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Exact Phrase Searches

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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".

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)

Yaḥyā ibn Abī Manṣūr — Names: Yaḥyā ibn Abī ManṣūrYaḥyā ibn Abī Manṣūr, astronomer (d. 216/ 832)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2298
Yaḥyā ibn ʿAdī — Names: Yaḥyā ibn ʿAdīYaḥyā ibn ʿAdī, Christian philosopher and theologian (d. 363/974)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2299
ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mūsā — Names: ʿAbd Allāh ibn MūsāʿAbd Allāh ibn Mūsā, son of al-HādīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/23
Abū ʿĪsā Baqiyyah — Names: Abū ʿĪsā BaqiyyahAbū ʿĪsā Baqiyyah, physician at the ʿAḍudī HospitalURI: https://usaybia.net/person/230
Yaḥyā ibn al-Biṭrīq — Names: Yaḥyā ibn al-BiṭrīqYaḥyā ibn al-Biṭrīq, translator of philosophical works and medical author (d. ca. 200/815)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2300
Yaḥyā ibn Isḥāq — Names: Yaḥyā ibn IsḥāqYaḥyā ibn Isḥāq, physician in al-Andalus (active 300/912)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2301
Yaḥyā ibn Khālid ibn Barmak — Names: Yaḥyā ibn Khālid ibn BarmakYaḥyā ibn Khālid ibn Barmak, member of the Barmakid family (d. 190/806)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2302
Yaḥyā ibn Māsawayh — Names: Yaḥyā ibn MāsawayhYaḥyā ibn Māsawayh, 11th-c. writer on pharmacologyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2303
Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd ibn Yaḥyā (Abū l-Faraj al-Anṭākī) — Names: Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd ibn Yaḥyā (Abū l-Faraj al-Anṭākī)Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd ibn Yaḥyā also known as Abū l Faraj al Anṭākī Christian physician and historian continuator of Saʿīd ibn al Biṭrīq ca...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2304
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
Yaḥyā al-Marwazī — Names: Yaḥyā al-MarwazīYaḥyā al-Marwazī (? = Abū Yaḥyā al-Marwazī), teacher of Abū Bishr MattāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2306
Yandūn — Names: YandūnYandūn, servant of al-HādīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2307
Yaʿqūb (Jacob) — Names: Yaʿqūb (Jacob)Yaʿqūb (Jacob)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2308
Yaʿqūb — Names: YaʿqūbYaʿqūb, superintendent of Baghdad hospitalURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2309
Abū Isḥāq ibn Hūd Sharaf al-Dawlah — Names: Abū Isḥāq ibn Hūd Sharaf al-DawlahAbū Isḥāq ibn Hūd Sharaf al-Dawlah, Hūdī ruler in Murcia and SevilleURI: https://usaybia.net/person/231
Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq ibn Mūsā ibn al-ʿĀzār al-Israʾīlī — Names: Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq ibn Mūsā ibn al-ʿĀzār al-IsraʾīlīYaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq ibn Mūsā ibn al-ʿĀzār al-Israʾīlī, physician in the service of al-Muʿizz li-Dīn AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2310
Yaʿqūb al-Sīrāfī Ibn Māhān — Names: Yaʿqūb al-Sīrāfī Ibn MāhānIbn MāhānYaʿqūb al-Sīrāfī Ibn Māhān, physician and author of a work on medical mattersURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2311
al-Yaʿqūbī — Names: al-Yaʿqūbīal-Yaʿqūbī, geographer and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2312
Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī — Names: Yāqūt al-ḤamawīYāqūt al-Ḥamawī, geographer and biographerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2313
al-Yasaʿ, Elisha — Names: al-Yasaʿ, Elishaal-Yasaʿ, Elisha, patron of translatorsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2314
Yāsīn al-Sīmiyāʾī — Names: Yāsīn al-SīmiyāʾīYāsīn al-Sīmiyāʾī, magician Yāsir, servant of al-Maʾmūn Yazīd ibn Khālid ibn Rūmān, son of Ibn RūmānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2315
Yazīd ibn Mazyad — Names: Yazīd ibn MazyadYazīd ibn Mazyad, chieftain of Zāʾidah clanURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2316
Yazīd ibn Muʿāwiyah ibn Abī Sufyān — Names: Yazīd ibn Muʿāwiyah ibn Abī SufyānYazīd ibn Muʿāwiyah ibn Abī Sufyān, the second Umayyad caliph (`reg.` 64/684– 685)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2317
Yazīd ibn Muqbil — Names: Yazīd ibn MuqbilYazīd ibn Muqbil, a rider in the courier service of Iraq in the time of the caliph al-MaʾmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2318
Yazīd ibn Rūmān, Abū Rawḥ al-Madanī — Names: Yazīd ibn Rūmān, Abū Rawḥ al-MadanīYazīd ibn Rūmān, Abū Rawḥ al-Madanī, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2319

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.