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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.

Results (2415)

Yazīd ibn Mazyad — Names: Yazīd ibn MazyadYazīd ibn Mazyad, chieftain of Zāʾidah clanURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2316
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
Ibn al-Nabbāsh — Names: Ibn al-NabbāshIbn al-Nabbāsh, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ḥāmid al-Bijāʾī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1072
ʿAbbād ibn ʿAbbās — Names: ʿAbbād ibn ʿAbbāsʿAbbād ibn ʿAbbās, unidentified physician, addressee of Ibn Mandawayh al-IṣfahānīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1
Jaʿfar ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣaqlabī — Names: Jaʿfar ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-ṢaqlabīJaʿfar ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣaqlabī, chamberlain of al-Ḥakam ⅠⅠURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1300
Ibn Jumayʿ `or` Ibn Jamīʿ — Names: Ibn Jumayʿ `or` Ibn JamīʿIbn JumayʿIbn Jumayʿ `or` Ibn Jamīʿ Al Shaykh al Muwaffaq Shams al Riyāsah Abū l ʿAshāʾir Hibat Allāh ibn Zayn ibn Ḥasan ibn Ifrāʾīm ibn...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1017
Ibn al-Bawwāb — Names: Ibn al-BawwābIbn al-Bawwāb, famous calligrapher (d. 413/1022)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/954
Shams al-Dīn al-Kutubī — Names: Shams al-Dīn al-KutubīShams al-Dīn al-Kutubī, transmitter known as al-KhawātīmīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2054
al-Malik al-Ankūr — Names: al-Malik al-Ankūral-Malik al-Ankūr, probably = (Malik) al-Inkitār (‘(King of) l’Angleterre’), name of Richard ⅠURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1458
Aulinus — Names: AulinusAulinus, physician of late antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/588
Amenophis — Names: AmenophisAmenophis, mythical Greek kingURI: https://usaybia.net/person/491
al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Ayyūb — Names: al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Ayyūbal-Malik al-ʿĀdil Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Ayyūb, known as Sayf al-Dīn, brother and successor of Saladin (d. 615/1218)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1451
Ibn al-Rāwandī — Names: Ibn al-RāwandīIbn al Rāwandī Abū l Ḥusayn Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā b Isḥāq b start 3rd 9th c follower then critic of Muʿtazilism and the prophecy...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1092
al-Malik al-Manṣūr ʿIzz al-Dīn Taqī al-Dīn Abū Saʿīd Farrukh Shāh Dāwūd — Names: al-Malik al-Manṣūr ʿIzz al-Dīn Taqī al-Dīn Abū Saʿīd Farrukh Shāh Dāwūdal-Malik al-Manṣūr ʿIzz al-Dīn Taqī al-Dīn Abū Saʿīd Farrukh Shāh Dāwūd, Ayyubid ruler of Baalbek and DamascusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1474
Archytas — Names: ArchytasArchytas, philosopher of TarentumURI: https://usaybia.net/person/558
al-Samarqandī, Najīb al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar — Names: al-Samarqandī, Najīb al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿUmarNajīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandīal-Samarqandī, Najīb al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar, physician in HeratURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1998
ʿAlī [ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sīnā] — Names: ʿAlī [ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sīnā]ʿAlī [ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sīnā], brother of `the` Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/464
Abū Saʿīd Mujīr al-Dīn Abaq Atabeg Ṭughtakīn — Names: Abū Saʿīd Mujīr al-Dīn Abaq Atabeg ṬughtakīnAbū Saʿīd Mujīr al-Dīn Abaq Atabeg Ṭughtakīn, Būrid ruler of Damascus (d. 564/1169)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/340
Ibn Manẓūr — Names: Ibn ManẓūrIbn Manẓūr Abū l Qāsim Aḥmad ibn al Qāḍī Abī Bakr Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al Qaysī al Mālikī al Ishbīlī chief qadi...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1041
Verus — Names: VerusVerus, Lucius, 2nd-c. Roman emperorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2279
Sulaymān — Names: SulaymānSulaymān, Solomon son of DavidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2146
ʿĪsā — Names: ʿĪsāʿĪsā, a boy, subject of an epigramURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1231
Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ — Names: Ibn al-MuqaffaʿIbn al-Muqaffaʿ, ʿAbd Allāh, translator of `Kalīlah wa-Dimnah` (d. ca. 137/755)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1064
Sābūr Dhū l-Aktāf, Shāpūr ⅠⅠ — Names: Sābūr Dhū l-Aktāf, Shāpūr ⅠⅠSābūr Dhū l-Aktāf, Shāpūr ⅠⅠ (`reg.` 309–379), Persian King of KingsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1933
al-Ḥarīsh — Names: al-Ḥarīshal-Ḥarīsh, physician at the court of the caliph al-Muʿtaṣim (active 221/836)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/826

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.