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 (232)

Mihrawayh ibn Shahriyār — Names: Mihrawayh ibn ShahriyārMihrawayh ibn Shahriyār, Khorasanian princeURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1564
Mihyār al-Daylamī — Names: Mihyār al-DaylamīMihyār al-Daylamī, poet (d. 428/1036–1037)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1565
al-Mufīd, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Nuʿmān al-Ḥārithī al-ʿUkbarī — Names: al-Mufīd, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Nuʿmān al-Ḥārithī al-ʿUkbarīal-Mufīd, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Nuʿmān al-Ḥārithī al-ʿUkbarī, Imāmī Shiite theologian (d. 413/1032)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1593
Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Bāqī al-Bazzār — Names: Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Bāqī al-BazzārMuḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Bāqī al-Bazzār, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1606
Muḥammad ibn Hārūn ibn Makhlad ‘Kubbah al-Kātib’ — Names: Muḥammad ibn Hārūn ibn Makhlad ‘Kubbah al-Kātib’Muḥammad ibn Hārūn ibn Makhlad ‘Kubbah al-Kātib’, 3rd/9th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1616
Abū l-Faraj al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Mastūr — Names: Abū l-Faraj al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-MastūrAbū l-Faraj al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Mastūr, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/162
Muḥammad ibn Maymūn Markūsh — Names: Muḥammad ibn Maymūn MarkūshMuḥammad ibn Maymūn Markūsh, Andalusian grammarian and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1626
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 Ṣāliḥ — Names: Muḥammad ibn ṢāliḥMuḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ, 3rd/9th-c. Abbasid princeURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1631
Muḥammad ibn Yasīr — Names: Muḥammad ibn YasīrMuḥammad ibn Yasīr, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1642
al-Munayḥī, Abū l-Ghawth ibn Niḥrīr — Names: al-Munayḥī, Abū l-Ghawth ibn Niḥrīral-Munayḥī, Abū l-Ghawth ibn Niḥrīr, 4th/10th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1661
Mūsā ‘the blind’ — Names: Mūsā ‘the blind’Mūsā ‘the blind’, Abbasid princeURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1670
Mūsā ibn Maymūn, Moses Maimonides, Abū ʿImrān al-Qurṭubī — Names: Mūsā ibn Maymūn, Moses Maimonides, Abū ʿImrān al-Qurṭubīal-Raʾīs Mūsā ibn Maymūn (Maimonides)Mūsā ibn Maymūn, Moses Maimonides, Abū ʿImrān al-Qurṭubī (527–606/1135–1208) Jewish theologian, philosopher and physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1678
Muslim ibn al-Walīd — Names: Muslim ibn al-WalīdMuslim ibn al-Walīd, poet (d. 207/823) 10.64.19.5n, 13.63.8.2nURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1682
al-Muʿtamar ibn al-ʿAssāl — Names: al-Muʿtamar ibn al-ʿAssālal-Muʿtamar ibn al-ʿAssāl, theologianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1694
Mutammim ibn Nuwayrah — Names: Mutammim ibn NuwayrahMutammim ibn Nuwayrah, 1st/7th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1697
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
Mutayyam — Names: MutayyamMutayyam, musicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1703
al-Mutawakkil — Names: al-Mutawakkilal-Mutawakkil (`reg.` 256–278/870–91), Abbasid princeURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1708
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
Naṣīr al-Dawlah — Names: Naṣīr al-DawlahNaṣīr al-Dawlah, perhaps = Naṣr al-Dawlah Abū Naṣr Aḥmad ibn Marwān, prince of the Marwānid dynasty of Diyarbakr (d. 463/1061)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1747

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.