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".

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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 (181)

Masʿūd ibn Maḥmūd ibn Sebüktegin — Names: Masʿūd ibn Maḥmūd ibn SebükteginMasʿūd ibn Maḥmūd ibn Sebüktegin (`reg.` 421–432/1030–1040), ruler of GhaznahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1541
Maymūn al-Qaṣrī, Fāris al-Dīn — Names: Maymūn al-Qaṣrī, Fāris al-DīnMaymūn al-Qaṣrī, Fāris al-Dīn, Ayyubid ruler of Sidon and Nablus (d. 611/1214)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1552
al-Māzyār ibn Qārin — Names: al-Māzyār ibn Qārinal-Māzyār ibn Qārin (d. 225/840), last of the Qārinid rulers of TabaristanURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1553
Miʾat Alf Names: Miʾat AlfMiʾat Alf, the mother of Abū l-ʿAshāʾir (probably Abū l-ʿAshāʾir [Jaysh] ibn Khumārawayh, third ruler of the Tulunid dynasty)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1562
Michael the Syncellus Names: Michael the SyncellusMichael the Syncellus, brother of Theodore at Mar SabaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1563
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 Malik-Shāh Abū Shujāʿ Ghiyāth al-Dunyā wa-l-Dīn — Names: Muḥammad ibn Malik-Shāh Abū Shujāʿ Ghiyāth al-Dunyā wa-l-DīnMuḥammad ibn Malik-Shāh Abū Shujāʿ Ghiyāth al-Dunyā wa-l-Dīn, Seljuq ruler (`reg.` 498–511/1105–1118)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1624
al-Ḥasanī Muḥammad ibn Mūsā, Abū Jaʿfar al-Munajjim — Names: al-Ḥasanī Muḥammad ibn Mūsā, Abū Jaʿfar al-MunajjimMuḥammad ibn Mūsā the Astrologeral-Ḥasanī Muḥammad ibn Mūsā, Abū Jaʿfar al-Munajjim (‘the astrologer’), son of Mūsā ibn Shākir, patron of Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1627
Muḥammad ibn Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-Malik — Names: Muḥammad ibn Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-MalikMuḥammad ibn Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al Malik patron of translators perhaps = Abū ʿImrān Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al Malik ibn Hishām al Iṣbahānī high...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1628
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 al-Shajjār — Names: Muḥammad al-ShajjārMuḥammad al-Shajjār, one of the Andalusī translators of `De Materia Medica`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1644
Muʿizz al-Dawlah — Names: Muʿizz al-DawlahMuʿizz al-Dawlah, founder of Būyid rule in Baghdad (d. 356/967)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1654
Muʿizz al-Dawlah Thimāl ibn Ṣāliḥ — Names: Muʿizz al-Dawlah Thimāl ibn ṢāliḥMuʿizz al-Dawlah Thimāl ibn Ṣāliḥ, Mirdāsid ruler of Aleppo (`reg.` 442–449/1050–1057– 8)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1655
Mujāhid al-ʿĀmirī — Names: Mujāhid al-ʿĀmirīMujāhid al-ʿĀmirī, ruler of the `ṭāʾifah` of Denia (`reg.` 405–436/1014–1044/45)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1656
Mumahhid al-Dawlah, Abū Manṣūr — Names: Mumahhid al-Dawlah, Abū ManṣūrMumahhid al-Dawlah, Abū Manṣūr, ruler from the Marwānid dynasty at MayyāfāriqīnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1659
al-Mustaʿīn bi-Allāh, Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Hūd — Names: al-Mustaʿīn bi-Allāh, Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Hūdal-Mustaʿīn bi-Allāh, Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Hūd, ruler of the `tāʾifah` of Saragossa (`reg.` 478–503/1085–1110)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1685
al-Muʿtaḍid bi-Allāh Abī ʿAmr ʿAbbād ibn ʿAbbād — Names: al-Muʿtaḍid bi-Allāh Abī ʿAmr ʿAbbād ibn ʿAbbādal-Muʿtaḍid bi-Allāh Abī ʿAmr ʿAbbād ibn ʿAbbād, ruler of the `tāʾifah` of Seville (`reg.` 433–460/1042–1069)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1693
al-Muẓaffar, ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Abī ʿĀmir — Names: al-Muẓaffar, ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Abī ʿĀmiral-Muẓaffar, ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Abī ʿĀmir, chamberlain of al-Ḥakam ⅠⅠ and `de facto` ruler of al-Andalus in 392–399/1002– 1008URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1718
al-Nāṣir — Names: al-Nāṣiral-Nāṣir, unidentified rulerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1746
Naṣīr al-Dawlah ibn Marwān — Names: Naṣīr al-Dawlah ibn MarwānNaṣīr al-Dawlah ibn Marwān, Marwānid ruler of Diyār Bakr (d. 489/1096)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1749
Naṣr al-Dawlah Aḥmad ibn Marwān — Names: Naṣr al-Dawlah Aḥmad ibn MarwānNaṣr al-Dawlah Aḥmad ibn Marwān, Marwānid ruler of Mayyāfāriqīn and Diyār Bakr (`reg.` 401–453/1010–1060–1)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1756
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
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
Nūr al-Dīn ibn Jamāl al-Dīn ibn Artaq `or` Artuq — Names: Nūr al-Dīn ibn Jamāl al-Dīn ibn Artaq `or` ArtuqNūr al-Dīn ibn Jamāl al-Dīn ibn Artaq `or` Artuq, ruler of ḤīnīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1786
Nuṣrat al-Dīn ibn Jahān Pahlawān ibn Shams al-Dīn Eldigüz Names: Nuṣrat al-Dīn ibn Jahān Pahlawān ibn Shams al-Dīn EldigüzNuṣrat al-Dīn ibn Jahān Pahlawān ibn Shams al-Dīn Eldigüz, ruler of Azerbaijan (d. 582/1186)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1788
Phalaris Names: PhalarisPhalaris, 6th-c. BC tyrant of Akragas (the modern Agrigento) in SicilyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1815
Philadelphus — Names: PhiladelphusPhiladelphus, Ptolemy ⅠⅠ Philadelphus, ruler of Egypt 283–46BCURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1818
Philagrius — Names: PhilagriusPhilagrius, 3rd–4th-c. medical authorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1819
Polycrates — Names: PolycratesPolycrates, tyrant of SamosURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1840
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
ʿAbd Allāh ibn Isḥāq — Names: ʿAbd Allāh ibn IsḥāqʿAbd Allāh ibn Isḥāq, 3rd/9th-c. patron of translatorsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/19
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
Ṣadaqah ibn Manṣūr ibn Dubays al-Asadī, Sayf al-Dawlah — Names: Ṣadaqah ibn Manṣūr ibn Dubays al-Asadī, Sayf al-DawlahṢadaqah ibn Manṣūr ibn Dubays al-Asadī, Sayf al-Dawlah, Mazyadid ruler of al-Ḥillah (`reg.` 479–501/1086–1108)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1944
Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Ḥusaynī — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-ḤusaynīAbū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Ḥusaynī, patron of Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/196
Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn/Saladin, Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb, al-Malik al-Nāṣir — Names: Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn/Saladin, Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb, al-Malik al-NāṣirṢalāḥ al-Dīn/Saladin, Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb, al-Malik al-Nāṣir, Ayyubid monarch (532–589/1138–1193)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1981
Ṣāliḥ ibn Waṣīf — Names: Ṣāliḥ ibn WaṣīfṢāliḥ ibn Waṣīf, Turkish military captain and ruler in Samarra in the reign of al-Muhtadī (255–256/869–70)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1987
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 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
Sanḥārīb — Names: SanḥārībSanḥārīb, Armenian ruler and patron of Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (active late 9th–early 10th-c.)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2003
Sanjar, Aḥmad ibn Malikshāh — Names: Sanjar, Aḥmad ibn MalikshāhSanjar, Aḥmad ibn Malikshāh, Seljuq ruler (`reg.` 490–552/1118–1157)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2006
Abū l-Ḥasan ibn Hūd — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan ibn HūdAbū l-Ḥasan ibn Hūd, ʿAḍūd al-Dawlah, Hūdī ruler in Murcia and SevilleURI: https://usaybia.net/person/202
Seleucus — Names: SeleucusSeleucus, founder of the Seleucid empireURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2024
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
Shahdā al-Karkhī — Names: Shahdā al-KarkhīShahdā al-Karkhī, Syriac translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2043
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
Shihāb al-Dīn al-Ghūrī (Muḥammad ibn Sām Ⅰ, Shihāb al-Dīn, Muʿizz al-Dīn al-Ghūrī) — Names: Shihāb al-Dīn al-Ghūrī (Muḥammad ibn Sām Ⅰ, Shihāb al-Dīn, Muʿizz al-Dīn al-Ghūrī)Shihāb al Dīn al Ghūrī Muḥammad ibn Sām Ⅰ Shihāb al Dīn Muʿizz al Dīn al Ghūrī sultan of Ghūrid empire with his brother...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2084
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 al-Ḥakam ibn Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh — Names: Sulaymān ibn al-Ḥakam ibn Nāṣir li-Dīn AllāhSulaymān ibn al-Ḥakam ibn Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Umayyad ruler of al-Andalus (`reg.` 400/1009–1010 and 403–407/1013–1016)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2153
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
Tādurā al-Usquf (Tādurī the Bishop), Theodore of Karkh Guddan — Names: Tādurā al-Usquf (Tādurī the Bishop), Theodore of Karkh GuddanTādurā al-usquf (Theodore the Bishop)Tādurā al-Usquf (Tādurī the Bishop), Theodore of Karkh Guddan, patron of letters, associate of Sergius of Rēsh ʿAynāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2170
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
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
Timurtāsh ibn Najm al-Dīn Il-Ghāzī, Ḥuṣām al-Dīn — Names: Timurtāsh ibn Najm al-Dīn Il-Ghāzī, Ḥuṣām al-DīnTimurtāsh ibn Najm al-Dīn Il-Ghāzī, Ḥuṣām al-Dīn (reg. 516–548/1122–1154), Artuqid rulerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2237
Tubbaʿ — Names: TubbaʿTubbaʿ, rulers of pre-Islamic YemenURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2242
Ṭughril Beg — Names: Ṭughril BegṬughril Beg, founder of the Seljuq Empire (`reg.` 1037–1063)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2244
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
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
Abū Isḥāq ibn Hūd Sharaf al-Dawlah — Names: Abū Isḥāq ibn Hūd Sharaf al-DawlahAbū Isḥāq ibn Hūd Sharaf al-Dawlah, Hūdī ruler in Murcia and SevilleURI: https://usaybia.net/person/231
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

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.