Index of Persons

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.

Results (761)

ʿĪsā ibn Shahlā — Names: ʿĪsā ibn ShahlāʿĪsā ibn Shahlā, student of Jūrjis ibn Jibrīl, personal physician to al-ManṣūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1251
ʿĪsā the physician — Names: ʿĪsā the physicianʿĪsā, the Physician of al-QāhirʿĪsā the physician of al-Qāhir bi-Allāh,URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1255
Isḥāq ibn ʿAlī al-Ruhāwī — Names: Isḥāq ibn ʿAlī al-RuhāwīIsḥāq ibn ʿAlī al-Ruhāwī, 3rd/9th-c. physician, author of Adab `al-ṭabīb`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1257
Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm al-Mawṣilī — Names: Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm al-MawṣilīIsḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm al-Mawṣilī, musician (d. 235/850)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1260
Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Nasṭās (Abū Yaʿqūb Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Nasṭās ibn Jurayj) — Names: Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Nasṭās (Abū Yaʿqūb Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Nasṭās ibn Jurayj)Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm ibn NasṭāsIsḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Nasṭās (Abū Yaʿqūb Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Nasṭās ibn Jurayj), Christian physician in service of al-ḤākimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1262
Isḥāq ibn ʿImrān — Names: Isḥāq ibn ʿImrānIsḥāq ibn ʿImrān, physician at the court of Ziyādat Allāh ibn al-AghlabURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1263
Isḥāq ibn Mūsā — Names: Isḥāq ibn MūsāIsḥāq ibn Mūsā, physician (d. 363/973) and son of Mūsā ibn al-ʿĀzārURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1265
Isḥāq ibn Qasṭār — Names: Isḥāq ibn QasṭārIsḥāq ibn Qasṭār, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1267
Abū Bakr ibn Qārin al-Rāzī — Names: Abū Bakr ibn Qārin al-RāzīAbū Bakr ibn Qārin al-Rāzī, physician, student of al-RāzīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/127
Isḥāq ibn Shalīṭā — Names: Isḥāq ibn ShalīṭāIsḥāq ibn Shalīṭā, physician of al-Muṭīʿ liAllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1270
Isḥāq al-Ṭabīb — Names: Isḥāq al-ṬabībIsḥāq al-Ṭabīb (the Physician)Isḥāq al-Ṭabīb, physician in Cordova (active 287/900)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1274
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
Ismāʿīl ibn Mūsā — Names: Ismāʿīl ibn MūsāIsmāʿīl ibn Mūsā, physician son of Mūsā ibn al-ʿĀzār al-IsraʾīlīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1279
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
Isrāʾīl ibn Sahl — Names: Isrāʾīl ibn SahlIsrāʾīl ibn Sahl, early 3rd/9th-c. physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1285
Isrāʾīl ibn Zakariyyā ibn al-Ṭayfūrī — Names: Isrāʾīl ibn Zakariyyā ibn al-ṬayfūrīIsrāʾīl ibn Zakariyyā ibn al-Ṭayfūrī, Christian personal physician of al-MutawakkilURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1286
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
Jabhar — Names: JabharJabhar, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1295
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
Jamāl al-Dīn ʿUthmān — Names: Jamāl al-Dīn ʿUthmānJamāl al-Dīn ibn al-RaḥbīJamāl al-Dīn ʿUthmān (d. 658/1258)), physician brother of Sharaf al-Dīn ibn al-RaḥbīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1318
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Khalīl al-Raqqī — Names: Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Khalīl al-Raqqīal-RaqqīAbū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Khalīl al-Raqqī, physician, commentator on Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/132
Jamīl ibn Maʿmar — Names: Jamīl ibn MaʿmarJamīl ibn Maʿmar, poet-lover (d. 82/701)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1320

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.