar ibn Abī l-Qāsim ibn ʿAbd al-Ghanī ibn Musāfir al-ḤanafīQayṣar ibn Abī l Qāsim ibn ʿAbd al Ghanī ibn Musāfir al Ḥanafī ʿAlam al Dīn known as Qayṣar and as al Taʿāsīf mathematician...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1875

al-Qazwīnī, Raḍī — Names: al-Qazwīnī, Raḍīal-Qazwīnī, Raḍī, scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1876

Rāḥah — Names: RāḥahRāḥah (Rājah?), otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1901

Ray Names: RayRay, Indian scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1917

Saḥnūn ibn Saʿīd ibn Ḥabīb al-Tanūkhī — Names: Saḥnūn ibn Saʿīd ibn Ḥabīb al-TanūkhīSaḥnūn ibn Saʿīd ibn Ḥabīb al-Tanūkhī (d. 240/855), Mālikī scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1958

Saʿīd ibn Jubayr — Names: Saʿīd ibn JubayrSaʿīd ibn Jubayr, 1st/7th-c. legal scholar from KufahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1971

Saʿīd ibn Yaʿqūb al-Dimashqī al-Sakhāwī — Names: Saʿīd ibn Yaʿqūb al-Dimashqī al-SakhāwīSaʿīd ibn Yaʿqūb al-Dimashqī al-Sakhāwī, ʿAlam al-Dīn, grammarian and `muqriʾ`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1977

Ṣakih — Names: ṢakihṢakih, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1978

Sallām al-Abrash, Abū Salamah — Names: Sallām al-Abrash, Abū SalamahSallām al-Abrash, Abū Salamah, early translator and member of Hārūn al-Rashīd’s householdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1989

al-Samawʾal ibn Yaḥyā ibn ʿAbbās al-Maghribī — Names: al-Samawʾal ibn Yaḥyā ibn ʿAbbās al-Maghribīal-Samawʾalal-Samawʾal ibn Yaḥyā ibn ʿAbbās al-Maghribī, mathematician (d. 570/1174)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2000

Sergius of Rēsh ʿAynā/Raʾs al-ʿAyn — Names: Sergius of Rēsh ʿAynā/Raʾs al-ʿAynSergius al-Raʾsī (Sergius of Rēsh ʿAynā)Sergius of Rēsh ʿAynā/Raʾs al-ʿAyn, Syriac physician and translator (d. 536)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2026

al-Shābushtī — Names: al-Shābushtīal-Shābushtī, 4th/10th-c. man of lettersURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2035

al-Shāfiʿī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Idrīs, al-Imām — Names: al-Shāfiʿī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Idrīs, al-Imāmal-Shāfiʿī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Idrīs, al-Imām, famous legal scholar, eponym of al-Shāfiʿite school (d. 204/820)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2037

Shahdā al-Karkhī — Names: Shahdā al-KarkhīShahdā al-Karkhī, Syriac translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2043

Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Muẓaffar al-Ṭūsī — Names: Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Muẓaffar al-ṬūsīSharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Muẓaffar al-Ṭūsī, mathematician and astronomer (d. 610/1213)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2067

Abū l-Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn AḥmadAbū l-Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, secretary to Abū Ghānim al-ʿAbbāsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/207

Shihāb al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Ṣiqillī — Names: Shihāb al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-ṢiqillīShihāb al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Ṣiqillī, grammarianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2082

Shuhdah bint Aḥmad ibn al-Faraj ibn ʿAmr al-Ibarī — Names: Shuhdah bint Aḥmad ibn al-Faraj ibn ʿAmr al-IbarīShuhdah bint Aḥmad ibn al-Faraj ibn ʿAmr al-Ibarī, grammarian (d. 574/1178)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2097

Sībawayh — Names: SībawayhSībawayh, Abū Bishr ʿAmr ibn ʿUthmān, grammarian (d. between 177/793 and 180/796–797)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2102

al-Sīrāfī, Abū Saʿīd Ḥasan (al-Ḥasan) ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Marzubān — Names: al-Sīrāfī, Abū Saʿīd Ḥasan (al-Ḥasan) ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Marzubānal-Sīrāfī, Abū Saʿīd Ḥasan (`or` al-Ḥasan) ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Marzubān, grammarian (290–368/903–979)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2122

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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.

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

Thus

"Jacob+Bishop"~2

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Search Tips

Wildcard Characters:

Fuzzy Search Character

Exact Phrase Searches

Proximity Characters