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G?wargis  
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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)

Sinān ibn Thābit — Names: Sinān ibn ThābitSinān ibn Thābit ibn QurrahSinān ibn Thābit, physician and scientist, son of Thābit ibn QurrahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2116
Sind (Sanad) ibn ʿAlī — Names: Sind (Sanad) ibn ʿAlīSind (Sanad) ibn ʿAlī, astrologer to al-MaʾmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2117
al-Sindī ibn Shāhak — Names: al-Sindī ibn Shāhakal-Sindī ibn Shāhak, ?ex-slave from Sind holding important officesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2118
al-Sinjārī, Ṭāhir ibn Ibrāhīm — Names: al-Sinjārī, Ṭāhir ibn IbrāhīmṬāhir ibn Ibrāhīm al-Sinjarīal-Sinjārī, Ṭāhir ibn Ibrāhīm, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2119
Abū l-Ḥasan Yūsuf (ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ḥābis ibn al-Dāyah) — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan Yūsuf (ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ḥābis ibn al-Dāyah)Abū l-Ḥasan Yūsuf (ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ḥābis ibn al-Dāyah)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/212
al-Ṣiqillī, Abū Bakr — Names: al-Ṣiqillī, Abū Bakral-Ṣiqillī, Abū Bakr, director of a `madrasah`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2120
Ṣiqlāb — Names: ṢiqlābṢiqlāb, servant of al-MutawakkilURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2121
al-Sīrāfī, Abū Saʿīd Ḥasan (al-Ḥasan) ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Marzubān — Names: al-Sīrāfī, Abū Saʿīd Ḥasan (al-Ḥasan) ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Marzubānal-Sīrāfī, Abū Saʿīd Ḥasan (`or` al-Ḥasan) ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Marzubān, grammarian (290–368/903–979)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2122
Sīsin al-Mannānī (Sissinios the Manichaean) — Names: Sīsin al-Mannānī (Sissinios the Manichaean)Sīsin al-Mannānī (Sissinios the Manichaean)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2123
Sitt al-Shām — Names: Sitt al-ShāmSitt al-Shām, sister of al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Abū Bakr ibn AyyūbURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2124
Socrates — Names: SocratesSocrates, Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2125
Solon — Names: SolonSolon, Athenian lawgiverURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2126
Sophists (`al-Sūfisṭāʾiyyah`) — Names: Sophists (`al-Sūfisṭāʾiyyah`)Sophists (`al-Sūfisṭāʾiyyah`)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2127
Sophocles — Names: SophoclesSophocles, legendary physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2128
Sophroniscus — Names: SophroniscusSophroniscus, father of SocratesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2129
Abū Hāshim ʿAbd al-Salām — Names: Abū Hāshim ʿAbd al-SalāmAbū Hāshim ʿAbd al-Salām, son of al-Jubbāʾī, Muʿtazilite theologian (d. 321/933)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/213
Sophus — Names: SophusSophus, Dogmatic physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2130
Soranus — Names: SoranusSoranus, 2nd-c. Methodist physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2131
Sostratus — Names: SostratusSostratus, ancestor of HippocratesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2132
Stephanus — Names: StephanusStephanus, Athenian admirer of AristotleURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2133
Stephanus — Names: StephanusStephanus, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2134
Stephanus of Ḥarrān — Names: Stephanus of ḤarrānStephanus of Ḥarrān, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2135
al-Subkī, Tāj al-Dīn — Names: al-Subkī, Tāj al-Dīnal-Subkī, Tāj al-Dīn (d. 771/1370), Shāfiʿī jurist and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2136
Sufyān ibn Saʿīd al-Thawrī — Names: Sufyān ibn Saʿīd al-ThawrīSufyān ibn Saʿīd al-Thawrī, 8th-c. Hadith scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2137
Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah ibn Maymūn al-Hilālī al-Kūfī — Names: Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah ibn Maymūn al-Hilālī al-KūfīSufyān ibn ʿUyaynah ibn Maymūn al-Hilālī al-Kūfī, traditionalistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2138

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.