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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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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)

Heracleides of Tarentum — Names: Heracleides of TarentumHeracleides of Tarentum, 1st-c. BC EmpiricistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/869
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
Stephanus — Names: StephanusStephanus, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2134
Abū ʿAlī ibn Mawṣilāyā — Names: Abū ʿAlī ibn MawṣilāyāAbū ʿAlī ibn Mawṣilāyā, secretary of Abū l-Qāsim al-MaghribīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/102
Chaldaeans al-Kashkarī (or al-Kaskarī) — Names: Chaldaeans al-Kashkarī (or al-Kaskarī)Chaldaeans al-Kashkarī (or al-Kaskarī), Yaʿqūb, 4th/10thc. physician in BaghdadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1366
Anas ibn Mālik — Names: Anas ibn MālikAnas ibn Mālik, Companion of the Prophet, traditionistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/515
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
Muḥammad Ghiyāth al-Dīn ⅠⅠ, Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn — Names: Muḥammad Ghiyāth al-Dīn ⅠⅠ, Ṣalāḥ al-DīnMuḥammad Ghiyāth al-Dīn ⅠⅠ, Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn, Ayyubid ruler of Aleppo (`reg.` 634– 658/1236–1260)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1489
Timotheus — Names: TimotheusTimotheus, Greek philosopher, teacher of SocratesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2235
ʿĪsā ‘the Muslim’ — Names: ʿĪsā ‘the Muslim’ʿĪsā ‘the Muslim’, early 3rd/9th-c. physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1233
Ibn al-Tilmīdh — Names: Ibn al-TilmīdhIbn al-Tilmīdh, Raḍī al-Dawlah Abū Naṣr ibn Hibat Allāh (ibn) Ṣāʿid, physician son of (Amīn al-Dawlah) ibn al-TilmīdhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1141
Yūḥannā ibn Fātilah — Names: Yūḥannā ibn FātilahYūḥannā ibn FātilahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2324
Philo — Names: PhiloPhilo, slave belonging to AristotleURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1823
Māsawayh — Names: MāsawayhMāsawayh, son of Yūḥannā ibn MāsawayhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1530
Kāfūr al-Ikhshīdī — Names: Kāfūr al-IkhshīdīKāfūr al-Ikhshīdī, Abū-l-Misk Kāfūr, Ikhshīdid commanderURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1358
Abū Muḥammad ibn Abī Jaʿfar — Names: Abū Muḥammad ibn Abī JaʿfarAbū Muḥammad ibn Abī Jaʿfar, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/286
Naẓīf al-Qass al-Rūmī — Names: Naẓīf al-Qass al-RūmīNaẓīf al-Qass al-RūmīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1761
al-Malik al-Jawād Muẓaffar al-Dīn Yūnus ibn Shams al-Dīn Mamdūd ibn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil — Names: al-Malik al-Jawād Muẓaffar al-Dīn Yūnus ibn Shams al-Dīn Mamdūd ibn al-Malik al-ʿĀdilal-Malik al-Jawād Muẓaffar al-Dīn Yūnus ibn Shams al-Dīn Mamdūd ibn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil, Ayyubid ruler of DamascusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1470
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khāqān — Names: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yaḥyā ibn KhāqānʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khāqān (d. 262/875–876), brother of the vizier ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khāqān AⅠⅠ.URI: https://usaybia.net/person/44
Yaḥyā ibn Yaḥyā — Names: Yaḥyā ibn YaḥyāYaḥyā ibn Yaḥyā, Known as Ibn al-SamīnahYaḥyā ibn Yaḥyā, known as Ibn al-Samīnah, physician from Cordova (d. 315/927)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2305
Aḥmad ibn Rashīd — Names: Aḥmad ibn RashīdAḥmad ibn Rashīd, `mawlā` of Sallām al-AbrashURI: https://usaybia.net/person/435
Apellicon of Teos — Names: Apellicon of TeosApellicon of Teos, purchaser of the works of AristotleURI: https://usaybia.net/person/544
Saʿd al-Dīn ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz — Names: Saʿd al-Dīn ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīzSaʿd al-Dīn ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīzURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1936
al-Malik al-Muʿaẓẓam Shihāb al-Dawlah Abū l-Fatḥ Mawdūd ibn Masʿūd ibn Mahmūd — Names: al-Malik al-Muʿaẓẓam Shihāb al-Dawlah Abū l-Fatḥ Mawdūd ibn Masʿūd ibn Mahmūdal-Malik al-Muʿaẓẓam Shihāb al-Dawlah Abū l-Fatḥ Mawdūd ibn Masʿūd ibn MahmūdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1480
Majd al-Dīn al-Jīlī — Names: Majd al-Dīn al-JīlīMajd al-Dīn al-Jīlī, scholar, teacher of Fakhr al-Dīn al-RāzīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1444

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.