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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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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 (2415)

ʿIzz al-Dīn Abū l-Qāsim al-Khiḍr ibn Abī l-Ghālib Naṣr al-Azdī al-Ḥimṣī — Names: ʿIzz al-Dīn Abū l-Qāsim al-Khiḍr ibn Abī l-Ghālib Naṣr al-Azdī al-ḤimṣīʿIzz al-Dīn Abū l-Qāsim al-Khiḍr ibn Abī l-Ghālib Naṣr al-Azdī al-ḤimṣīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1291
ʿIzz al-Dīn Farrukh-Shāh (`or` ʿIzz al-Dīn al-Muʿaẓẓamī `or` ʿIzz al-Dīn Aybak al-Muʿaẓẓamī) — Names: ʿIzz al-Dīn Farrukh-Shāh (`or` ʿIzz al-Dīn al-Muʿaẓẓamī `or` ʿIzz al-Dīn Aybak al-Muʿaẓẓamī)ʿIzz al-Dīn Farrukh-Shāh (`or` ʿIzz al-Dīn al-Muʿaẓẓamī `or` ʿIzz al-Dīn Aybak al-Muʿaẓẓamī), Ayyubid governor of ṢarkhadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1292
ʿIzz al-Dīn Farrukh Shāh ibn Shāhān Shāh ibn Ayyūb — Names: ʿIzz al-Dīn Farrukh Shāh ibn Shāhān Shāh ibn AyyūbʿIzz al-Dīn Farrukh Shāh ibn Shāhān Shāh ibn Ayyūb, Ayyubid governor of BaalbekURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1293
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
Jābir ibn Ḥayyān — Names: Jābir ibn ḤayyānJābir ibn Ḥayyān, Abū Mūsā ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Kūfī (Geber), alchemist (d. ca. 200/810)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1296
Jacob Baradaeus Names: Jacob BaradaeusJacob Baradaeus, 6th-c. bishop of EdessaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1297
Jaʿdah bint al-Ashʿath ibn Qays — Names: Jaʿdah bint al-Ashʿath ibn QaysJaʿdah bint al-Ashʿath ibn Qays, conspirator under MuʿāwiyahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1299
ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbās (commonly Ibn ʿAbbās) — Names: ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbās (commonly Ibn ʿAbbās)ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbās (commonly Ibn ʿAbbās), 1st/7th-c. Qurʾanic exegete, eponymous ancestor of the Abbasid caliphsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/13
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik al-Sarrāj — Names: Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik al-SarrājAbū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik al-Sarrāj, grammarian (d. ca. 330/942)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/130
Jaʿfar ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣaqlabī — Names: Jaʿfar ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-ṢaqlabīJaʿfar ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣaqlabī, chamberlain of al-Ḥakam ⅠⅠURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1300
Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad — Names: Jaʿfar ibn MuḥammadJaʿfar ibn Muḥammad, last Imam recognized by both Twelver and Ismaili Shi’is (d. 148/765)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1302
Jaʿfar ibn Mūsā — Names: Jaʿfar ibn MūsāJaʿfar ibn Mūsā, son of al-HādīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1303
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
Jaʿfar, al-Khalīfah — Names: Jaʿfar, al-KhalīfahJaʿfar, al-Khalīfah unidentifiedURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1305
al-Jāḥiẓ — Names: al-Jāḥiẓal-Jāḥiẓ, Abū ʿUthmān ʿAmr ibn Baḥr, author of works of adab, theology, etc. (d. 255/868–869)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1306
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 Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn Nubātah — Names: Jalāl al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn NubātahJalāl al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn Nubātah, al-Ṣāḥib, unidentified high officialURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1309
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Yaḥyā al-Qaṭṭān — Names: Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Yaḥyā al-QaṭṭānAbū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Yaḥyā al-Qaṭṭān, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/131
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Baghdādī — Names: Jalāl al-Dīn al-BaghdādīJalāl al-Dīn al-Baghdādī, al-Qāḍī, pupil of Kamāl al-Dīn ibn YūnusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1310
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
Jalāl al-Dīn Khwārazmshāh — Names: Jalāl al-Dīn KhwārazmshāhJalāl al-Dīn Khwārazmshāh, (`reg.` 617– 628/1220–1231) last ruler of the Khwārazm-shāhsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1312
Jamāl al-Dawlah Abū l-Ghanāʾim — Names: Jamāl al-Dawlah Abū l-GhanāʾimJamāl al-Dawlah Abū l-GhanāʾimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1313
Jamāl al-Dīn (Ibn al-Jammālah) — Names: Jamāl al-Dīn (Ibn al-Jammālah)Jamāl al-Dīn (Ibn al-Jammālah), copyist serving Ibn al-MuṭrānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1314
Jamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Laṭīf — Names: Jamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-LaṭīfJamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Laṭīf, notable from BaghdadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1315
Jamāl al-Dīn al-Ḥarastānī — Names: Jamāl al-Dīn al-ḤarastānīJamāl al-Dīn al-Ḥarastānī, judgeURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1316
Jamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Āmidī — Names: Jamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad al-ĀmidīJamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Āmidī, son of Sayf al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Abī ʿAlī al-ĀmidīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1317
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
Jamāl al-Dīn ʿUthmān ibn Aḥmad — Names: Jamāl al-Dīn ʿUthmān ibn AḥmadJamāl al-Dīn ʿUthmān ibn Aḥmad, grandson of physician Jamāl al-Dīn ibn Abī l-ḤawāfirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1319
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
Janān — Names: JanānJanān, slave-girl loved by Abū NuwāsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1321
al-Jānis (Jābis, Ḥābis?) — Names: al-Jānis (Jābis, Ḥābis?)al-Jānis (Jābis, Ḥābis?), unidentified author of a book on leadership (?)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1322
al-Jannābī al-Qarmaṭī — Names: al-Jannābī al-Qarmaṭīal-Jannābī al-Qarmaṭī, Abū Ṭāhir Sulaymān, leader of Qarmaṭians (d. 332/943–944)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1323
Jārī — Names: JārīJārī, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1324
Jarīr al-Ṭabīb — Names: Jarīr al-ṬabībJarīr al-ṬabībURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1325
al-Jarīrī — Names: al-Jarīrīal-Jarīrī, Muʿāfā ibn Zakariyyā, littérateur (d. 390/1000)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1326
Jarjah ibn Zakariyyā — Names: Jarjah ibn ZakariyyāJarjah ibn Zakariyyā, 3rd/9th-c. Nubian chieftainURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1327
al-Jawād — Names: al-Jawādal-Jawād, Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī Jamāl al-Dīn al-Iṣfahānī (d. 574/1178), vizier under the ZangidsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1328
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
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd — Names: Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿUbaydAbū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd, patron of Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/133
al-Jawālīqī — Names: al-Jawālīqīal-Jawālīqī, Abū Manṣūr Mawhūb ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Khiḍr (d. 539/1144), lexicographer and traditionalistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1330
Jawdar (`or` Jawdhar) — Names: Jawdar (`or` Jawdhar)JawdarJawdar (`or` Jawdhar), otherwise unrecorded Indian scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1331
al-Jawharī — Names: al-Jawharīal-Jawharī, Abū Naṣr Ismāʿīl ibn Ḥammād (d. 393/1002 `or` 398/1007), 10th-c. lexicographerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1332
al-Jawharī — Names: al-Jawharīal-Jawharī, al-ʿAbbās ibn Saʿīd, astronomer under al-MaʾmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1333
Jawzah — Names: JawzahJawzah, servant of Khwand Khātūn, wife of Muwaffaq al-Dīn ibn al-MuṭrānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1334
al-Jazūlī — Names: al-Jazūlīal-Jazūlī, Abū Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz (d. between 606/1209 and 616/1219), grammarianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1335
Jibrīl ‘the oculist’ — Names: Jibrīl ‘the oculist’Jibrīl, ‘the oculist of al-Maʾmūn’Jibrīl ‘the oculist’, oculist to al-MaʾmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1336
Jibrīl ibn Bukhtīshūʿ — Names: Jibrīl ibn BukhtīshūʿJibrīl ibn Bukhtīshūʿ, Christian physician serving Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1337
Jibrīl ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Bukhtīshūʿ — Names: Jibrīl ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn BukhtīshūʿJibrīl ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn BukhtīshūʿURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1338
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
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz — Names: Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīzAbū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, son of ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīzURI: https://usaybia.net/person/134
Jirāb al-Dawlah — Names: Jirāb al-DawlahJirāb al-Dawlah, musician and wit under al-MuqtadirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1341
Jirjis — Names: JirjisJirjis, 5th/11th-c. Christian physician in CairoURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1342
Jirjis al-Faylasūf — Names: Jirjis al-FaylasūfJirjis al-Faylasūf, unidentified lampoonistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1343
Joseph ibn Shimʿon — Names: Joseph ibn ShimʿonJoseph ibn Shimʿon, student of MaimonidesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1344
John — Names: JohnJohn, mid 5th-c. Patriarch of AntiochURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1345
John the Baptist — Names: John the BaptistJohn the BaptistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1346
Jubal son of Lamech son of Methuselah (Yūfāl ibn Lāmakh ibn Matūshālakh) — Names: Jubal son of Lamech son of Methuselah (Yūfāl ibn Lāmakh ibn Matūshālakh)Jubal son of Lamech son of Methuselah (Yūfāl ibn Lāmakh ibn Matūshālakh)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1347
Julian the Apostate Names: Julian the ApostateJulian the ApostateURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1348
Julius Gaius Caesar — Names: Julius Gaius CaesarJulius Gaius Caesar, Roman general and dictatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1349
Abū Bakr al-Rāzī — Names: Abū Bakr al-RāzīAbū Bakr al-Rāzī, son of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī, perhaps identical to Ḍiyāʾ al-Dīn al-RāzīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/135
al-Junayd ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Junayd ibn Muḥammadal-Junayd ibn Muḥammad, celebrated Sufi (d. 298/910)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1350
Jurayj ibn al-Ṭabbākh — Names: Jurayj ibn al-ṬabbākhJurayj ibn al-Ṭabbākh, unidentified physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1351

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.