Index of Persons

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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 (362)

Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn — Names: Isḥāq ibn ḤunaynIsḥāq ibn Ḥunayn, translator of Greek philosophy, author of `Taʾrīkh al-aṭibbāʾ`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1258
Abū Bakr Ibn al-ʿArabī — Names: Abū Bakr Ibn al-ʿArabīAbū Bakr Ibn al-ʿArabī, Mālikī juristURI: https://usaybia.net/person/126
Ismāʿīl ibn Bulbul — Names: Ismāʿīl ibn BulbulIsmāʿīl ibn Bulbul, Abū l-Ṣaqr, vizier of al-Muʿtamid (d. 278/892)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1277
Abū Bakr al-Khālidī — Names: Abū Bakr al-KhālidīAbū Bakr al-Khālidī, 4th/10th-c. poet and man of letters, brother of Abū ʿUthmān al-KhālidīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/128
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
Iṣṭifan ibn Basīl — Names: Iṣṭifan ibn BasīlIṣṭifan ibn Basīl, translator (d. ca. 298/910)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1287
ʿIzz al-Dīn al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Ghanawī al-Rāfiḍī al-Irbilī al-Ḍarīr — Names: ʿIzz al-Dīn al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Ghanawī al-Rāfiḍī al-Irbilī al-ḌarīrʿIzz al Dīn al Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al Ghanawī al Rāfiḍī al Irbilī al Ḍarīr d 660 1262 poet philosopher teacher of...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1294
Jaʿfar ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khālid ibn Barmak — Names: Jaʿfar ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khālid ibn BarmakJaʿfar ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khālid ibn Barmak, vizier and sponsor of Indian science (d. 187/803)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1304
Jaḥẓah — Names: JaḥẓahJaḥẓah, Aḥmad ibn Jaʿfar al-Barmakī, courtier, man of letters, poet (d. 324/936)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1307
al-Jahshiyārī — Names: al-Jahshiyārīal-Jahshiyārī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh, 4th/10th-c. man of letters, historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1308
Jalāl al-Dīn ibn Ṣadaqah — Names: Jalāl al-Dīn ibn ṢadaqahJalāl al-Dīn ibn Ṣadaqah, al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī, vizier under al-MustarshidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1311
Jamīl ibn Maʿmar — Names: Jamīl ibn MaʿmarJamīl ibn Maʿmar, poet-lover (d. 82/701)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1320
al-Jawād — Names: al-Jawādal-Jawād, Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī Jamāl al-Dīn al-Iṣfahānī (d. 574/1178), vizier under the ZangidsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1328
al-Jilyānī — Names: al-JilyānīḤakīm al-Zamān ʿAbd al-Munʿim al-Jilyānīal Jilyānī Ḥakīm al Zamān Abū l Faḍl ʿAbd al Munʿim ibn ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ḥassān al Ghassānī al Andalusī physician ophthalmologist...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1339
al-Juwaynī — Names: al-Juwaynīal Juwaynī Abū ʿAlī al Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm al Juwaynī al Kātib known as Ibn al Luʿaybah poet d in Cairo 586...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1355
Kaʿb ibn Zuhayr — Names: Kaʿb ibn ZuhayrKaʿb ibn Zuhayr, 1st/7th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1356
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
Khalaf ibn Khalīfah — Names: Khalaf ibn KhalīfahKhalaf ibn Khalīfah, poet (possibly Khalaf ibn Khalīfah ibn Ṣāʿid, d. 181/797–780)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1377
Abū Bakr al-Khālidī — Names: Abū Bakr al-KhālidīAbū Bakr al-Khālidī, a poet and man of letters, known together with his brother Abū ʿUthmān al-Khālidī as al-Khālidiyyān (d. 380/990)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1384
al-Khansāʾ — Names: al-Khansāʾal-Khansāʾ, poetess (d. after 24/644)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1386
al-Khāqānī — Names: al-Khāqānīal-Khāqānī, Abū l-Qāsim ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad (d. 314/926–927), vizier under al-MuqtadirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1387
al-Khaṣībī — Names: al-Khaṣībīal-Khaṣībī, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Khaṣīb (d. 328/940), vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1391
Khayrūn ibn Rābiṭah — Names: Khayrūn ibn RābiṭahKhayrūn ibn Rābiṭah, translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1395
Khayyām — Names: KhayyāmKhayyām, ʿUmar (Omar), Persian poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1396
ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī — Names: ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlīʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī, unidentified Persian-to-Arabic translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/14
al-Khuraymī — Names: al-Khuraymīal-Khuraymī, Abu Yaʿqūb Isḥāq ibn Ḥassān, poet (d. 214/829)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1402
al-Kumayt ibn Maʿrūf al-Asadī — Names: al-Kumayt ibn Maʿrūf al-Asadīal-Kumayt ibn Maʿrūf al-Asadī (d. ca. 100/ 718), poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1414
Kushājim, Abū l-Fatḥ Maḥmūd ibn al-Ḥusayn — Names: Kushājim, Abū l-Fatḥ Maḥmūd ibn al-ḤusaynKushājim, Abū l-Fatḥ Maḥmūd ibn al-Ḥusayn, poet and prose writer (d. ca. 360/970)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1417
