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"?" can be inserted as a variant for any single character.

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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.

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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)

Ibn Durayd — Names: Ibn DuraydIbn Durayd, grammarian (d. 321/933)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/974
Aristoxenus — Names: AristoxenusAristoxenus, pupil of AristotleURI: https://usaybia.net/person/566
Jūrjis ibn Mīkhāʾīl — Names: Jūrjis ibn MīkhāʾīlJūrjis ibn MīkhāʾīlURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1354
Timothy Ⅰ Names: Timothy ⅠTimothy Ⅰ, patriarch of the Church of the East, 780–823URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2236
Themison of Laodicea Names: Themison of LaodiceaThemison of Laodicea, founder of the Methodist school of medicineURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2204
Abū Jābir al-Maghribī — Names: Abū Jābir al-MaghribīAbū Jābir al-Maghribī, unidentified author quoted by Ibn al-MuṭrānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2397
Praxitela — Names: PraxitelaPraxitela, mother of HippocratesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1845
al-Manṣūr ibn Ismāʿīl [ibn Khāqān] — Names: al-Manṣūr ibn Ismāʿīl [ibn Khāqān]al-Manṣūr ibn Ismāʿīl [ibn Khāqān], ‘Governor of Khorasan and Transoxiana’ to whom ⅠAU (apparently in error) says al-Rāzī dedicated his book `al-Manṣūrī`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1506
Abū Manṣūr Buwayh (`or` Būyah) ibn Bahāʾ al-Dawlah — Names: Abū Manṣūr Buwayh (`or` Būyah) ibn Bahāʾ al-DawlahAbū Manṣūr Buwayh (`or` Būyah) ibn Bahāʾ al-Dawlah, emir of emirs, Būyid dynastyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/265
ʿĪsā ibn Ḥakam al-Dimashqī — Names: ʿĪsā ibn Ḥakam al-DimashqīʿĪsā ibn Ḥakam al-Dimashqī, known as MasīḥURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1240
Abū Bishr Mattā ibn Yūnān (`or` Yūnus) — Names: Abū Bishr Mattā ibn Yūnān (`or` Yūnus)Mattā ibn YūnānAbū Bishr Mattā ibn Yūnān (`or` Yūnus), Christian Aristotelian translator (d. 328/940)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/145
Timarchus — Names: TimarchusTimarchus, friend of AristotleURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2233
Ibn Munqidh — Names: Ibn MunqidhIbn Munqidh, ʿAḍud al-Dīn (`or` ʿAḍud al-Dawlah) Abū l-Fawāris Murhaf ibn Usāmah (d. 613/1216), poet, son of Usāmah ibn MunqidhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1062
al-Raḍī al-Qazwīnī — Names: al-Raḍī al-Qazwīnīal-Raḍī al-Qazwīnī (?= Raḍī al-Dīn Abū al-Khayr Aḥmad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Ṭāliqānī) (d. 590/1194), teacher of dialectic and exegesisURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1898
Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Khalaf ibn ʿAsākir al-Dārimī — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Khalaf ibn ʿAsākir al-DārimīAbū l-Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Khalaf ibn ʿAsākir al-Dārimī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/191
Alexander of Tralles — Names: Alexander of TrallesAlexander of Tralles, physician of late antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/457
Muḥammad ibn Thawāb — Names: Muḥammad ibn ThawābMuḥammad ibn Thawāb al-MawṣilīMuḥammad ibn Thawāb, known as Abū l-Thallāj (?Abū l-Falāḥ), Iraqi physician, disciple of Ibn Abī l-AshʿathURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1638
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad — Names: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn AḥmadAbū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, brother of the qadi Abū Marwān al-BājīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/76
al-Ḥārith ibn Buskhunnār — Names: al-Ḥārith ibn Buskhunnāral-Ḥārith ibn Buskhunnār, Khorasanian prince (141/758–759)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/829
Eugenianus — Names: EugenianusEugenianus, dedicatee of GalenURI: https://usaybia.net/person/747
Ibn Qamāniṣ al-Hindī — Names: Ibn Qamāniṣ al-HindīIbn Qamāniṣ al-Hindī, unidentified Indian kingURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1080
al-Ḥāfiẓ li-Dīn Allāh (Abū l-Maymūn ʿAbd al-Majīd ibn al-Amīr Abī l-Qāsim Muḥammad ibn al-Imām al-Mustanṣir bi-Allāh) — Names: al-Ḥāfiẓ li-Dīn Allāh (Abū l-Maymūn ʿAbd al-Majīd ibn al-Amīr Abī l-Qāsim Muḥammad ibn al-Imām al-Mustanṣir bi-Allāh)al Ḥāfiẓ li Dīn Allāh Abū l Maymūn ʿAbd al Majīd ibn al Amīr Abī l Qāsim Muḥammad ibn al Imām al Mustanṣir bi...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/809
Ibn Samajūn — Names: Ibn SamajūnIbn Samajūn, Abū Bakr Ḥāmid, author of a `K. al-`adwiyah `al-`mufradahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1111
al-Mutanabbī, Abū l-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Juʿfī — Names: al-Mutanabbī, Abū l-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Juʿfīal-Mutanabbī, Abū l-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Juʿfī, poet (d. 354/965)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1698
ʿAbd al-Munʿim ibn ʿAbd al-Munʿim — Names: ʿAbd al-Munʿim ibn ʿAbd al-MunʿimʿAbd al-Munʿim ibn ʿAbd al-Munʿim, son of al-Jilyānī, oculistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/38

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.