Index of Persons

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"ʿAbdishoʿ I"  
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"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 (284)

al-Mutanabbī, Abū l-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Juʿfī — Names: al-Mutanabbī, Abū l-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Juʿfīal-Mutanabbī, Abū l-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Juʿfī, poet (d. 354/965)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1698
Abū l-Fatḥ ʿUthmān ibn Jinnī see Ibn Jinnī Abū Firās al-Ḥamdānī — Names: Abū l-Fatḥ ʿUthmān ibn Jinnī see Ibn Jinnī Abū Firās al-ḤamdānīAbū l-Fatḥ ʿUthmān ibn Jinnī see Ibn Jinnī Abū Firās al-Ḥamdānī, poet (d. 357/968)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/172
al-Najāshī al-Ḥārithī — Names: al-Najāshī al-Ḥārithīal-Najāshī al-Ḥārithī, 1st/7th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1728
Najm al-Dīn Abū l-Ghanāʾim Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Muʿallim al-Hurthī — Names: Najm al-Dīn Abū l-Ghanāʾim Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Muʿallim al-HurthīNajm al-Dīn Abū l-Ghanāʾim Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Muʿallim al-Hurthī, poet of WāsiṭURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1730
al-Nāshiʾ al-Akbar, Abū l-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mālik al-Anbārī — Names: al-Nāshiʾ al-Akbar, Abū l-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mālik al-Anbārīal Nāshiʾ al Akbar Abū l ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mālik al Anbārī also known as Ibn Shirshīr d...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1743
Naṣr ibn Manṣūr ibn Bassām — Names: Naṣr ibn Manṣūr ibn BassāmNaṣr ibn Manṣūr ibn Bassām, grandfather of 3rd/9th-c. poet Ibn BassāmURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1757
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
Abū l-Ghawth ibn Niḥrīr al-Munayḥī — Names: Abū l-Ghawth ibn Niḥrīr al-MunayḥīAbū l-Ghawth ibn Niḥrīr al-Munayḥī, 4th– 5th/10th–11th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/178
Nūfashal (`or` Nāfashal or `T-w-q-sh-t-l` or Tūqashtal or Tugashtal or Fūfasal) — Names: Nūfashal (`or` Nāfashal or `T-w-q-sh-t-l` or Tūqashtal or Tugashtal or Fūfasal)Nūfashal (`or` Nāfashal or `T-w-q-sh-t-l` or Tūqashtal or Tugashtal or Fūfasal), unidentified Indian medical authorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1783
Philagrius — Names: PhilagriusPhilagrius, 3rd–4th-c. medical authorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1819
Abū l-Ḥakam ibn Ghalindū — Names: Abū l-Ḥakam ibn GhalindūAbū l-Ḥakam ibn Ghalindū (son of Galindo), Andalusian physician and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/185
Abū l-Ḥakam ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Muẓaffar ibn ʿAbd Allāh — Names: Abū l-Ḥakam ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Muẓaffar ibn ʿAbd AllāhAbū l-ḤakamAbū l-Ḥakam ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Muẓaffar ibn ʿAbd Allāh, physician and poet (d. 549/1155)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/186
al-Qāḍī al-Jalīs Abū l-Maʿālī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Jabbāb (`or` al-Ḥabbāb) — Names: al-Qāḍī al-Jalīs Abū l-Maʿālī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Jabbāb (`or` al-Ḥabbāb)al-Qāḍī al-Jalīs Abū l-Maʿālī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Jabbāb (`or` al-Ḥabbāb), poet (d. 561/1166)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1861
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
Rabīʿah al-Raqqī — Names: Rabīʿah al-RaqqīRabīʿah al-Raqqī, poet under Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1894
Rūsā (`or` Rūshī `or` Zūsī) — Names: Rūsā (`or` Rūshī `or` Zūsī)Rūsā (`or` Rūshī `or` Zūsī), female Indian medical authorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1930
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
Saḥbān — Names: SaḥbānSaḥbān, legendary orator and poet of the tribe of WāʾilURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1954
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
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 — Names: al-Samawʾalal-Samawʾal, pre-Islamic Jewish poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1999
