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G?wargis  
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Similarly 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

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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)

Agamemnon — Names: AgamemnonAgamemnon, Greek king and leader of the Greeks in the Trojan WarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/412
Agapius (Maḥbūb ibn Quṣṭanṭīn) — Names: Agapius (Maḥbūb ibn Quṣṭanṭīn)Agapius (Maḥbūb ibn Quṣṭanṭīn), 10th-c. bishop of Manbij and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/413
Agathias of Anazarbus — Names: Agathias of AnazarbusAgathias of Anazarbus, Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/414
Agathinus — Names: AgathinusAgathinus, 1st-c. physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/415
Agathodaemon — Names: AgathodaemonAgathodaemon, Greco-Egyptian god, expert on the occult in the Arabic traditionURI: https://usaybia.net/person/416
Agathon — Names: AgathonAgathon, metropolitan at al-ShawbakURI: https://usaybia.net/person/417
Aḥmad al-Ḥājib — Names: Aḥmad al-ḤājibAḥmad al-Ḥājib, possibly Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn al-Furāt (d. 312/924)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/419
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Khālid ibn al-Walīd — Names: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Khālid ibn al-WalīdʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Khālid ibn al-Walīd, son of commander Khālid ibn al-WalīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/42
Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Bakhtārī — Names: Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm al-BakhtārīAḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Bakhtārī, great-grandson of Ibn al-BakhtārīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/420
Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf — Names: Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn YūsufAḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf, brother of Ibn (al-)Shibl al-BaghdādīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/421
Aḥmad ibn Abī Duʾād — Names: Aḥmad ibn Abī DuʾādAḥmad ibn Abī Duʾād, 2nd/8th-c. MuʿtaziliteURI: https://usaybia.net/person/422
Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb — Names: Aḥmad ibn Abī YaʿqūbAḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb, Abbasid clientURI: https://usaybia.net/person/423
Aḥmad ibn Badr al-Wāsiṭī — Names: Aḥmad ibn Badr al-WāsiṭīAḥmad ibn Badr al-Wāsiṭī, transmitter (perhaps = Ibn al-Wāsiṭī, q.v.)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/424
Aḥmad ibn Ḥakīm ibn Ḥafṣūn — Names: Aḥmad ibn Ḥakīm ibn ḤafṣūnAḥmad ibn Ḥakīm ibn Ḥafṣūn, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/425
Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥārith al-Ḥazzāz — Names: Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥārith al-ḤazzāzAḥmad ibn al-Ḥārith al-Ḥazzāz, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/426
Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Zayd ibn Fuḍālah al-Baladī — Names: Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Zayd ibn Fuḍālah al-BaladīAḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Zayd ibn Fuḍālah al-BaladīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/427
Aḥmad ibn Ilyās al-Qāʾid — Names: Aḥmad ibn Ilyās al-QāʾidAḥmad ibn Ilyās al-Qāʾid, governor of CordovaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/428
Aḥmad ibn ʿĪsā — Names: Aḥmad ibn ʿĪsāAḥmad ibn ʿĪsā, `ṣāḥib al-madīnah` in CordovaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/429
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ⅠⅠⅠ al-Nāṣir — Names: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ⅠⅠⅠ al-NāṣirʿAbd al-Raḥmān ⅠⅠⅠ al-Nāṣir, Umayyad ruler of al-Andalus (d. 350/961)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/43
Aḥmad ibn ʿĪsā ibn Shaykh — Names: Aḥmad ibn ʿĪsā ibn ShaykhAḥmad ibn ʿĪsā ibn ShaykhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/430
Aḥmad ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Aḥmad — Names: Aḥmad ibn Ismāʿīl ibn AḥmadAḥmad ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Aḥmad (`reg.` 295– 301/907–914), Samanid emirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/431
Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā al-Baladī, Abū l-ʿAbbās — Names: Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā al-Baladī, Abū l-ʿAbbāsAḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-BaladīAḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā al-Baladī, Abū l-ʿAbbāsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/432
Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Khurāsānī — Names: Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-KhurāsānīAḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Khurāsānī, addressee of a treatise by al-KindīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/433
Aḥmad ibn al-Muʿtaṣim, Abū l-ʿAbbās — Names: Aḥmad ibn al-Muʿtaṣim, Abū l-ʿAbbāsAḥmad ibn al-Muʿtaṣim, Abū l-ʿAbbās, Abbasid prince and patron of al-KindīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/434
Aḥmad ibn Rashīd — Names: Aḥmad ibn RashīdAḥmad ibn Rashīd, `mawlā` of Sallām al-AbrashURI: https://usaybia.net/person/435

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.