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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)

al-Masīḥī Maslamah — Names: al-Masīḥī Maslamahal-Masīḥī Maslamah, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1536
ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz — Names: ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīzʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, eighth Umayyad caliph (`reg.` 99–101/717–720)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2258
Rufus of Ephesus — Names: Rufus of EphesusRufus of Ephesus, Greek physician (active 100)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1926
Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf — Names: Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥajjāj ibn YūsufMuḥammad ibn al-Ḥajjāj ibn YūsufURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1617
ʿĪsā ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā ibn Dāwūd ibn al-Jarrāḥ — Names: ʿĪsā ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā ibn Dāwūd ibn al-JarrāḥʿĪsā ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā ibn Dāwūd ibn al-Jarrāḥ, Abū l-Qāsim, poet (d. 391/1001)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1238
Masrūr — Names: MasrūrMasrūr, `ghulām` of al-MuʿtaḍidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1537
al-ʿAḍud ibn Munqidh, ʿAḍud al-Dīn [`or` ʿAḍud al-Dawlah] Abū l-Fawāris Murhaf ibn Usāmah — Names: al-ʿAḍud ibn Munqidh, ʿAḍud al-Dīn [`or` ʿAḍud al-Dawlah] Abū l-Fawāris Murhaf ibn Usāmahal-ʿAḍud ibn Munqidh, ʿAḍud al-Dīn [`or` ʿAḍud al-Dawlah] Abū l-Fawāris Murhaf ibn Usāmah (d. 613/1216), son of Usāmah ibn MunqidhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/403
Abū l-Jawāʾiz al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-Wāsiṭī — Names: Abū l-Jawāʾiz al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-WāsiṭīAbū l-Jawāʾiz al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-Wāsiṭī, poet (d. 460/1067–1068)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/249
Theano — Names: TheanoTheano, king of PythoURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2203
Jubal son of Lamech son of Methuselah (Yūfāl ibn Lāmakh ibn Matūshālakh) — Names: Jubal son of Lamech son of Methuselah (Yūfāl ibn Lāmakh ibn Matūshālakh)Jubal son of Lamech son of Methuselah (Yūfāl ibn Lāmakh ibn Matūshālakh)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1347
Ibn Jahwar — Names: Ibn JahwarIbn Jahwar, Abū Marwān ʿAbd al-Malik, vizier under ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ⅠⅠⅠURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1009
Abū Yūsuf al-Kātib ‘the Secretary’ — Names: Abū Yūsuf al-Kātib ‘the Secretary’Abū Yūsuf the SecretaryAbū Yūsuf al-Kātib ‘the Secretary’, translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/387
Sharaf al-Dīn al-Mutānī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mūsā al-Ḥawrānī al-Mutānī — Names: Sharaf al-Dīn al-Mutānī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mūsā al-Ḥawrānī al-MutānīSharaf al Dīn al Mutānī Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mūsā al Ḥawrānī al Mutānī d 659 1260 1261 student of...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2066
Mīkhāʾīl ibn Māsawayh — Names: Mīkhāʾīl ibn MāsawayhMīkhāʾīl ibn Māsawayh, personal physician to al-Maʾmūn, brother of Yūḥannā ibn MāsawayhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1567
Narses the Roman — Names: Narses the RomanNarses the Roman, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1742
Nāṣir al-Dawlah, Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbd Allāh — Names: Nāṣir al-Dawlah, Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbd AllāhNāṣir al-Dawlah, Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbd Allāh, prince of the Ḥamdānid dynasty (d. 357/968?)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1748
Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAlī — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAlīIbrāhīm ibn ʿAlī, physician of Aḥmad ibn ṬūlūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1186
Theon — Names: TheonTheon, 2nd-c. AⅮ mathematician and philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2218
Abū ʿAlī ibn al-Samḥ — Names: Abū ʿAlī ibn al-SamḥAbū ʿAlī ibn al-Samḥ, Christian AristotelianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/103
Maʿadd — Names: MaʿaddMaