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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:

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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

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)

Myrmex — Names: MyrmexMyrmex, servant of AristotleURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1720
Afqūrshāh — Names: AfqūrshāhAfqūrshāh, pre-Islamic Persian rulerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/410
Hippolytus Names: HippolytusHippolytus, 3rd-c. theologianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/888
Qāymāz, Quṭb al-Dīn al-Mustanjidī — Names: Qāymāz, Quṭb al-Dīn al-MustanjidīQāymāz, Quṭb al-Dīn al-Mustanjidī, Armenian Mamlūk of al-Mustanjid biAllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1871
Yūsuf al-Isrāʾīlī, Abū al-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn Yaḥyā ibn Isḥāq al-Sabtī al-Maghribī — Names: Yūsuf al-Isrāʾīlī, Abū al-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn Yaḥyā ibn Isḥāq al-Sabtī al-MaghribīAbū l-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf al-IsrāʾīlīYūsuf al-Isrāʾīlī, Abū al-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn Yaḥyā ibn Isḥāq al-Sabtī al-Maghribī, Jewish physician often known as Ibn Shamʿūn (d. 1227)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2342
Nemesius Names: NemesiusNemesius, 4th-c. author confused with Gregory of NyssaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1764
Abū l-Qāsim ibn Abī Dulaf — Names: Abū l-Qāsim ibn Abī DulafAbū l-Qāsim ibn Abī DulafURI: https://usaybia.net/person/317
Zarāfah — Names: ZarāfahZarāfah, majordomo to al-MutawakkilURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2359
Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Nasṭās (Abū Yaʿqūb Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Nasṭās ibn Jurayj) — Names: Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Nasṭās (Abū Yaʿqūb Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Nasṭās ibn Jurayj)Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm ibn NasṭāsIsḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Nasṭās (Abū Yaʿqūb Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Nasṭās ibn Jurayj), Christian physician in service of al-ḤākimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1262
Ankar — Names: AnkarAnkar, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/531
al-Bundahī, Badīʿ al-Dīn, — Names: al-Bundahī, Badīʿ al-Dīn,al-Bundahī, Badīʿ al-Dīn, poet known to ⅠAUURI: https://usaybia.net/person/662
Xenocrates — Names: XenocratesXenocrates, master of the Athens AcademyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2293
Numenius Names: NumeniusNumenius, 2nd-c. AⅮ Platonist philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1785
Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Hūd al-Judhāmī al-Mutawakkil — Names: Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Hūd al-Judhāmī al-MutawakkilAbū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Hūd al-Judhāmī al-Mutawakkil (d. 635/1237–1238), ruler of MurciaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/70
al-Ḥasan ibn Sahl — Names: al-Ḥasan ibn Sahlal-Ḥasan ibn Sahl, governor of Iraq under al-MaʾmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/856
Nicolaus — Names: NicolausNicolaus, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1769
Abū l-Ḥusayn al-Wārid — Names: Abū l-Ḥusayn al-WāridAbū l-Ḥusayn al-Wārid, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/226
Ibn al-Māristāniyyah — Names: Ibn al-MāristāniyyahIbn al-Māristāniyyah, Abū Bakr ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Abī l-Faraj ʿAlī ibn Naṣr ibn Ḥamzah, physician (d. 599/1203)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1044
Ḥamzah ibn al-Ḥasan — Names: Ḥamzah ibn al-ḤasanḤamzah ibn al-Ḥasan, unidentified physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/821
Mnaseas — Names: MnaseasMnaseas, Methodist physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1574
Iqbāl al-Dawlah ʿAlī al-ʿĀmirī — Names: Iqbāl al-Dawlah ʿAlī al-ʿĀmirīIqbāl al-Dawlah ʿAlī al-ʿĀmirī (`reg.` 436– 468/1044–1076), petty king of DeniaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1228
Glaucon — Names: GlauconGlaucon, philosopher friend and dedicatee of GalenURI: https://usaybia.net/person/800
Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb — Names: Aḥmad ibn Abī YaʿqūbAḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb, Abbasid clientURI: https://usaybia.net/person/423
ʿĪsā ibn Qusṭanṭīn (known as Abū Mūsā) — Names: ʿĪsā ibn Qusṭanṭīn (known as Abū Mūsā)ʿĪsā ibn Qusṭanṭīn (known as Abū Mūsā), late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1249
al-Jurjānī — Names: al-Jurjānīal-Jurjānī, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad (d. 482/1089), author of `al-Kināyāt`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1352

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.