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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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"Jacob+Bishop"~2  
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Results (2415)

Ibn Qutaybah al-Dīnawarī — Names: Ibn Qutaybah al-DīnawarīIbn Qutaybah al-Dīnawarī, Islamic polymath (213–276/828–89)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1088
Ibn Rāʾiq — Names: Ibn RāʾiqIbn Rāʾiq, military commander (d. 330/942)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1089
Abū ʿAmr al-Zajjājī — Names: Abū ʿAmr al-ZajjājīAbū ʿAmr al-Zajjājī, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/109
Ibn Raqīqah — Names: Ibn RaqīqahSadīd al-Dīn ibn RaqīqahIbn Raqīqah Abū l Thanāʾ Maḥmūd ibn ʿUmar ibn Muḥammad al Ṭabīb ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Shujāʿ al Shaybānī al Ḥanawī Sadīd al Dīn physician...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1090
Ibn Rashīq — Names: Ibn RashīqIbn Rashīq, author of the `K. al-ʿumdah`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1091
Ibn al-Rāwandī — Names: Ibn al-RāwandīIbn al Rāwandī Abū l Ḥusayn Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā b Isḥāq b start 3rd 9th c follower then critic of Muʿtazilism and the prophecy...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1092
Ibn Riḍwān, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī — Names: Ibn Riḍwān, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlīʿAlī ibn RiḍwānIbn Riḍwān, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī, Egyptian physician at court of Fāṭimid caliph al-Mustanṣir (d. 453/1061 `or` 460/1068)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1093
Ibn Rūmān al-Naṣrānī — Names: Ibn Rūmān al-NaṣrānīKhālid ibn Yazīd ibn Rūmān al-NaṣrānīIbn Rūmān al-Naṣrānī, Khālid ibn YazīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1094
Ibn al-Rūmiyyah — Names: Ibn al-RūmiyyahAbū l-ʿAbbās ibn al-RūmiyyahIbn al-Rūmiyyah, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Mufarrij al-Nabātī, expert in botanyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1095
Ibn Rushd (Averroes) — Names: Ibn Rushd (Averroes)Abū l-Walīd ibn RushdIbn Rushd (Averroes), Abū l-Walīd Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, philosopher (d. 595/ 1198)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1096
Ibn Saʿādah — Names: Ibn SaʿādahIbn Saʿādah, Abū Zakariyyā Yahūdhā, 11th-c. Jewish Egyptian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1097
Ibn Ṣadāqah — Names: Ibn ṢadāqahIbn Ṣadāqah, Ibrāhīm ibn Abī l-Faḍl, physician of AleppoURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1099
ʿAbd Allāh — Names: ʿAbd AllāhʿAbd Allāh, shaykh of Mālik clan, of Banū Hāshim (ca. 169–170/785–786)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/11
Abū l-ʿArab Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad — Names: Abū l-ʿArab Yūsuf ibn MuḥammadAbū l-ʿArab Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/110
Ibn Ṣadaqah — Names: Ibn ṢadaqahIbn Ṣadaqah, (probably Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ṣadaqah), vizier and friend of Amīn al-Dawlah Ibn al-Tilmīdh (d. 556/1161)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1100
Ibn Sadīr — Names: Ibn SadīrIbn Sadīr, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh, physician (d. 6060/1210)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1101
Ibn al-Ṣaffār — Names: Ibn al-ṢaffārIbn al-Ṣaffār, Abū l-Qāsim Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1102
Ibn al-Ṣaffār al-Mutaṭabbib — Names: Ibn al-Ṣaffār al-MutaṭabbibIbn al-Ṣaffār al-Mutaṭabbib, Abū Jaʿfar ibn ʿAbd Allāh, student of Ibn KhaldūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1103
Ibn Ṣafiyyah — Names: Ibn ṢafiyyahIbn Ṣafiyyah, Abū Ghālib al-Ṭabīb al-Naṣrānī, physician during the reign of al-Mustanjid (566–575/1170–1180)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1104
Ibn Ṣāḥib al-Ṣalāh — Names: Ibn Ṣāḥib al-ṢalāhIbn Ṣāḥib al-Ṣalāh, Abū al-Qāsim Hishām ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, unidentified Sevillian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1105
Ibn Sahlān — Names: Ibn SahlānIbn Sahlān probably Zayn al Dīn ʿUmar ibn Sahlān al Sāwī `or` al Sāwajī author of `al Tabṣirah` = `K al Baṣāʾir al Naṣīriyyah...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1106
Ibn al-Sāʿī — Names: Ibn al-SāʿīIbn al-Sāʿī, Tāj al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Anjab, 7th/13thc. historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1107
Ibn al-Ṣāʾigh al-ʿAntarī — Names: Ibn al-Ṣāʾigh al-ʿAntarīal-ʿAntarī (Ibn al-Ṣāʾigh)Ibn al-Ṣāʾigh al-ʿAntarī, Abū l-Muʾayyad Muḥammad ibn al-Mujallī (d. ca. 560/ 1165)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1108
Ibn al-Ṣalāḥ — Names: Ibn al-ṢalāḥIbn al-Ṣalāḥ, Najm al-Dīn Abū l-Futūḥ Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Sarī, philosopher, astronomer, physician (d. 540/1145 `or` 548/1153)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1109
Abū l-Aṣbagh ʿĪsā ibn Aḥmad al-Rāzī — Names: Abū l-Aṣbagh ʿĪsā ibn Aḥmad al-RāzīAbū l-Aṣbagh ʿĪsā ibn Aḥmad al-Rāzī (d. 379/989), Andalusī historian and secretary of al-Ḥakam ⅠⅠURI: https://usaybia.net/person/111

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.