Kuthayyir ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān — Names: Kuthayyir ibn ʿAbd al-RaḥmānKuthayyir ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, known as Kuthayyir ʿAzzah, 1st/7th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1419
Labīd ibn Rabīʿah — Names: Labīd ibn RabīʿahLabīd ibn Rabīʿah, pre-Islamic poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1420
al-Maʿarrī, Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sulaymān — Names: al-Maʿarrī, Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sulaymānal-Maʿarrī, Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sulaymān, Syrian poet and prose writer (d. 449/1057)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1428
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
Majnūn Laylā, Qays ibn al-Mulawwaḥ — Names: Majnūn Laylā, Qays ibn al-MulawwaḥMajnūn Laylā, Qays ibn al-Mulawwaḥ, 1st/7th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1445
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
al-Makkī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā — Names: al-Makkī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyāal-Makkī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā, poet (d. 248/ 862)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1450
Abū Dhuʾayb al-Hudhalī — Names: Abū Dhuʾayb al-HudhalīAbū Dhuʾayb al-Hudhalī, poet (d. ca. 26/647)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/147
Abū Dulaf al-Qāsim ibn ʿĪsā ibn Idrīs — Names: Abū Dulaf al-Qāsim ibn ʿĪsā ibn IdrīsAbū Dulaf al-Qāsim ibn ʿĪsā ibn Idrīs, 2nd– 3rd/8th–9th-c. commander, poet and musicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/148
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
Manṣūr al-Namarī — Names: Manṣūr al-NamarīManṣūr al-Namarī, poet of the 2nd/8th c.URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1509
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-Maryamī — Names: al-Maryamīal-Maryamī, probably the 3rd/9th-c. Egyptian poet al-Qāsim ibn Yaḥyā al-MaryamīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1525
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-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-Maymandī, Shams al-Kufāh Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan — Names: al-Maymandī, Shams al-Kufāh Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasanal-Maymandī, Shams al-Kufāh Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan, Ghaznavid vizier (d. 424/1032)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1549
Maymūn ibn Qays ibn Thaʿlabah al-Aʿshā — Names: Maymūn ibn Qays ibn Thaʿlabah al-AʿshāMaymūn ibn Qays ibn Thaʿlabah al-Aʿshā, poet (d. after 3/625)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1551
Mihyār al-Daylamī — Names: Mihyār al-DaylamīMihyār al-Daylamī, poet (d. 428/1036–1037)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1565
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
Muʾayyid al-Dīn Abū Ismāʿīl al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī — Names: Muʾayyid al-Dīn Abū Ismāʿīl al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlīMuʾayyid al-Dīn Abū Ismāʿīl al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī, vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1584
Muʾayyid al-Dīn Abū l-Fawāris al-Musayyab ibn ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn — Names: Muʾayyid al-Dīn Abū l-Fawāris al-Musayyab ibn ʿAlī al-ḤusaynMuʾayyid al Dīn Abū l Fawāris al Musayyab ibn ʿAlī al Ḥusayn also known as Ibn al Ṣūfī vizier in Damascus under Muʿīn al...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1585
Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Bāqī al-Bazzār — Names: Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Bāqī al-BazzārMuḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Bāqī al-Bazzār, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1606
Muḥammad ibn Hārūn ibn Makhlad ‘Kubbah al-Kātib’ — Names: Muḥammad ibn Hārūn ibn Makhlad ‘Kubbah al-Kātib’Muḥammad ibn Hārūn ibn Makhlad ‘Kubbah al-Kātib’, 3rd/9th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1616
Abū l-Faraj al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Mastūr — Names: Abū l-Faraj al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-MastūrAbū l-Faraj al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Mastūr, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/162
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 ibn Yasīr — Names: Muḥammad ibn YasīrMuḥammad ibn Yasīr, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1642
Muḥammad al-Shajjār — Names: Muḥammad al-ShajjārMuḥammad al-Shajjār, one of the Andalusī translators of `De Materia Medica`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1644
al-Munayḥī, Abū l-Ghawth ibn Niḥrīr — Names: al-Munayḥī, Abū l-Ghawth ibn Niḥrīral-Munayḥī, Abū l-Ghawth ibn Niḥrīr, 4th/10th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1661
Mūsā ibn Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd ibn Mūsā ibn Ḥudayr — Names: Mūsā ibn Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd ibn Mūsā ibn ḤudayrMūsā ibn Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd ibn Mūsā ibn Ḥudayr, vizier under ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ⅠⅠⅠURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1679
Muslim ibn al-Walīd — Names: Muslim ibn al-WalīdMuslim ibn al-Walīd, poet (d. 207/823) 10.64.19.5n, 13.63.8.2nURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1682
Mutammim ibn Nuwayrah — Names: Mutammim ibn NuwayrahMutammim ibn Nuwayrah, 1st/7th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1697

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.