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-Ṣanawbarī, Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Ṣanawbarī, Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Muḥammadal-Ṣanawbarī, Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, poet (d. 334/945)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2001
Sayf al-Dīn al-Mushidd Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar ibn Qizil — Names: Sayf al-Dīn al-Mushidd Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar ibn QizilSayf al-Dīn al-Mushidd Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar ibn Qizil, emir and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2018
al-Sayyid al-Naqīb al-Kāmil Ibn al-Sharīf al-Jalīl — Names: al-Sayyid al-Naqīb al-Kāmil Ibn al-Sharīf al-Jalīlal-Sayyid al-Naqīb al-Kāmil Ibn al-Sharīf al-Jalīl, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2021
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-Shabānsī, Qāsim ibn Muḥammad al-Qurashī al-Marwānī — Names: al-Shabānsī, Qāsim ibn Muḥammad al-Qurashī al-Marwānīal-Shabānsī, Qāsim ibn Muḥammad al-Qurashī al-Marwānī, Cordovan physician and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2033
Shaftar — Names: ShaftarShaftar, nickname of poet Abū l-Maʿālī al-SulamīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2039
al-Shāghūrī, Shihāb al-Dīn Fityān ibn ʿAlī — Names: al-Shāghūrī, Shihāb al-Dīn Fityān ibn ʿAlīal-Shāghūrī, Shihāb al-Dīn Fityān ibn ʿAlī, poet (d. 615/1218)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2041
Shahdā al-Karkhī — Names: Shahdā al-KarkhīShahdā al-Karkhī, Syriac translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2043
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-ʿArab al-Baghdādī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Nafīs ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Wahbān — Names: Shams al-ʿArab al-Baghdādī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Nafīs ibn Hibat Allāh ibn WahbānShams al-ʿArab al-Baghdādī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Nafīs ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Wahbān, poet and `muḥaddith` (d. 622/1225)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2047
Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar — Names: Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmarSharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar, 7th/13th-c. `kātib` and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2065
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
Shibl al-Dawlah Abū l-Hayjāʾ Muqātil ibn ʿAṭiyyah — Names: Shibl al-Dawlah Abū l-Hayjāʾ Muqātil ibn ʿAṭiyyahShibl al-Dawlah Abū l-Hayjāʾ Muqātil ibn ʿAṭiyyah, poet (d. 505/1111)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2079
Shukr ibn Abī l-Futūḥ al-ʿAlawī al-Ḥasanī — Names: Shukr ibn Abī l-Futūḥ al-ʿAlawī al-ḤasanīShukr ibn Abī l-Futūḥ al-ʿAlawī al-Ḥasanī, emir of Mecca, poet (d. 453/1061)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2100
Sibṭ ibn al-Jawzī — Names: Sibṭ ibn al-JawzīSibṭ ibn al-Jawzī, historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2103
Sibṭ ibn al-Taʿāwīdhī — Names: Sibṭ ibn al-TaʿāwīdhīSibṭ ibn al-Taʿāwīdhī, poet (d. 584/1188)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2104
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
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
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
Ṭāhir ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Yaḥyā al-Makhzūmī al-Baṣrī, Abū Muḥammad — Names: Ṭāhir ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Yaḥyā al-Makhzūmī al-Baṣrī, Abū MuḥammadṬāhir ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Yaḥyā al-Makhzūmī al-Baṣrī, Abū Muḥammad, late 4th/10th or early 5th/11th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2172
Ṭarafah — Names: ṬarafahṬarafah, pre-Islamic poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2184
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
al-Thaʿālibī, Abū Manṣūr ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Thaʿālibī, Abū Manṣūr ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammadal-Thaʿālibī, Abū Manṣūr ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammad, anthologist and poet (d. 429/1038)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2194
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
