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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)

ʿAmmār ibn ʿAlī al-Mawṣilī — Names: ʿAmmār ibn ʿAlī al-MawṣilīʿAmmār ibn ʿAlī al-Mawṣilī, oculist under al-ḤākimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/504
Ammonius — Names: AmmoniusAmmonius, early 6th-c. NeoplatonistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/505
Amqat — Names: AmqatAmqat, Indian physician at court of Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/506
ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ — Names: ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ, conqueror of Egypt (d. 43/ 664)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/507
ʿAmr ibn Jurmūz — Names: ʿAmr ibn JurmūzʿAmr ibn Jurmūz, killer of al-Zubayr ibn al-ʿAwwām at the Battle of the CamelURI: https://usaybia.net/person/508
ʿAmr ibn Maʿrūf — Names: ʿAmr ibn MaʿrūfʿAmr ibn Maʿrūf, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/509
ʿAbd Yashūʿ al-Jāthalīq — Names: ʿAbd Yashūʿ al-JāthalīqʿAbd Yashūʿ al-Jāthalīq, catholicos at Baghdad (ca. 360/970)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/51
ʿAmr ibn Maymūn — Names: ʿAmr ibn MaymūnʿAmr ibn Maymūn, unidentified, possible confusion with ʿAmr ibn NuhaywīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/510
ʿAmr ibn Nuhaywī — Names: ʿAmr ibn NuhaywīʿAmr ibn Nuhaywī, official under al-MaʾmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/511
ʿAmr ibn Muḥammad al-Nāqid — Names: ʿAmr ibn Muḥammad al-NāqidʿAmr ibn Muḥammad al-Nāqid, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/512
ʿAmr ibn Shaʾs — Names: ʿAmr ibn ShaʾsʿAmr ibn Shaʾs (d. after 16/637), poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/513
Amyntas — Names: AmyntasAmyntas, ancient Macedonian kingURI: https://usaybia.net/person/514
Anas ibn Mālik — Names: Anas ibn MālikAnas ibn Mālik, Companion of the Prophet, traditionistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/515
Anaxagoras — Names: AnaxagorasAnaxagoras, Pre-socratic philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/516
Anaximander — Names: AnaximanderAnaximander, early Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/517
Anaximenes — Names: AnaximenesAnaximenes, early Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/518
al-Anbārī al-Naḥwī, Kamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh Abū l-Barakāt — Names: al-Anbārī al-Naḥwī, Kamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh Abū l-Barakātal-Anbārī al-Naḥwī, Kamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh Abū l-Barakāt, grammarian (513/1119–577/1181)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/519
ʿAbdān — Names: ʿAbdānʿAbdān, student of Ibn al-ṬayyibURI: https://usaybia.net/person/52
ʿAnbasah ibn Isḥāq al-Ḍabbī — Names: ʿAnbasah ibn Isḥāq al-ḌabbīʿAnbasah ibn Isḥāq al-Ḍabbī, governor of Daybul (Sind) under al-WāthiqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/520
Ancaeus — Names: AncaeusAncaeus, maternal grandfather of PythagorasURI: https://usaybia.net/person/521
Anchialus — Names: AnchialusAnchialus, Empiricist physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/522
Andī — Names: AndīAndī, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/523
Andreas — Names: AndreasAndreas, personal physician of Ptolemy PhilopatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/524
Androcles — Names: AndroclesAndrocles, governor of Samos and fosterfather of PythagorasURI: https://usaybia.net/person/525
Andromachus the Elder — Names: Andromachus the ElderAndromachus the Elder, personal physician of NeroURI: https://usaybia.net/person/526

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.