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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.

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

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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.

Results (2415)

al-Naẓẓām — Names: al-Naẓẓāmal-Naẓẓām, Muʿtazilite theologian, (d. between 220/835 and 230/845)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2389
Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Ḥassān — Names: Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn ḤassānAbū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Ḥassān, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/239
al-Sharīf Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl — Names: al-Sharīf Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīlal-Sharīf Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl, physician in service of ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad Khwārazm ShāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2390
ʿAbd al-Karīm — Names: ʿAbd al-KarīmʿAbd al-Karīm, unidentified subject of a riddle epigramURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2391
ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUmayr — Names: ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUmayrʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUmayr, unidentifiedURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2392
Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Maghribī — Names: Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-MaghribīAbū ʿAbd Allāh al-Maghribī, unidentified contemporary of ⅠAUURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2393
Muḥammad al-Mālaqī — Names: Muḥammad al-MālaqīMuḥammad al-Mālaqī (of Malaga), unidentified copyistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2394
Abū ʿAlī al-Qiyānī — Names: Abū ʿAlī al-QiyānīAbū ʿAlī al-Qiyānī, unidentified historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2395
Abū l-Fatḥ ibn Muhannā al-Naṣrānī — Names: Abū l-Fatḥ ibn Muhannā al-NaṣrānīAbū l-Fatḥ ibn Muhannā al-Naṣrānī, unidentified ChristianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2396
Abū Jābir al-Maghribī — Names: Abū Jābir al-MaghribīAbū Jābir al-Maghribī, unidentified author quoted by Ibn al-MuṭrānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2397
Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan — Names: Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-ḤasanAbū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan, unidentified physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2398
Abū l-Kirām — Names: Abū l-KirāmAbū l-Kirām, unidentifiedURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2399
ʿAbd Allāh ibn Nāʾilī (`or` Ibn al-Tātalī `or` Ibn al-Bābilī) — Names: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Nāʾilī (`or` Ibn al-Tātalī `or` Ibn al-Bābilī)ʿAbd Allāh ibn Nāʾilī (`or` Ibn al-Tātalī `or` Ibn al-Bābilī), specialist in alchemy and numerology, member of the Almoravid dynastyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/24
Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Sābiq — Names: Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn SābiqAbū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Sābiq, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/240
Ṣafī al-Dīn ibn Shukr Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Isḥāq al-Madīnī — Names: Ṣafī al-Dīn ibn Shukr Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Isḥāq al-MadīnīṢafī al-Dīn ibn Shukr Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Isḥāq al-Madīnī, unidentified physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2400
Abū l-Qāsim al-Maʿājīnī al-Andalusī — Names: Abū l-Qāsim al-Maʿājīnī al-AndalusīAbū l-Qāsim al-Maʿājīnī al-Andalusī, unidentified contemporary of ⅠAUURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2401
Abū l-Qāsim al-Sharīʿī — Names: Abū l-Qāsim al-SharīʿīAbū l-Qāsim al-Sharīʿī, unidentified philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2402
Abū l-Rajāʾ — Names: Abū l-RajāʾAbū l-Rajāʾ, unidentified transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2403
Abū Ṭālib al-ʿAlawī — Names: Abū Ṭālib al-ʿAlawīAbū Ṭālib al-ʿAlawī, `al-wazīr`, unidentified vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2404
ʿĀmir ibn al-Ṭufayl — Names: ʿĀmir ibn al-ṬufaylʿĀmir ibn al-Ṭufayl, tribal hero and poet (d. ca. 10/632)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2405
ʿAmīrah ibn Ḥayyān ibn Surāqah al-Asadī — Names: ʿAmīrah ibn Ḥayyān ibn Surāqah al-AsadīʿAmīrah ibn Ḥayyān ibn Surāqah al-Asadī, grandfather of Ṣāliḥ ibn Shaykh ibn ʿAmīrahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2406
Anbā Zakhariyyā ibn Thawābah — Names: Anbā Zakhariyyā ibn ThawābahAnbā Zakhariyyā ibn Thawābah, unidentified monk in Jerusalem in the 900sURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2407
Aqish (`or` Āqish) — Names: Aqish (`or` Āqish)Aqish (`or` Āqish), unidentifiedURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2408
Abū Jaʿfar ibn al-Ghazāl — Names: Abū Jaʿfar ibn al-GhazālAbū Jaʿfar ibn al-Ghazāl, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/241

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.