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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)

Aḥmad ibn Saʿd — Names: Aḥmad ibn SaʿdAḥmad ibn Saʿd, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/436
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
Aḥmad ibn Waṣīf al-Ṣābiʾ — Names: Aḥmad ibn Waṣīf al-ṢābiʾAḥmad ibn Waṣīf al-ṢābiʾURI: https://usaybia.net/person/438
Aḥmad ibn Yūnus al-Ḥarrānī see al-Ḥarrānī, Aḥmad ibn Yūnus Ahrun ibn Aʿyan — Names: Aḥmad ibn Yūnus al-Ḥarrānī see al-Ḥarrānī, Aḥmad ibn Yūnus Ahrun ibn AʿyanAḥmad ibn Yūnus al-Ḥarrānī see al-Ḥarrānī, Aḥmad ibn Yūnus Ahrun ibn Aʿyan, 6th-c. author of a medical compendiumURI: https://usaybia.net/person/439
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khāqān — Names: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yaḥyā ibn KhāqānʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khāqān (d. 262/875–876), brother of the vizier ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khāqān AⅠⅠ.URI: https://usaybia.net/person/44
ʿĀʾishah — Names: ʿĀʾishahʿĀʾishah, wife of MuḥammadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/440
al-Ajall al-Murtaḍā,? = al-Sharīf al-Murtaḍā — Names: al-Ajall al-Murtaḍā,? = al-Sharīf al-Murtaḍāal-Ajall al-Murtaḍā,? = al-Sharīf al-Murtaḍā (d. 436/1044)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/441
Ajax — Names: AjaxAjax, legendary ancient Greek heroURI: https://usaybia.net/person/442
al-Akhṭal, Ghiyāth ibn Ghawth — Names: al-Akhṭal, Ghiyāth ibn Ghawthal-Akhṭal, Ghiyāth ibn Ghawth, Umayyad poet (d. ca. 92/710)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/443
Akhū l-Sayyidah — Names: Akhū l-SayyidahAkhū l-Sayyidah, metropolitan (`al-muṭrān`) in Cairo 380/991 [Arsenius, later Patriarch of Alexandria; d. 400/1000]URI: https://usaybia.net/person/444
Akhzam — Names: AkhzamAkhzam, son of a poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/445
ʿAlāʾ al-Dawlah, Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Dushmanziyār — Names: ʿAlāʾ al-Dawlah, Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn DushmanziyārʿAlāʾ al-Dawlah, Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Dushmanziyār (d. 433/1041–1042), Kākūyid ruler of the Jibāl regionURI: https://usaybia.net/person/446
ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Kayqubādh — Names: ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn KayqubādhʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Kayqubādh, Seljuq sultan of Rūm (`reg.` 616–634/1219–1237)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/447
ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Tekish Khwārazm Shāh — Names: ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Tekish Khwārazm ShāhʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Tekish Khwārazm Shāh, ruler of the Khwārazm-Shāh dynasty (`reg.` 596–617/1200–1229)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/448
ʿAlāʾ al-Mulk al-Alawī — Names: ʿAlāʾ al-Mulk al-AlawīʿAlāʾ al-Mulk al-Alawī, vizier under Sultan Khwārazm ShāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/449
ʿAbd al-Ṣamad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbās — Names: ʿAbd al-Ṣamad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbāsʿAbd al-Ṣamad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbās, brother of ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbāsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/45
ʿAlam al-Dīn Abū Naṣr — Names: ʿAlam al-Dīn Abū NaṣrʿAlam al-Dīn Abū Naṣr, brother of Muhadhdhab al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Abī Ḥulayqah, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/450
al-ʿAlawī — Names: al-ʿAlawīal-ʿAlawī, patron of Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/451
Albinus — Names: AlbinusAlbinus, Platonist and teacher of GalenURI: https://usaybia.net/person/452
Alexander of Aphrodisias — Names: Alexander of AphrodisiasAlexander of Aphrodisias, 3rd-c. Aristotelian philosopher (confused with Alexander of Damascus)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/453
Alexander of Damascus — Names: Alexander of DamascusAlexander of Damascus, Aristotelian philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/455
Alexander the Great — Names: Alexander the GreatAlexander the Great, Macedonian kingURI: https://usaybia.net/person/456
Alexander of Tralles — Names: Alexander of TrallesAlexander of Tralles, physician of late antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/457
Alexandrians — Names: AlexandriansAlexandrians, late-antique physicians responsible for systematizing and summarizing Galen (curriculum of the Sixteen Books of Galen)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/458
Alfonso ⅠⅠ — Names: Alfonso ⅠⅠAlfonso ⅠⅠ, king of PortugalURI: https://usaybia.net/person/459

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.