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-Ṭufayl — Names: al-Ṭufaylal-Ṭufayl, father of ʿĀmir ibn al-Ṭufayl, tribal hero and poet (d. ca. 10/632)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2243
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
Abū l-Ḥusayn Yūsuf — Names: Abū l-Ḥusayn YūsufAbū l Ḥusayn Yūsuf probably written in error for Abū l Ḥasan Yūsuf Abū l ʿIbar Abū l ʿAbbās Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/227
Usāmah ibn Munqidh, Muʾayyid al-Dawlah Abū l-Muẓaffar Usāmah ibn Murshid ibn ʿAlī ibn Muqallad ibn Naṣr ibn Munqidh — Names: Usāmah ibn Munqidh, Muʾayyid al-Dawlah Abū l-Muẓaffar Usāmah ibn Murshid ibn ʿAlī ibn Muqallad ibn Naṣr ibn MunqidhUsāmah ibn Munqidh Muʾayyid al Dawlah Abū l Muẓaffar Usāmah ibn Murshid ibn ʿAlī ibn Muqallad ibn Naṣr ibn Munqidh poet and anthologist 488...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2273
al-Walīd — Names: al-Walīdal-Walīd, poet (probably al-Walīd ibn ʿUbayd Allāh al-Buḥturī, d. 284/897)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2284
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-Warrāq, Maḥmūd ibn Ḥasan — Names: al-Warrāq, Maḥmūd ibn Ḥasanal-Warrāq, Maḥmūd ibn Ḥasan (d. ca. 230/ 845), poet AⅠⅠ.URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2288
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
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
al-Yasaʿ, Elisha — Names: al-Yasaʿ, Elishaal-Yasaʿ, Elisha, patron of translatorsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2314
Yūḥannā ibn Sarābiyūn — Names: Yūḥannā ibn SarābiyūnYūḥannā ibn Sarābiyūn, medical author probably later 3rd/9th c.URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2328
Yūnus ibn Ḥabīb — Names: Yūnus ibn ḤabībYūnus ibn Ḥabīb, poet and critic (d. 182/798)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2329
Yūsuf ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Muslim — Names: Yūsuf ibn Hibat Allāh ibn MuslimYūsuf ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Muslim, unidentified poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2336
Ẓāfir al-Ḥaddād al-Iskandarī — Names: Ẓāfir al-Ḥaddād al-IskandarīẒāfir al-Ḥaddād al-Iskandarī, poet (d. 529/ 1135)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2348
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
al-Zawzanī, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-ʿAbdalakānī — Names: al-Zawzanī, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-ʿAbdalakānīal-Zawzanī, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-ʿAbdalakānī (d. 431/1040), poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2364
Abū ʿAlī al-Qiyānī — Names: Abū ʿAlī al-QiyānīAbū ʿAlī al-Qiyānī, unidentified historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2395
ʿĀmir ibn al-Ṭufayl — Names: ʿĀmir ibn al-ṬufaylʿĀmir ibn al-Ṭufayl, tribal hero and poet (d. ca. 10/632)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2405
Bahāʾ al-Dīn ibn Nafādah — Names: Bahāʾ al-Dīn ibn NafādahBahāʾ al-Dīn ibn Nafādah? = `adīb` and poet Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Ibn NafādahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2412
al-Nābighah al-Dhubyānī — Names: al-Nābighah al-Dhubyānīal-Nābighah al-Dhubyānī, pre-Islamic poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2431
al-Ṭughrāʾī Abū Ismāʿīl al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī — Names: al-Ṭughrāʾī Abū Ismāʿīl al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlīal-Ṭughrāʾī Abū Ismāʿīl al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī, poet (d. 515/1121)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2438
Ibn Mandawayh — Names: Ibn MandawayhIbn Mandawayh, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, poet, father of Ibn Mandawayh al-IṣfahānīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2439
Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn al-ʿAbbās — Names: Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn al-ʿAbbāsAbū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn al-ʿAbbās, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/246
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 l-Jawāʾiz al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-Wāsiṭī — Names: Abū l-Jawāʾiz al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-WāsiṭīAbū l-Jawāʾiz al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-Wāsiṭī, poet (d. 460/1067–1068)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/249
