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"ʿAbdishoʿ I"  
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"Jacob+Bishop"~2  
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Results (2415)

ʿAlī ibn Wāhsūdhān — Names: ʿAlī ibn WāhsūdhānʿAlī ibn Wāhsūdhān the Daylamite (d. after 304/917), governor of RayyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/482
ʿAlī ibn Yaḥyā — Names: ʿAlī ibn YaḥyāʿAlī ibn Yaḥyā, known as Ibn al-MunajjimʿAlī ibn Yaḥyā, known as Ibn al-Munajjim, secretary, companion of al-Maʾmūn, patron of Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/483
ʿAlī ibn Yūsuf ibn Tāshufīn — Names: ʿAlī ibn Yūsuf ibn TāshufīnʿAlī ibn Yūsuf ibn Tāshufīn, Almoravid ruler (reg. 500–537/1107–1142)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/484
Almohads (`al-Muwaḥḥidūn`) — Names: Almohads (`al-Muwaḥḥidūn`)Almohads (`al-Muwaḥḥidūn`)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/485
Almoravids (`al-Murābiṭūn`) — Names: Almoravids (`al-Murābiṭūn`)Almoravids (`al-Murābiṭūn`)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/486
Amalric (King Mārī; al-Malik Mārī) — Names: Amalric (King Mārī; al-Malik Mārī)Amalric (King Mārī; al-Malik Mārī), Amalric Ⅰ of Jerusalem (`reg.` 558–569 /1162–1174)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/487
Amasis — Names: AmasisAmasis, Egyptian pharaohURI: https://usaybia.net/person/488
Amat al-ʿAzīz — Names: Amat al-ʿAzīzAmat al-ʿAzīz, favourite slave of al-Hādī, to whom she bore eight childrenURI: https://usaybia.net/person/489
ʿAbd Yashūʿ ibn Bahrīr — Names: ʿAbd Yashūʿ ibn BahrīrʿAbd Yashūʿ ibn Bahrīr, translator associate of Jibrīl ibn BukhtīshūʿURI: https://usaybia.net/person/49
Ambracis — Names: AmbracisAmbracis, maidservant of AristotleURI: https://usaybia.net/person/490
Amenophis — Names: AmenophisAmenophis, mythical Greek kingURI: https://usaybia.net/person/491
al-ʿAmīd — Names: al-ʿAmīdal-ʿAmīd, vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/492
al-ʿAmīdī, Rukn al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Samarqandī — Names: al-ʿAmīdī, Rukn al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Samarqandīal-ʿAmīdī, Rukn al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Samarqandī, Ḥanafī jurist at Bukhārā (d. 615/1218)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/493
al-Āmidī, Sayf al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Abī ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Sālim al-Taghlibī al-Āmidī — Names: al-Āmidī, Sayf al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Abī ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Sālim al-Taghlibī al-ĀmidīSayf al-Dīn al-Āmidīal Āmidī Sayf al Dīn Abū l Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Abī ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Sālim al Taghlibī al Āmidī theologian and philosopher d...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/494
al-Amīn, Muḥammad — Names: al-Amīn, Muḥammadal-Amīn, Muḥammad, caliph (`reg.` 193– 198/809–13)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/495
Amīn al-Dawlah Abū l-Fatḥ ibn Abī l-Najm — Names: Amīn al-Dawlah Abū l-Fatḥ ibn Abī l-NajmAmīn al-Dawlah Abū l-Fatḥ ibn Abī l-Najm, Christian PhysicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/496
Amīn al-Dawlah Abū l-Ḥasan ibn Ghazāl ibn Abī Saʿīd — Names: Amīn al-Dawlah Abū l-Ḥasan ibn Ghazāl ibn Abī SaʿīdAmīn al-DawlahAmīn al-Dawlah Abū l-Ḥasan ibn Ghazāl ibn Abī Saʿīd, vizier and physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/497
Amīn al-Dīn Jaʿfar — Names: Amīn al-Dīn JaʿfarAmīn al-Dīn Jaʿfar, muezzin for Al-Malik al-Kāmil, patient of Abū ḤulayqahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/498
al-Āmir bi-Aḥkām Allāh (Abū ʿAlī al-Manṣūr ibn Abī l-Qāsim Aḥmad al-Mustaʿlī biAllāh ibn al-Mustanṣir) — Names: al-Āmir bi-Aḥkām Allāh (Abū ʿAlī al-Manṣūr ibn Abī l-Qāsim Aḥmad al-Mustaʿlī biAllāh ibn al-Mustanṣir)al Āmir bi Aḥkām Allāh Abū ʿAlī al Manṣūr ibn Abī l Qāsim Aḥmad al Mustaʿlī biAllāh ibn al Mustanṣir tenth Fatimid caliph d...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/499
al-ʿAbbās ibn al-Maʾmūn — Names: al-ʿAbbās ibn al-Maʾmūnal-ʿAbbās ibn al-Maʾmūn, household of al-Muʿtaṣim (ca. 221/836)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/5
ʿAbd Yashūʿ ibn Naṣr — Names: ʿAbd Yashūʿ ibn NaṣrʿAbd Yashūʿ ibn Naṣr, physician of al-HādīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/50
ʿĀmir ibn Ṣaʿṣaʿah — Names: ʿĀmir ibn ṢaʿṣaʿahʿĀmir ibn Ṣaʿṣaʿah, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/500
ʿĀmir ibn Sharāḥīl al-Shaʿbī — Names: ʿĀmir ibn Sharāḥīl al-ShaʿbīʿĀmir ibn Sharāḥīl al-Shaʿbī, early `muḥaddith` and legal expertURI: https://usaybia.net/person/501
al-ʿĀmirī, Abū l-Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf — Names: al-ʿĀmirī, Abū l-Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Yūsufal-ʿĀmirī, Abū l-Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf (d. 381/992), philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/502
ʿAmmār Dhū Kubār — Names: ʿAmmār Dhū KubārʿAmmār Dhū Kubār (`recte` Kināz), early 2nd/8th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/503

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.