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Results (83)

Ibn al-Kalbī — Names: Ibn al-KalbīIbn al-Kalbī, Hishām, 2nd/8th-c. historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1019
Ibn Khaldūn — Names: Ibn KhaldūnIbn Khaldūn, historian (d. 808/1406)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1026
Abū ʿĀmir ibn Yannaq al-Shāṭibī — Names: Abū ʿĀmir ibn Yannaq al-ShāṭibīAbū ʿĀmir ibn Yannaq al-Shāṭibī, Andalusī poet and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/107
Ibn al-Sāʿī — Names: Ibn al-SāʿīIbn al-Sāʿī, Tāj al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Anjab, 7th/13thc. historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1107
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 Shākir al-Kutubī — Names: Ibn Shākir al-KutubīIbn Shākir al-Kutubī, Muḥammad (d. 764/ 1363), Syrian historian and anthologistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1118
Ibn al-Shanāʿah — Names: Ibn al-ShanāʿahIbn al-Shanāʿah, unidentified Andalusī mathematicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1119
Ibn Thawābah — Names: Ibn ThawābahIbn Thawābah, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, jurist (d. 277/890–891)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1137
Ibn al-Yasaʿ — Names: Ibn al-YasaʿIbn al-Yasaʿ, Abū Yaḥyā al-Yasaʿ ibn ʿĪsā ibn Ḥazm, Fatimid historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1167
Ibrāhīm ibn Sinān — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn SinānIbrāhīm ibn Sinān, mathematician (d. 355/ 946)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1206
Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Rāzī — Names: Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-RāzīAbū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Rāzī, juristURI: https://usaybia.net/person/121
Abū Bakr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥārith ibn Hishām — Names: Abū Bakr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥārith ibn HishāmAbū Bakr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥārith ibn Hishām, prominent jurist and traditionistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/125
Abū Bakr Ibn al-ʿArabī — Names: Abū Bakr Ibn al-ʿArabīAbū Bakr Ibn al-ʿArabī, Mālikī juristURI: https://usaybia.net/person/126
Ismāʿīl ibn al-Ṣāliḥ ibn al-Bannāʾ al-Qifṭī — Names: Ismāʿīl ibn al-Ṣāliḥ ibn al-Bannāʾ al-QifṭīIsmāʿīl ibn al-Ṣāliḥ ibn al-Bannāʾ al-Qifṭī, juristURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1281
al-Jahshiyārī — Names: al-Jahshiyārīal-Jahshiyārī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh, 4th/10th-c. man of letters, historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1308
al-Kalbī — Names: al-Kalbīal-Kalbī, Hishām, historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1359
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-Madāʾinī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Madāʾinī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammadal-Madāʾinī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad, historian (d. 228/842–843)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1431
Abū l-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Abī Ṭāhir Ṭayfūr — Names: Abū l-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Abī Ṭāhir ṬayfūrAbū l-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Abī Ṭāhir Ṭayfūr, literary man and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/151
al-Maqrīzī, Taqī al-Dīn — Names: al-Maqrīzī, Taqī al-Dīnal-Maqrīzī, Taqī al-Dīn (d. 845/1442), Egyptian historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1511
al-Māwardī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb — Names: al-Māwardī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥabībal-Māwardī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb, Shāfiʿite jurist (d. 450/1058)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1546
al-Minfākh Miskawayh, Abū ʿAlī Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Minfākh Miskawayh, Abū ʿAlī Aḥmad ibn MuḥammadMiskawayhal-Minfākh Miskawayh, Abū ʿAlī Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, philosopher and historian (d. 421/ 1030)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1571
Nicomachus of Gerasa — Names: Nicomachus of GerasaNicomachus of Gerasa, mathematician (d. ＡⅮ120)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1772
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-Ṣafadī, Khalīl ibn Aybak — Names: al-Ṣafadī, Khalīl ibn Aybakal-Ṣafadī, Khalīl ibn Aybak, historian (d. 763/1363)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1949
Saʿīd ibn al-Biṭrīq (Eutychius) — Names: Saʿīd ibn al-Biṭrīq (Eutychius)Saʿīd ibn al Biṭrīq Eutychius physician patriarch of Alexandria historian author of `K al tārīkh al majmūʿ alā l taḥqīq wa l taṣdīq` `Naẓm...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1965
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
al-Shābushtī — Names: al-Shābushtīal-Shābushtī, 4th/10th-c. man of lettersURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2035
al-Shahrastānī, Tāj al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm — Names: al-Shahrastānī, Tāj al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīmal-Shahrastānī, Tāj al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm, 6th/12thc. historian of religionsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2044
al-Shahrazūrī Names: al-Shahrazūrīal-Shahrazūrī, 7th/13th-c. physician, historian and philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2045
Shams al-Dīn al-Khuwayyī, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn al-Khalīl ibn Saʿādah ibn Jaʿfar ibn ʿĪsā — Names: Shams al-Dīn al-Khuwayyī, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn al-Khalīl ibn Saʿādah ibn Jaʿfar ibn ʿĪsāShams al-Dīn al-KhuwayyīShams al Dīn al Khuwayyī Abū l ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn al Khalīl ibn Saʿādah ibn Jaʿfar ibn ʿĪsā jurist under al Malik al Muʿaẓẓam...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2053
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 al-Qudūrī — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan al-QudūrīAbū l-Ḥasan al-Qudūrī, Ḥanafī jurist (d. 428/1037)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/208
Sibṭ ibn al-Jawzī — Names: Sibṭ ibn al-JawzīSibṭ ibn al-Jawzī, historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2103
al-Subkī, Tāj al-Dīn — Names: al-Subkī, Tāj al-Dīnal-Subkī, Tāj al-Dīn (d. 771/1370), Shāfiʿī jurist and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2136
Sulaymān ibn Ayyūb al-Faqīh — Names: Sulaymān ibn Ayyūb al-FaqīhSulaymān ibn Ayyūb al-Faqīh (d. 377/987– 988), Cordovan juristURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2151