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 l-Maʿālī al-Sulamī — Names: Abū l-Maʿālī al-SulamīAbū l-Maʿālī al-Sulamī, poet also known as ShaftarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/260
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 Naṣr al-Saʿdī — Names: Abū Naṣr al-SaʿdīAbū Naṣr al-Saʿdī, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/304
Abū Nuwās al-Ḥasan ibn Hāniʾ al-Ḥakamī — Names: Abū Nuwās al-Ḥasan ibn Hāniʾ al-ḤakamīAbū Nuwās al-Ḥasan ibn Hāniʾ al-Ḥakamī, poet (d. ca. 198/813)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/307
Abū l-Qāsim Ghānim ibn Abī l-ʿAlāʾ al-Iṣbahānī — Names: Abū l-Qāsim Ghānim ibn Abī l-ʿAlāʾ al-IṣbahānīAbū l-Qāsim Ghānim ibn Abī l-ʿAlāʾ al-Iṣbahānī, 4th/10th `or` 5th/11th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/315
Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Faḍl (= Ibn al-Qaṭṭān) — Names: Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Faḍl (= Ibn al-Qaṭṭān)Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-FaḍlAbū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Faḍl (= Ibn al-Qaṭṭān), poet and physician (d. 558/1163)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/316
Abū Qubayl al-Hindī (`or` T-w-q-sh-t-l al-Hindī) — Names: Abū Qubayl al-Hindī (`or` T-w-q-sh-t-l al-Hindī)Abū Qubayl al-Hindī (`or` T-w-q-sh-t-l al-Hindī), otherwise unknown Indian medical authorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/329
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
Abū l-Ṣalt Umayyah ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī l-Ṣalt al-Andalusī al-Ishbīlī — Names: Abū l-Ṣalt Umayyah ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī l-Ṣalt al-Andalusī al-IshbīlīAbū l-Ṣalt Umayyah ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīzAbū l-Ṣalt Umayyah ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī l-Ṣalt al-Andalusī al-Ishbīlī, physician and poet (d. 528/1134)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/346
Abū l-Sammāl al-Asadī — Names: Abū l-Sammāl al-AsadīAbū l-Sammāl al-Asadī, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/347
Abū Shās — Names: Abū ShāsAbū Shās, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/350
Abū Simāk al-Asadī — Names: Abū Simāk al-AsadīAbū Simāk al-Asadī, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/352
Abū Tammām — Names: Abū TammāmAbū Tammām, poet (d. ca. 231/845)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/364
Abū Tammām al-Bārid (‘the Cold One’), ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn al-Ḥusayn — Names: Abū Tammām al-Bārid (‘the Cold One’), ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn al-ḤusaynAbū Tammām al-Bārid (‘the Cold One’), ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn al-Ḥusayn, 6th/12th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/365
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
Abū ʿUthmān al-Khālidī — Names: Abū ʿUthmān al-KhālidīAbū ʿUthmān al-Khālidī, 4th/10th-c. poet and man of letters, brother of Abū Bakr al-KhālidīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/376
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 l-Waḥsh Wuḥaysh al-Asadī Sabʿ ibn Khalaf — Names: Abū l-Waḥsh Wuḥaysh al-Asadī Sabʿ ibn KhalafAbū l-Waḥsh Wuḥaysh al-Asadī Sabʿ ibn Khalaf, poet (d. 579/1184)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/380
Abū Yaʿqūb al-Khuraymī, Isḥāq ibn Ḥassān — Names: Abū Yaʿqūb al-Khuraymī, Isḥāq ibn ḤassānAbū Yaʿqūb al-Khuraymī, Isḥāq ibn Ḥassān, poet courtier of Hārūn al-Rashīd and al-Amīn (d. 214/829)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/386
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
Aetius of Amida — Names: Aetius of AmidaAetius of Amida, 6th-c. medical authorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/406
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-Akhṭal, Ghiyāth ibn Ghawth — Names: al-Akhṭal, Ghiyāth ibn Ghawthal-Akhṭal, Ghiyāth ibn Ghawth, Umayyad poet (d. ca. 92/710)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/443
ʿAlī ibn al-Jahm — Names: ʿAlī ibn al-JahmʿAlī ibn al-Jahm, poet active mainly in Baghdad (d. 249/863)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/475

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