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

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G?wargis  
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Similarly a search for:

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returns results which contain either "Mar" or "Mor".

"*" can be inserted as a variant for multiple characters or a truncated word.

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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)

Proclus — Names: ProclusProclus, Neoplatonist (d. 485)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1847
Cambyses — Names: CambysesCambyses, Persian Emperor, son of CyrusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/669
Ibn al-Suwaydī — Names: Ibn al-SuwaydīʿIzz al-Dīn ibn al-SuwaydīIbn al-Suwaydī, ʿIzz al-Dīn Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad, Damascene physician (d. 690/1291)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1129
al-Mustanṣir bi-Allāh (Abū Jaʿfar al-Mustanṣir al-Manṣūr ibn al-Ẓāhir) — Names: al-Mustanṣir bi-Allāh (Abū Jaʿfar al-Mustanṣir al-Manṣūr ibn al-Ẓāhir)al-Mustanṣir bi-Allāh (Abū Jaʿfar al-Mustanṣir al-Manṣūr ibn al-Ẓāhir), Abbasid caliph (`reg.` 623–640/1226–1242)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1689
Almoravids (`al-Murābiṭūn`) — Names: Almoravids (`al-Murābiṭūn`)Almoravids (`al-Murābiṭūn`)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/486
Abū l-Faḍl al-ʿĀriḍ — Names: Abū l-Faḍl al-ʿĀriḍAbū l-Faḍl al-ʿĀriḍ, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/152
Muʿāwiyah ibn Yaḥyā — Names: Muʿāwiyah ibn YaḥyāMuʿāwiyah ibn Yaḥyā, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1582
Aḥmad ibn Abī Duʾād — Names: Aḥmad ibn Abī DuʾādAḥmad ibn Abī Duʾād, 2nd/8th-c. MuʿtaziliteURI: https://usaybia.net/person/422
al-Muntaṣir bi-Allāh — Names: al-Muntaṣir bi-Allāhal-Muntaṣir bi-Allāh, eleventh Abbasid caliph (`reg.` 247–248/861–62) –URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2386
Saʿīd ibn Yaʿqūb al-Dimashqī al-Sakhāwī — Names: Saʿīd ibn Yaʿqūb al-Dimashqī al-SakhāwīSaʿīd ibn Yaʿqūb al-Dimashqī al-Sakhāwī, ʿAlam al-Dīn, grammarian and `muqriʾ`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1977
Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Rushd — Names: Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn RushdAbū Muḥammad ibn RushdAbū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Rushd, son of Ibn RushdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/277
Abū l-Faḍl — Names: Abū l-FaḍlAbū l-Faḍl, transmitter, unidentified pupil of Abū l-BarakātURI: https://usaybia.net/person/150
Saʿīd ibn Ghālib — Names: Saʿīd ibn GhālibAbū ʿUthmān Saʿīd ibn GhālibSaʿīd ibn Ghālib, son of Ghālib the physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1967
Ibn al-Habbāriyyah — Names: Ibn al-HabbāriyyahIbn al-Habbāriyyah, al-Sharīf Abū Yaʿlā Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ, poet (d. 504/1110– 1111 `or` 509/1116)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/984
Ibn al-Aṣamm — Names: Ibn al-AṣammIbn al-AṣammURI: https://usaybia.net/person/937
Ibn Bassām — Names: Ibn BassāmIbn Bassām, 3rd/9th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/952
Qiwām al-Dīn Ṣāʿid al-Muhannā — Names: Qiwām al-Dīn Ṣāʿid al-MuhannāQiwām al-Dīn Ṣāʿid al-MuhannāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1878
Abū l-Qāsim ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Sulaymān — Names: Abū l-Qāsim ʿUbayd Allāh ibn SulaymānAbū l-Qāsim ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Sulaymān, member of the Banū Wahb family of viziers (d. 288/901)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/326
Zankal — Names: ZankalZankal, Indian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2358
Zarathustra (Zarādusht) — Names: Zarathustra (Zarādusht)Zarathustra (Zarādusht)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2360
Ibn al-Milḥī — Names: Ibn al-MilḥīIbn al-Milḥī, Abū l-Faḍl, poet (6th/12th c.)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1050
al-Azdī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Abū l-Muṭahhar — Names: al-Azdī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Abū l-Muṭahharal-Azdī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Abū l-Muṭahhar, 4th–5th/10th–11th-c. authorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/597
Dioscorides the Younger — Names: Dioscorides the YoungerDioscorides the Younger, 2nd-c. AⅮ grammarianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/722
Ṣafī al-Dīn Khalīl ibn Abī l-Faḍl ibn Manṣūr al-Tanūkhī — Names: Ṣafī al-Dīn Khalīl ibn Abī l-Faḍl ibn Manṣūr al-TanūkhīṢafī al-Dīn Khalīl ibn Abī l-Faḍl ibn Manṣūr al-Tanūkhī, `kātib` of LatakiyahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1953
Amqat — Names: AmqatAmqat, Indian physician at court of Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/506

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.