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G?wargis  
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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)

ʿAmr ibn Shaʾs — Names: ʿAmr ibn ShaʾsʿAmr ibn Shaʾs (d. after 16/637), poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/513
Qarāṭīs — Names: QarāṭīsQarāṭīs, head wife or concubine of the physician Yūḥannā ibn MāsawayhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1867
Ibn Wāfid — Names: Ibn WāfidIbn Wāfid, ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm, author of a `K. al-` adwiyah `al-`mufradah (d. 460/1068)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1162
ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mūsā — Names: ʿAbd Allāh ibn MūsāʿAbd Allāh ibn Mūsā, son of al-HādīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/23
al-Jarīrī — Names: al-Jarīrīal-Jarīrī, Muʿāfā ibn Zakariyyā, littérateur (d. 390/1000)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1326
Saʿdūn — Names: SaʿdūnSaʿdūn, brother of Dānīl, brother-in-law of Saʿīd ibn Ghālib, physician to al-MuʿtaḍidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2441
Yūsuf, Joseph — Names: Yūsuf, JosephYūsuf, JosephURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2330
Acratus ‘the musician’ — Names: Acratus ‘the musician’Acratus ‘the musician’, Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/396
Abū Bakr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥārith ibn Hishām — Names: Abū Bakr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥārith ibn HishāmAbū Bakr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥārith ibn Hishām, prominent jurist and traditionistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/125
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd — Names: Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿUbaydAbū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd, patron of Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/133
Ibn Uthrudī — Names: Ibn UthrudīSaʿīd ibn UthrudīIbn Uthrudī, Abū l-Ghanāʾim Saʿīd ibn ʿAlī ibn Hibat Allāh, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1157
Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn — Names: Isḥāq ibn ḤunaynIsḥāq ibn Ḥunayn, translator of Greek philosophy, author of `Taʾrīkh al-aṭibbāʾ`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1258
Sharaf al-Zamān al-Mābarsāmī — Names: Sharaf al-Zamān al-MābarsāmīSharaf al-Zamān al-MābarsāmīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2071
Abū Bakr ibn Qārin al-Rāzī — Names: Abū Bakr ibn Qārin al-RāzīAbū Bakr ibn Qārin al-Rāzī, physician, student of al-RāzīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/127
Khālid ibn al-Muhājir ibn Khālid ibn al-Walīd — Names: Khālid ibn al-Muhājir ibn Khālid ibn al-WalīdKhālid ibn al-Muhājir ibn Khālid ibn al-Walīd, nobleman under MuʿāwiyahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1380
Aḥmad ibn Ṭūlūn — Names: Aḥmad ibn ṬūlūnAḥmad ibn Ṭūlūn, Turkish governor of Egypt, founder of the Ṭūlūnid dynasty (220/835– 270/884)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/437
ʿAlī ibn al-Jahm — Names: ʿAlī ibn al-JahmʿAlī ibn al-Jahm, poet active mainly in Baghdad (d. 249/863)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/475
Barak the Judge — Names: Barak the JudgeBarak the Judge, ancient Hebrew heroURI: https://usaybia.net/person/635
Muḥammad ibn Abī l-Faḍl al-Ṭūsī — Names: Muḥammad ibn Abī l-Faḍl al-ṬūsīMuḥammad ibn Abī l-Faḍl al-Ṭūsī, governor of ṬūsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1610
Yūsuf ibn Ṣalībā — Names: Yūsuf ibn ṢalībāYūsuf ibn Ṣalībā, physician accompanying Abū DulafURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2339
al-Kindī al-Naḥwī, Tāj al-Dīn Abū l-Yumn Zayd ibn al-Ḥasan — Names: al-Kindī al-Naḥwī, Tāj al-Dīn Abū l-Yumn Zayd ibn al-Ḥasanal-Kindī al-Naḥwī, Tāj al-Dīn Abū l-Yumn Zayd ibn al-Ḥasan, grammarian and teacher of literary sciences (d. 613/1217)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1409
Saʿīd ibn al-Biṭrīq (Eutychius) — Names: Saʿīd ibn al-Biṭrīq (Eutychius)Saʿīd ibn al Biṭrīq Eutychius physician patriarch of Alexandria historian author of `K al tārīkh al majmūʿ alā l taḥqīq wa l taṣdīq` `Naẓm...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1965
Ibn Muhājir — Names: Ibn MuhājirIbn Muhājir, founder of law-college in MosulURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1056
ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbās (commonly Ibn ʿAbbās) — Names: ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbās (commonly Ibn ʿAbbās)ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbās (commonly Ibn ʿAbbās), 1st/7th-c. Qurʾanic exegete, eponymous ancestor of the Abbasid caliphsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/13
Abū l-ʿAbbās ibn Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq al-Kindī — Names: Abū l-ʿAbbās ibn Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq al-KindīAbū l-ʿAbbās ibn Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq al-Kindī, son of al-KindīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/62

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.