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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)

Allāh Abū Mayyah — Names: Allāh Abū MayyahAllāh Abū Mayyah, relative of Abū Nuwās’ mistress JanānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/276
Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Rushd — Names: Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn RushdAbū Muḥammad ibn RushdAbū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Rushd, son of Ibn RushdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/277
Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid — Names: Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-WāḥidAbū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid, governor of IfrīqiyahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/278
Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Kinānī — Names: Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-KinānīAbū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Kinānī, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/279
ʿAbd Allāh al-Mahdī bi-Allāh — Names: ʿAbd Allāh al-Mahdī bi-AllāhʿAbd Allāh al-Mahdī bi-Allāh, founder of the Fatimid caliphateURI: https://usaybia.net/person/28
Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Nafīs ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Wahbān al-Sulamī (= Shams al-ʿArab al-Baghdādī) — Names: Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Nafīs ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Wahbān al-Sulamī (= Shams al-ʿArab al-Baghdādī)Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al ʿAzīz ibn al Nafīs ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Wahbān al Sulamī = Shams al ʿArab al Baghdādī patient of ⅠAU...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/280
Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿUthmān ibn Abī Naṣr — Names: Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿUthmān ibn Abī NaṣrAbū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿUthmān ibn Abī Naṣr, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/281
Abū Muḥammad Badr ibn Abī l-Iṣbaʿ — Names: Abū Muḥammad Badr ibn Abī l-IṣbaʿAbū Muḥammad Badr ibn Abī l-Iṣbaʿ, ‘the secretary’URI: https://usaybia.net/person/282
Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥusayn [ibn ʿAlī ibn al-ʿAbbās ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Sahl ibn Nawbakht] al-Nawbakhtī — Names: Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥusayn [ibn ʿAlī ibn al-ʿAbbās ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Sahl ibn Nawbakht] al-NawbakhtīAbū Muḥammad al Ḥasan ibn al Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn al ʿAbbās ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Sahl ibn Nawbakht al Nawbakhtī scribe and traditionist...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/283
Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad — Names: Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn MuḥammadAbū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad, Chief JudgeURI: https://usaybia.net/person/284
Abū Muḥammad ibn al-Jaʿdī — Names: Abū Muḥammad ibn al-JaʿdīAbū Muḥammad ibn al-Jaʿdī, Fatimid astrologerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/285
Abū Muḥammad ibn Abī Jaʿfar — Names: Abū Muḥammad ibn Abī JaʿfarAbū Muḥammad ibn Abī Jaʿfar, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/286
Abū Muḥammad ibn Rizq al-Ḥāfiẓ — Names: Abū Muḥammad ibn Rizq al-ḤāfiẓAbū Muḥammad ibn Rizq al-Ḥāfiẓ, Andalusī juristURI: https://usaybia.net/person/287
Abū Muḥammad al-Shadhūnī — Names: Abū Muḥammad al-ShadhūnīAbū Muḥammad al-Shadhūnī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/288
Abū Muḥammad al-Shīrāzī — Names: Abū Muḥammad al-ShīrāzīAbū Muḥammad al-Shīrāzī, patron of Ibn Sīnā at JurjānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/289
ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Maslamah al-Bājī — Names: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Maslamah al-BājīʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Maslamah al-Bājī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/29
Abū Muḥammad al-Ṣilḥī — Names: Abū Muḥammad al-ṢilḥīAbū Muḥammad al-Ṣilḥī, secretary to al-Muṭīʿ li-AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/290
Abū l-Musayyab Fahd ibn Sulaymān — Names: Abū l-Musayyab Fahd ibn SulaymānAbū l-Musayyab Fahd ibn SulaymānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/291
Abū Muslim — Names: Abū MuslimAbū Muslim, Abbasid revolutionary murdered by al-ManṣūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/292
Abū Muslim Muḥammad ibn Baḥr — Names: Abū Muslim Muḥammad ibn BaḥrAbū Muslim Muḥammad ibn Baḥr, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/293
Abū l-Najāʾ Sālim ibn Hūd ʿImād al-Dawlah — Names: Abū l-Najāʾ Sālim ibn Hūd ʿImād al-DawlahAbū l-Najāʾ Sālim ibn Hūd ʿImād al-Dawlah, Hūdī ruler of Murcia and SevilleURI: https://usaybia.net/person/294
Abū l-Najīb — Names: Abū l-NajībAbū l Najīb probably Ḍiyāʾ al Dīn Abū l Najīb al Suhrawardī ʿAbd al Qāhir ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al Bakrī Sunnī mystic 490...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/295
Abū l-Najm (al-Naṣrānī), ibn Abī Ghālib ibn Fahd ibn Manṣūr ibn Wahb ibn Qays ibn Mālik — Names: Abū l-Najm (al-Naṣrānī), ibn Abī Ghālib ibn Fahd ibn Manṣūr ibn Wahb ibn Qays ibn MālikAbū l-Najm (al-Naṣrānī), ibn Abī Ghālib ibn Fahd ibn Manṣūr ibn Wahb ibn Qays ibn Mālik, Christian physician in DamascusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/296
Abū Naṣr ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn al-Qayrawānī — Names: Abū Naṣr ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn al-QayrawānīAbū Naṣr ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn al-Qayrawānī, kātib al-inshāʾ with the Fatimid caliph al-ʿAzīz bi-AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/297
Abū Naṣr ibn Abī Sulaymān — Names: Abū Naṣr ibn Abī SulaymānAbū Naṣr ibn Abī Sulaymān, 12th–13th-c. Christian physician of EgyptURI: https://usaybia.net/person/298

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.