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Given the prevalence of variant spellings in names, using Wildcard Characters may help.

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G?wargis  
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Similarly a search for:

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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)

Abū l-Qāsim ibn Manẓūr — Names: Abū l-Qāsim ibn ManẓūrAbū l-Qāsim ibn Manẓūr, chief qadi of SevilleURI: https://usaybia.net/person/319
Marwān ibn al-Ḥakam — Names: Marwān ibn al-ḤakamMarwān ibn al-Ḥakam, Umayyad caliph (`reg.` 646–645/684–5)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1521
ʿĪsā ibn al-Biṭrīq — Names: ʿĪsā ibn al-BiṭrīqʿĪsā ibn al-Biṭrīq, Christian physician, brother of Saʿīd ibn al-BiṭrīqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1239
Ibn Sadīr — Names: Ibn SadīrIbn Sadīr, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh, physician (d. 6060/1210)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1101
al-Maʿarrī, Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sulaymān — Names: al-Maʿarrī, Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sulaymānal-Maʿarrī, Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sulaymān, Syrian poet and prose writer (d. 449/1057)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1428
Asad al-Dīn — Names: Asad al-DīnAsad al-Dīn, known as Shīrkūh, one of the last viziers of Fatimid Egypt (d. 564/1169)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/571
Tādurā al-Usquf (Tādurī the Bishop), Theodore of Karkh Guddan — Names: Tādurā al-Usquf (Tādurī the Bishop), Theodore of Karkh GuddanTādurā al-usquf (Theodore the Bishop)Tādurā al-Usquf (Tādurī the Bishop), Theodore of Karkh Guddan, patron of letters, associate of Sergius of Rēsh ʿAynāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2170
Abū Naṣr al-Saʿdī — Names: Abū Naṣr al-SaʿdīAbū Naṣr al-Saʿdī, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/304
Pherecydes of Syrus — Names: Pherecydes of SyrusPherecydes of Syrus, early cosmologist, teacher of PythagorasURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1817
ʿAḍud al-Dawlah, Abū Shujāʿ Fannā Khusraw — Names: ʿAḍud al-Dawlah, Abū Shujāʿ Fannā KhusrawʿAḍud al-Dawlah, Abū Shujāʿ Fannā Khusraw, Būyid emir (d. 372/983)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/401
Ibn al-Dubaythī al-Wāsiṭī — Names: Ibn al-Dubaythī al-WāsiṭīIbn al-Dubaythī al-Wāsiṭī, al-Ḥāfiẓ Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd ibn Yaḥyā, historian (d. 637/1239)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/972
Ibn Saʿādah — Names: Ibn SaʿādahIbn Saʿādah, Abū Zakariyyā Yahūdhā, 11th-c. Jewish Egyptian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1097
al-Māwardī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb — Names: al-Māwardī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥabībal-Māwardī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb, Shāfiʿite jurist (d. 450/1058)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1546
Diogenes — Names: DiogenesDiogenes, nutritionist of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/716
Sahl al-Kawsaj (Sahl the Beardless) — Names: Sahl al-Kawsaj (Sahl the Beardless)Sahl al-KawsajSahl al-Kawsaj (Sahl the Beardless), early 3rd/9th-c. physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1955
Abū ʿUbayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām al-Baghdādī — Names: Abū ʿUbayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām al-BaghdādīAbū ʿUbayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām al-Baghdādī, 8th-c. grammarian and Qurʾanic scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/373
Muḥammad al-Shajjār — Names: Muḥammad al-ShajjārMuḥammad al-Shajjār, one of the Andalusī translators of `De Materia Medica`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1644
Archigenes — Names: ArchigenesArchigenes, friend of SocratesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/555
Gayōmart — Names: GayōmartGayōmart, grandfather of Hermes in Persian tradition, identified with AdamURI: https://usaybia.net/person/789
Abū l-Bayān ibn al-Mudawwar — Names: Abū l-Bayān ibn al-MudawwarAbū l-Bayān ibn al-Mudawwar, Karaite Jewish physician of Egypt with the honorific name of al-Sadīd (the Well-Guided)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/142
Abū ʿĪsā Aḥmad ibn Hārūn — Names: Abū ʿĪsā Aḥmad ibn HārūnAbū ʿĪsā Aḥmad ibn Hārūn, brother of al-MaʾmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/229
Abū Jaʿfar ibn Hārūn al-Turjālī — Names: Abū Jaʿfar ibn Hārūn al-TurjālīAbū Jaʿfar ibn Hārūn al-Turjālī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/242
ʿAbd Allāh Ⅰ — Names: ʿAbd Allāh ⅠʿAbd Allāh Ⅰ, seventh emir of CordovaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/9
Ibn al-Muʿtazz — Names: Ibn al-MuʿtazzIbn al-Muʿtazz, ʿAbd Allāh, Abbasid prince and poet (d. 296/908)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1069
al-Muqbilī, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf — Names: al-Muqbilī, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Yūsufal-Muqbilīal-Muqbilī, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, Iraqi physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1665

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.