Index of Persons

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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.

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returns results which contain "Aba" but also "Abi", "Saba", "Aha", and other words that are "fuzzy" matches for "Aba".

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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 (550)

Ibrāhīm ibn Baks/Bakūs/Bakūsh/Bakkūsh al-ʿUshārī/al-ʿAshshārī(?) — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn Baks/Bakūs/Bakūsh/Bakkūsh al-ʿUshārī/al-ʿAshshārī(?)Ibrāhīm ibn Baks (Bakūs)Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn BaksIbrāhīm ibn Baks/Bakūs/Bakūsh/Bakkūsh al-ʿUshārī/al-ʿAshshārī(?), Abū Isḥāq, 4th/10th-c. Christian physician and translator active in BaghdadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1191
Ibrāhīm ibn Fazārūn — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn FazārūnIbrāhīm ibn Fazārūn, personal physician of Ghassān ibn ʿAbbādURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1194
Ibrāhīm ibn Hilāl al-Ṣābiʾ Ibrāhīm ibn ʿĪsā — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn Hilāl al-Ṣābiʾ Ibrāhīm ibn ʿĪsāIbrāhīm ibn ʿĪsāIbrāhīm ibn Hilāl al-Ṣābiʾ Ibrāhīm ibn ʿĪsā, Baghdadi physician and companion of Yūḥannā ibn MāsawayhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1195
Ibrāhīm ibn Khalaf — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn KhalafIbrāhīm ibn Khalaf, Samaritan physician, student of Raḍī al-Dīn al-RaḥbīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1198
ʿAbd Allāh al-Ṭayfūrī — Names: ʿAbd Allāh al-ṬayfūrīʿAbd Allāh al-Ṭayfūrī, Christian physician to al-HādīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/12
Abū Bakr — Names: Abū BakrAbū Bakr, the son of al-Qāḍī Abū l-Ḥasan al-ZuhrīAbū Bakr, the son of al-Qāḍī Abū l-Ḥasan al-Zuhrī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/120
Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ṣalt — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn al-ṢaltIbrāhīm ibn al-Ṣalt, Christian translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1205
Ibrāhīm ibn Sinān — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn SinānIbrāhīm ibn Sinān, mathematician (d. 355/ 946)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1206
Ifrāʾīm ibn al-Zaffān — Names: Ifrāʾīm ibn al-ZaffānIfrāʾīm ibn al-Zaffān, Jewish physician in Egypt, student of Ibn RiḍwanURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1215
Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Jābir — Names: Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn JābirAbū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Jābir, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/122
ʿImād al-Dīn al-Dunaysirī — Names: ʿImād al-Dīn al-DunaysirīʿImād al-Dīn al-Dunaysirī, physician and literary scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1221
ʿImrān al-Isrāʾīlī — Names: ʿImrān al-IsrāʾīlīʿImrān al-Isrāʾīlī, Awḥad al-Dīn ibn Ṣadaqah, Jewish physician student of Raḍī al-Dīn al-Raḥbī (d. 637/1240)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1225
ʿĪsā ‘the Muslim’ — Names: ʿĪsā ‘the Muslim’ʿĪsā ‘the Muslim’, early 3rd/9th-c. physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1233
ʿĪsā — Names: ʿĪsāʿĪsā, known as Abū QurayshʿĪsā, known as Abū Quraysh, apothecary and personal physician to al-MahdīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1234
ʿĪsā ibn Abī Khālid — Names: ʿĪsā ibn Abī KhālidʿĪsā ibn Abī Khālid, early 3rd/9th-c. physician, a contemporary of Sahl al-KawsajURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1235
ʿĪsā ibn ʿAlī — Names: ʿĪsā ibn ʿAlīʿĪsā ibn ʿAlī, student of Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq, physician to al-Muʿtamid ʿalā AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1237
ʿĪsā ibn al-Biṭrīq — Names: ʿĪsā ibn al-BiṭrīqʿĪsā ibn al-Biṭrīq, Christian physician, brother of Saʿīd ibn al-BiṭrīqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1239
ʿĪsā ibn Māsarjīs (`or` Māsarjawayh) — Names: ʿĪsā ibn Māsarjīs (`or` Māsarjawayh)ʿĪsā ibn MāsarjīsʿĪsā ibn Māsarjīs (`or` Māsarjawayh), physician and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1245
ʿĪsā ibn Qusṭanṭīn (known as Abū Mūsā) — Names: ʿĪsā ibn Qusṭanṭīn (known as Abū Mūsā)ʿĪsā ibn Qusṭanṭīn (known as Abū Mūsā), late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1249
ʿĪsā ibn Ṣahārbukht — Names: ʿĪsā ibn ṢahārbukhtIbn Ṣahār BukhtʿĪsā ibn Ṣahārbukht, Christian physician, student of Jūrjis ibn Jibrīl ibn BukhtīshūʿURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1250
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 Ḥunayn — Names: Isḥāq ibn ḤunaynIsḥāq ibn Ḥunayn, translator of Greek philosophy, author of `Taʾrīkh al-aṭibbāʾ`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1258
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 Mūsā — Names: Ismāʿīl ibn MūsāIsmāʿīl ibn Mūsā, physician son of Mūsā ibn al-ʿĀzār al-IsraʾīlīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1279
