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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.

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G?wargis  
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Similarly a search for:

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Thus a search for:

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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.

Fuzzy Search Character

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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)

ʿĪsā ibn Shahlā — Names: ʿĪsā ibn ShahlāʿĪsā ibn Shahlā, student of Jūrjis ibn Jibrīl, personal physician to al-ManṣūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1251
Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿAbdī — Names: Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿAbdīMuḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿAbdī, unidentified westerner physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1612
Khālid ibn al-Walīd — Names: Khālid ibn al-WalīdKhālid ibn al-Walīd, commander (d. 21/642)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1383
Alfonso ⅠⅠ — Names: Alfonso ⅠⅠAlfonso ⅠⅠ, king of PortugalURI: https://usaybia.net/person/459
Abū ʿUthmān al-Khālidī — Names: Abū ʿUthmān al-KhālidīAbū ʿUthmān al-Khālidī, 4th/10th-c. poet and man of letters, brother of Abū Bakr al-KhālidīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/376
Mūsā ‘the blind’ — Names: Mūsā ‘the blind’Mūsā ‘the blind’, Abbasid princeURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1670
Masrūr al-Kabīr (Masrūr al-Khādim al-Kabīr) — Names: Masrūr al-Kabīr (Masrūr al-Khādim al-Kabīr)Masrūr al-Kabīr (Masrūr al-Khādim al-Kabīr), eunuch, transmitter, fictional companion of Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1538
Nero — Names: NeroNero, 1st-c. Roman emperorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1766
Qutaylah bint al-Ḥārith — Names: Qutaylah bint al-ḤārithQutaylah bint al-Ḥārith, sister (or possibly daughter) of al-Naḍr ibn al-Ḥārith ibn Kaladah al-ThaqafīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1886
Aṣbagh ibn Yaḥyā al-Ṭabīb — Names: Aṣbagh ibn Yaḥyā al-ṬabībAṣbagh ibn Yaḥyā al-Ṭabīb, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/573
Sabrishoʿ ibn Quṭrub (written Shīrshūʿ `or` Shīrīshūʿ) — Names: Sabrishoʿ ibn Quṭrub (written Shīrshūʿ `or` Shīrīshūʿ)Sabrīshūʿ ibn Quṭrub (Sabrishoʿ bar Quṭrub)Sabrishoʿ ibn Quṭrub (written Shīrshūʿ `or` Shīrīshūʿ), physician from GondēshāpūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1932
Shams al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad al-Kātib al-Baghdādī ibn al-Karīm — Names: Shams al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad al-Kātib al-Baghdādī ibn al-KarīmShams al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad al-Kātib al-Baghdādī ibn al-Karīm, author of `K. al-Ṭabīkh`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2049
Rashīq — Names: RashīqRashīq, servant of Ibn al-JazzārURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1915
Ismāʿīl al-Ẓāfir ibn Dhī l-Nūn — Names: Ismāʿīl al-Ẓāfir ibn Dhī l-NūnIsmāʿīl al-Ẓāfir ibn Dhī l-Nūn, emir of the `ṭāʾifah` of ToledoURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1283
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
Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Sahl ibn Nawbakht — Names: Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Sahl ibn NawbakhtIsmāʿīl ibn Abī Sahl ibn Nawbakht, son of Abū Sahl ibn NawbakhtURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1276
Kamāl al-Dīn al-Ḥimṣī — Names: Kamāl al-Dīn al-ḤimṣīKamāl al-Dīn al-Ḥimṣī, pupil of Raḍī al-Dīn al-RaḥbīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1361
al-Majūsī Makḥūl — Names: al-Majūsī Makḥūlal-Majūsī Makḥūl, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1447
Abū Marwān ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Qablāl — Names: Abū Marwān ʿAbd al-Malik ibn QablālAbū Marwān ʿAbd al-Malik ibn QablālURI: https://usaybia.net/person/272
al-ʿAlawī — Names: al-ʿAlawīal-ʿAlawī, patron of Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/451
Polybus — Names: PolybusPolybus, son-in-law of HippocratesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1839
Isḥāq ibn Sulaymān ibn ʿAlī al-Hāshimī — Names: Isḥāq ibn Sulaymān ibn ʿAlī al-HāshimīIsḥāq ibn Sulaymān ibn ʿAlī al-Hāshimī, governor under Hārūn al-Rashīd and al-AmīnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1271
Philinus of Kos — Names: Philinus of KosPhilinus of Kos, founder of Empiricist sect (active 260BC)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1820
ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb — Names: ʿUmar ibn al-KhaṭṭābʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, second caliph (reg. 13–23/634–644) after Muḥammad’s deathURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2261
al-Rabʿī, Taqī al-Dīn ʿAbbās ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿUbayd — Names: al-Rabʿī, Taqī al-Dīn ʿAbbās ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿUbaydal-Rabʿī, Taqī al-Dīn ʿAbbās ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿUbayd, father of ʿImād al-Dīn al-DunaysirīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1891

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.