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
al-Ṭabarī, Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr Ṭabarī — Names: al-Ṭabarī, Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr Ṭabarīal-Ṭabarī, Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr Ṭabarī, polymath historian and Qurʾanic commentator (d. 310/923)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2168
Ṭayfūr — Names: ṬayfūrṬayfūr father of the literary man and historian Abū l Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Abī Ṭāhir Ṭayfūr claimed to be the brother of al Khayzurān...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2190
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
Thābit ibn Sinān ibn Thābit ibn Qurrah — Names: Thābit ibn Sinān ibn Thābit ibn QurrahThābit ibn Sinān ibn Thābit ibn Qurrah, physician and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2197
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
Theon — Names: TheonTheon, 2nd-c. ＡⅮ mathematician and philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2218
al-Ṭurṭūshī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Walīd — Names: al-Ṭurṭūshī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Walīdal-Ṭurṭūshī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Walīd, jurist (451–520/1059–1127)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2247
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
ʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr — Names: ʿUrwah ibn al-ZubayrʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr, late 7th-c. Medinan juristURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2272
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
al-Wāqidī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar — Names: al-Wāqidī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿUmaral-Wāqidī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar, historian (d. 207/822)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2287
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 Saʿīd ibn Yaḥyā (Abū l-Faraj al-Anṭākī) — Names: Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd ibn Yaḥyā (Abū l-Faraj al-Anṭākī)Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd ibn Yaḥyā also known as Abū l Faraj al Anṭākī Christian physician and historian continuator of Saʿīd ibn al Biṭrīq ca...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2304
al-Yaʿqūbī — Names: al-Yaʿqūbīal-Yaʿqūbī, geographer and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2312
Abū ʿAlī al-Qiyānī — Names: Abū ʿAlī al-QiyānīAbū ʿAlī al-Qiyānī, unidentified historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2395
Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr ibn Yazīd al-Ṭabarī — Names: Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr ibn Yazīd al-ṬabarīAbū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr ibn Yazīd al-Ṭabarī, historian and Qurʾanic scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/247
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 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-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 ʿUbayd al-Bakrī, ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz — Names: Abū ʿUbayd al-Bakrī, ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīzal-BakrīAbū ʿUbayd al-Bakrī, ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, Andalusian geographer, historian (d. 487/1094)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/371
Agapius (Maḥbūb ibn Quṣṭanṭīn) — Names: Agapius (Maḥbūb ibn Quṣṭanṭīn)Agapius (Maḥbūb ibn Quṣṭanṭīn), 10th-c. bishop of Manbij and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/413
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
Archimedes — Names: ArchimedesArchimedes, Hellenistic Greek scientistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/556
al-Ābī — Names: al-Ābīal-Ābī, Abū Saʿd (`or` Saʿīd) Manṣūr ibn al-Ḥusayn, man of letters and vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/57
ʿAwānah ibn al-Ḥakam — Names: ʿAwānah ibn al-ḤakamʿAwānah ibn al-Ḥakam, 2nd/8th-c. historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/590
al-Balādhurī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā — Names: al-Balādhurī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyāal-Balādhurī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā, historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/621
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
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
Callisthenes — Names: CallisthenesCallisthenes, ancient Greek historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/668
Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥamdūn — Names: Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn ḤamdūnAbū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥamdūn, man of lettersURI: https://usaybia.net/person/69
Diocles — Names: DioclesDiocles, 3rd–2nd-c. BC mathematician and geometerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/714
Ephorus — Names: EphorusEphorus, Greek historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/737
al-Ḥasan ibn al-ʿAbbās — Names: al-Ḥasan ibn al-ʿAbbāsal-Ḥasan ibn al-ʿAbbās, known as al-Ṣanādīqī, unidentified historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/846
Herodotus — Names: HerodotusHerodotus, 5th-c. BC Greek historian (ca. 485–424BC)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/874
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
Hilāl ibn al-Muḥassin ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ṣābiʾ — Names: Hilāl ibn al-Muḥassin ibn Ibrāhīm al-ṢābiʾHilāl ibn al-Muḥassin ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ṣābiʾ, secretary and historian under the Būyids (d. 448/1056)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/883
Hypsicles — Names: HypsiclesHypsicles, Greek mathematician and astronomer (d. 120BC)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/908
Ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥakam — Names: Ibn ʿAbd al-ḤakamIbn ʿAbd al-Ḥakam, Egyptian historian, author of `Futūḥ Miṣr` (d. 257/871)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/912
Ibn Abī Shaybah — Names: Ibn Abī ShaybahIbn Abī Shaybah, Mālikī traditionist and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/925
Ibn al-ʿAdīm, Kamāl al-Dīn ʿUmar ibn Aḥmad — Names: Ibn al-ʿAdīm, Kamāl al-Dīn ʿUmar ibn AḥmadIbn al-ʿAdīm, Kamāl al-Dīn ʿUmar ibn Aḥmad, 7th/13th-c. historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/930

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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.