Index of Persons

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    "?" can be inserted as a variant for any single character.

    Thus a search for:

    G?wargis  
    returns results which contain either "Gewargis" or "Giwargis".

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    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:

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    returns results for "Dayr" and "Dayro" and more.

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    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 (56)

    Abū ʿAlī ibn Makanjā — Names: Abū ʿAlī ibn MakanjāAbū ʿAlī ibn Makanjā, Christian scribeURI: https://usaybia.net/person/101
    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
    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
    ʿĪsā ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Nūḥ ibn Abī Nūḥ — Names: ʿĪsā ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Nūḥ ibn Abī NūḥʿĪsā ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Nūḥ ibn Abī Nūḥ, scribe of al-Fatḥ ibn KhāqānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1241
    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
    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-Khaṭṭābī — Names: al-Khaṭṭābīal-Khaṭṭābī, Ḥamd ibn Muḥammad, traditionist (d. ca. 388/998)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1394
    Laqīṭ — Names: LaqīṭLaqīṭ, traditionist (?Laqīṭ ibn Ṣabirah, one of Muḥammad’s Companions)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1423
    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
    Maymūn ibn Hārūn — Names: Maymūn ibn HārūnMaymūn ibn Hārūn, `kātib` (d. 297/909–910)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1550
    Muḥammad ibn Sallām al-Jumaḥī — Names: Muḥammad ibn Sallām al-JumaḥīMuḥammad ibn Sallām al-Jumaḥī, traditionist and author of `Ṭabaqāt al-shuʿarā` (d. ca. 231–232/845–6)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1632
    Nicomachus of Gerasa — Names: Nicomachus of GerasaNicomachus of Gerasa, mathematician (d. AⅮ120)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1772
    al-Qāḍī al-Fāḍil ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʿAlī — Names: al-Qāḍī al-Fāḍil ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʿAlīal-Qāḍī al-Fāḍil ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʿAlī, `kātib` to Saladin (d. 596/1200)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1860
    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
    Ṣafī al-Dīn Khalīl ibn Abī l-Faḍl ibn Manṣūr al-Tanūkhī — Names: Ṣafī al-Dīn Khalīl ibn Abī l-Faḍl ibn Manṣūr al-TanūkhīṢafī al-Dīn Khalīl ibn Abī l-Faḍl ibn Manṣūr al-Tanūkhī, `kātib` of LatakiyahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1953
    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-Shāfiʿī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh — Names: al-Shāfiʿī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāhal-Shāfiʿī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh, traditionistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2038
    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
    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
    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
    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
    Ziyād — Names: ZiyādZiyād, traditionist (?Ziyād ibn Labīd, a Companion of Muḥammad)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2375
    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 al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥusayn [ibn ʿAlī ibn al-ʿAbbās ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Sahl ibn Nawbakht] al-Nawbakhtī — Names: Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥusayn [ibn ʿAlī ibn al-ʿAbbās ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Sahl ibn Nawbakht] al-NawbakhtīAbū Muḥammad al Ḥasan ibn al Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn al ʿAbbās ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Sahl ibn Nawbakht al Nawbakhtī scribe and traditionist...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/283
    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
    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
    Anas ibn Mālik — Names: Anas ibn MālikAnas ibn Mālik, Companion of the Prophet, traditionistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/515
    Archimedes — Names: ArchimedesArchimedes, Hellenistic Greek scientistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/556
    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
    Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī — Names: Dāwūd al-ṬāʾīDāwūd al-Ṭāʾī, traditionistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/703
    Diocles — Names: DioclesDiocles, 3rd–2nd-c. BC mathematician and geometerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/714
    Habīb al-ʿAjamī — Names: Habīb al-ʿAjamīHabīb al-ʿAjamī, traditionistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/807
    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
    Hypsicles — Names: HypsiclesHypsicles, Greek mathematician and astronomer (d. 120BC)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/908
    Ibn Abī Shaybah — Names: Ibn Abī ShaybahIbn Abī Shaybah, Mālikī traditionist and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/925
    Ibn Barhān, Abū l-Fatḥ Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad — Names: Ibn Barhān, Abū l-Fatḥ Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn MuḥammadIbn Barhān, Abū l-Fatḥ Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad, grammarian and jurist (d. 520//1126)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/949
    Ibn al-Baṭṭī, Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Bāqī ibn Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Baghdādī — Names: Ibn al-Baṭṭī, Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Bāqī ibn Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-BaghdādīIbn al Baṭṭī Abū l Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al Bāqī ibn Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al Baghdādī Hadith scholar chief traditionist of Iraq `musnid...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/953
    Ibn al-Būrī, Muwaffaq al-Dīn — Names: Ibn al-Būrī, Muwaffaq al-DīnIbn al-Būrī, Muwaffaq al-Dīn, Christian scribeURI: https://usaybia.net/person/959
    Ibn al-Haytham — Names: Ibn al-HaythamAbū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-HaythamIbn al-Haytham, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham, mathematician, writer on optics (d. 430/1039)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/997
    Ibn Ḥibbān — Names: Ibn ḤibbānIbn Ḥibbān, traditionistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/999

      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.