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
Iṣṭifan ibn Basīl — Names: Iṣṭifan ibn BasīlIṣṭifan ibn Basīl, translator (d. ca. 298/910)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1287
Jabhar — Names: JabharJabhar, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1295
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
Jārī — Names: JārīJārī, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1324
Jawād al-Ṭabīb al-Naṣrānī — Names: Jawād al-Ṭabīb al-NaṣrānīJawād al-Ṭabīb al-Naṣrānī (the Christian Physician)Jawād al-Ṭabīb al-Naṣrānī (the Christian Physician) (3rd/9th c.)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1329
Jibrīl ibn Bukhtīshūʿ — Names: Jibrīl ibn BukhtīshūʿJibrīl ibn Bukhtīshūʿ, Christian physician serving Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1337
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
Jirjis — Names: JirjisJirjis, 5th/11th-c. Christian physician in CairoURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1342
Jurayj ibn al-Ṭabbākh — Names: Jurayj ibn al-ṬabbākhJurayj ibn al-Ṭabbākh, unidentified physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1351
Jūrjis ibn Jibrīl — Names: Jūrjis ibn JibrīlJūrjis ibn Jibrīl, first of the Christian Bukhtīshūʿ family of physiciansURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1353
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
Kaṅkāyana — Names: KaṅkāyanaKaṅkāyana, Indian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1365
Chaldaeans al-Kashkarī (or al-Kaskarī) — Names: Chaldaeans al-Kashkarī (or al-Kaskarī)Chaldaeans al-Kashkarī (or al-Kaskarī), Yaʿqūb, 4th/10thc. physician in BaghdadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1366
Kaysān ibn ʿUthmān ibn Kaysān — Names: Kaysān ibn ʿUthmān ibn KaysānKaysān ibn ʿUthmān ibn Kaysān, 10th-c. physician from Egypt and brother of the physician SahlānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1371
Khalaf ibn ʿAbbās al-Zahrāwī — Names: Khalaf ibn ʿAbbās al-ZahrāwīKhalaf ibn ʿAbbās al-Zahrāwī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1376
Khalaf al-Ṭūlūnī — Names: Khalaf al-ṬūlūnīKhalaf al-Ṭūlūnī, Abū ʿAlī, Baghdadi physician (active 302/914)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1378
Abū l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī — Names: Abū l-Barakāt al-BaghdādīAwḥad al-Zamān (Abū l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī)Abū l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī, Awḥad al-Zamān Hibat Allāh ibn ʿAlī ibn Malkā, Jewish philosopher and physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/139
Khaṣīb al-Naṣrānī — Names: Khaṣīb al-NaṣrānīKhaṣībKhaṣīb al-Naṣrānī, 2nd/8th-c. Christian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1390
Khayrūn ibn Rābiṭah — Names: Khayrūn ibn RābiṭahKhayrūn ibn Rābiṭah, translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1395
ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī — Names: ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlīʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī, unidentified Persian-to-Arabic translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/14
Abū l-Barakāt ibn al-Quḍāʿī — Names: Abū l-Barakāt ibn al-QuḍāʿīAbū l-Barakāt ibn al-Quḍāʿī, physician serving Saladin (d 598/1201)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/140
al-Khūnajī — Names: al-KhūnajīAfḍal al-Dīn al-Khūnajīal-Khūnajī, Afḍal al-Dīn Abū l-Faḍāʾil Muḥammad ibn Nāmawar, physician, teacher of ⅠＡＵ (d. 646/1248)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1401
Abū l-Barakāt ibn Shaʿyā — Names: Abū l-Barakāt ibn ShaʿyāAbū l-Barakāt ibn Shaʿyā, al-Muwaffaq, Jewish physician of EgyptURI: https://usaybia.net/person/141
Abū l-Bayān ibn al-Mudawwar — Names: Abū l-Bayān ibn al-MudawwarAbū l-Bayān ibn al-Mudawwar, Karaite Jewish physician of Egypt with the honorific name of al-Sadīd (the Well-Guided)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/142
Macarius — Names: MacariusMacarius, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1429
Abū Bishr — Names: Abū BishrAbū Bishr, ‘the Physician to Rulers’Abū Bishr, `ṭabīb al-ʿaẓīmiyyah`, physician in Egypt under al-ḤākimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/143
Magnus of Alexandria — Names: Magnus of AlexandriaMagnus of Alexandria, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1434
Magnus of Emesa — Names: Magnus of EmesaMagnus of Emesa, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1435
al-Majrīṭī, Abū l-Qāsim Maslamah ibn Aḥmad — Names: al-Majrīṭī, Abū l-Qāsim Maslamah ibn AḥmadAbū al-Qāsim Maslamah ibn Aḥmad, Known as al-Majrīṭīal-Majrīṭī, Abū l-Qāsim Maslamah ibn Aḥmad, physician from Cordova (d. 398/1007)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1446
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

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.