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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)

Apollonius (? name uncertain) — Names: Apollonius (? name uncertain)Apollonius (? name uncertain), brother of Andromachus the YoungerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/546
al-Khuraymī — Names: al-Khuraymīal-Khuraymī, Abu Yaʿqūb Isḥāq ibn Ḥassān, poet (d. 214/829)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1402
Cleinias of Tarentum Names: Cleinias of TarentumCleinias of Tarentum, Pythagorean philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/676
al-Qāsim ibn ʿUbayd Allāh — Names: al-Qāsim ibn ʿUbayd Allāhal-Qāsim ibn ʿUbayd Allāh (d. 291/903–904), vizier under al-Muʿtaḍid and al-MuktafīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1868
Eusebius of Dorylaeum Names: Eusebius of DorylaeumEusebius of Dorylaeum, 5th-c. bishopURI: https://usaybia.net/person/753
Abū Thughrah, Abū l-Qāsim ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Iskāfī — Names: Abū Thughrah, Abū l-Qāsim ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-IskāfīAbū Thughrah, Abū l-Qāsim ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Iskāfī, 4th/10th-c. officialURI: https://usaybia.net/person/368
Abū Hilāl al-Ḥimṣī — Names: Abū Hilāl al-ḤimṣīHilāl ibn Abī Hilāl al-ḤimṣīAbū Hilāl al-Ḥimṣī, physician, father of Hilāl ibn Abī Hilāl al-ḤimṣīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/217
Magnus of Emesa — Names: Magnus of EmesaMagnus of Emesa, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1435
Theodorus of Athens — Names: Theodorus of AthensTheodorus of Athens, Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2212
Agamemnon — Names: AgamemnonAgamemnon, Greek king and leader of the Greeks in the Trojan WarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/412
Yūsuf al-Khūrī `or` al-Qass, Abū Yaʿqūb ibn Yūsuf ibn ʿĪsā — Names: Yūsuf al-Khūrī `or` al-Qass, Abū Yaʿqūb ibn Yūsuf ibn ʿĪsāYūsuf the TranslatorYūsuf al Khūrī `or` al Qass the priest Abū Yaʿqūb ibn Yūsuf ibn ʿĪsā known as Yūsuf the Translator the Physician and the Sleepless...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2343
Theodoretos — Names: TheodoretosTheodoretos, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2210
al-Suhrawardī — Names: al-Suhrawardīal-SuhrawardīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2140
Sālim — Names: SālimSālim, eunuch `mawlā` of Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1988
al-Muktafī — Names: al-Muktafīal-Muktafī, Abbasid caliph (`reg.` 288– 295/902–908)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1658
ʿImrān al-Isrāʾīlī — Names: ʿImrān al-IsrāʾīlīʿImrān al-Isrāʾīlī, Awḥad al-Dīn ibn Ṣadaqah, Jewish physician student of Raḍī al-Dīn al-Raḥbī (d. 637/1240)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1225
Philotimus — Names: PhilotimusPhilotimus, Dogmatist physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1826
al-Ḥasan ibn Quraysh — Names: al-Ḥasan ibn Qurayshal-Ḥasan ibn Quraysh, early 3rd/9th-c. physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/855
Ibn al-Abbār, Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Khawlānī — Names: Ibn al-Abbār, Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-KhawlānīIbn al-Abbār, Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Khawlānī, Andalusian scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/911
Ibn Qāḍī l-Yaman — Names: Ibn Qāḍī l-YamanIbn Qāḍī l-Yaman, Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar al-Kātib, poet (b. 589/1193)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1079
Almohads (`al-Muwaḥḥidūn`) — Names: Almohads (`al-Muwaḥḥidūn`)Almohads (`al-Muwaḥḥidūn`)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/485
al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Khwārazm Shāh Abū l-ʿAbbās Maʾmūn ibn Maʾmūn = Maʾmūn ⅠⅠ ibn Maʾmūn Ⅰ, Abū l-ʿAbbās — Names: al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Khwārazm Shāh Abū l-ʿAbbās Maʾmūn ibn Maʾmūn = Maʾmūn ⅠⅠ ibn Maʾmūn Ⅰ, Abū l-ʿAbbāsal Malik al ʿĀdil Khwārazm Shāh Abū l ʿAbbās Maʾmūn ibn Maʾmūn = Maʾmūn ⅠⅠ ibn Maʾmūn Ⅰ Abū l ʿAbbās `reg ` 399...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1452
al-Ṭurṭūshī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Walīd — Names: al-Ṭurṭūshī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Walīdal-Ṭurṭūshī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Walīd, jurist (451–520/1059–1127)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2247
ʿAbd Yashūʿ ibn Naṣr — Names: ʿAbd Yashūʿ ibn NaṣrʿAbd Yashūʿ ibn Naṣr, physician of al-HādīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/50
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.