Index of Persons

Facets

Occupationphysician (492) poet (173) ruler (94) author (87) philosopher (75) vizier (69) caliph (62) transmitter (59) grammarian (47) translator (47) historian (42) teacher (38) king (33) scholar (32) emir (32) governor (32) student (26) emperor (23) jurist (19) official (19) secretary (19) mathematician (19) astronomer (19) prince (18) littérateur (17) patron (17) servant (17) commander (16) tribal leader (15) theologian (15) lexicographer (13) courtier (13) traditionist (13) astrologer (13) judge (11) philologist (11) oculist (10) polymath (9) pharmacologist (8) patriarch (8) musician (8) slave (8) hadith scholar (8) bishop (8) scribe (7) chief qadi (7) commentator (7) qadi (7) medical author (7) biographer (6) anthologist (6) copyist (6) sultan (6) geometer (6) general (5) geographer (5) man of letters (5) prophet (5) chamberlain (5) orator (5) eunuch (5) Physician (4) anatomist (4) metropolitan (4) surgeon (4) pupil (4) preacher (4) alchemist (4) prefect (4) chronographer (4) traditionalist (3) hadith transmitter (3) shaykh (3) sage (3) Shi’i imam (3) hadith compiler (3) regent (3) missionary (3) singer (3) Qurʾanic scholar (3) nobleman (2) superintendent (2) chief (2) chief steward (2) syncellus (2) consul (2) catholicos (2) administrator (2) hierophant (2) ophthalmologist (2) calligrapher (2) pharaoh (2) chief servant (2) conqueror (2) botanist (2) statesman (2) scientist (2) amanuensis (2) apostle (2) prefect of police (2) fabricator (2) law-college founder (2) encylopedist (2) dream interpreter (2) priest (2) monk (2) empiricist (2) composer (1) intellectual (1) advisor (1) exegete (1) maidservant (1) encyclopedist (1) numerologist (1) bonesetter (1) Jurist (1) politician (1) archimandrite (1) agent (1) minister (1) majordomo (1) apologist (1) head of police (1) `madrasah` director (1) mystic (1) methodist (1) leader (1) jurisprudent (1) captain of the guard (1) hospital founder (1) hospital superintendent (1) expert (1) queen (1) chess expert (1) `faqih` (1) forger (1) client (1) Qurʾanic commentator (1) chief of police (1) editor (1) notable (1) Grammarian (1) maid (1) founder (1) literary critic (1) musicologist (1) kātib al-inshāʾ (1) ambassador (1) legal expert (1) chronometrist (1) military captain (1) herbalist (1) nutritionist (1) hospital director (1) senator (1) head of the chancery (1) tragedian (1) chronicler (1) prose writer (1) lampoonist (1) poetry expert (1) clockmaker (1) apothecary (1) officer (1) academy master (1) sophist (1) head of household (1) tutor (1) atabeg (1) logician (1) tax collector (1) shoemaker (1) medical expert (1) ascetic (1) master falconer (1) `ghulām` (1) spear maker (1) guard commander (1) surveyor (1) wound specialist (1) assistant (1) legal scholar (1) compiler (1) traveller (1) athlete (1) lawgiver (1)

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.

Results (2415)

al-Asʿad al-Maḥallī, Asʿad al-Dīn Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq — Names: al-Asʿad al-Maḥallī, Asʿad al-Dīn Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥāqal-Asʿad al-Maḥallīal-Asʿad al-Maḥallī, Asʿad al-Dīn Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq, 13th-c. Jewish physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2410
Asclepius — Names: AsclepiusAsclepius, Greek god of healingURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2411
Bahāʾ al-Dīn ibn Nafādah — Names: Bahāʾ al-Dīn ibn NafādahBahāʾ al-Dīn ibn Nafādah? = `adīb` and poet Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Ibn NafādahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2412
Coronis — Names: CoronisCoronis, mother of Asclepius by the god ApolloURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2414
Cronus — Names: CronusCronus, father of the younger generation of gods in Greek mythologyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2415
Ḍaḥḥāk (Arabic form of the Persian Dahhāk, Zahhāk, `or` Zuhāk) — Names: Ḍaḥḥāk (Arabic form of the Persian Dahhāk, Zahhāk, `or` Zuhāk)Ḍaḥḥāk (Arabic form of the Persian Dahhāk, Zahhāk, `or` Zuhāk), tyrannical king from Persian mythologyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2416
Demeter — Names: DemeterDemeter, in Greek mythology, the goddess of harvestsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2417
Dionysus — Names: DionysusDionysus – Greek god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wineURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2418
Hārūt — Names: HārūtHārūt, mentioned with Mārūt in the Qurʾan (al-Baqarah 2:102) as fallen angelsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2419
Abū Jaʿfar ibn Hārūn al-Turjālī — Names: Abū Jaʿfar ibn Hārūn al-TurjālīAbū Jaʿfar ibn Hārūn al-Turjālī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/242
Heracles — Names: HeraclesHeracles, divine hero in Greek mythologyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2420
Hermes — Names: HermesHermes, legendary Egyptian-Greek sage, Hermes Trismegistus (Thrice-Great), identified with the Islamic Idrīs/Hermes the Second/Hermes the ThirdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2421
Hermodamus — Names: HermodamusHermodamus, descendant of the Homeric Cryophylus of SamosURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2422
Hibat Allāh ibn al-Faḍl ibn Ṣāʿid, Jamāl al-Ruʾasāʾ Abū l-Fatḥ — Names: Hibat Allāh ibn al-Faḍl ibn Ṣāʿid, Jamāl al-Ruʾasāʾ Abū l-FatḥHibat Allāh ibn al-Faḍl ibn Ṣāʿid, Jamāl al-Ruʾasāʾ Abū l-Fatḥ, family of Ibn al-TilmīdhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2423
Ibn Bakhtawayh, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿĪsā — Names: Ibn Bakhtawayh, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿĪsāIbn BakhtawayhIbn Bakhtawayh, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿĪsā, 11th c. physician from Wāsiṭ, active ca. 420/1030URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2424
Ibn Khaldūn al-Ḥaḍramī — Names: Ibn Khaldūn al-ḤaḍramīIbn Khaldūn al-Ḥaḍramī, Abū Muslim ʿUmar ibn Aḥmad (d. 449/1057)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2425
Ibn al-Khayyāṭ — Names: Ibn al-KhayyāṭIbn al-Khayyāṭ, Zayn al-Mulk Abū Ṭālib, unidentified (6th/12th c.)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2426
al-Jamāl (Jamāl al-Dīn) — Names: al-Jamāl (Jamāl al-Dīn)al-Jamāl (Jamāl al-Dīn), unidentified subject of a love epigram by al-DunaysirīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2427
John the Grammarian/Yaḥyā al-Naḥwī — Names: John the Grammarian/Yaḥyā al-NaḥwīJohn the Grammarian Yaḥyā al Naḥwī conflation of John Philoponus ca 490 575 and one or more unidentified late antique medical writers alleged contemporary...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2428
Kay Bahman — Names: Kay BahmanKay Bahman, mythical Kayanian kingURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2429
Abū Jaʿfar ibn Khamīs al-Ṭulayṭulī — Names: Abū Jaʿfar ibn Khamīs al-ṬulayṭulīAbū Jaʿfar ibn Khamīs al-Ṭulayṭulī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/243
Maʿadd — Names: MaʿaddMaʿadd, legendary ancestor of the North ArabsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2430
al-Nābighah al-Dhubyānī — Names: al-Nābighah al-Dhubyānīal-Nābighah al-Dhubyānī, pre-Islamic poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2431
Quṭb al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī — Names: Quṭb al-Dīn al-ShīrāzīQuṭb al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī (d. 710/1311)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2432
Rufistanes — Names: RufistanesRufistanes, fictional Greek kingURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2433

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.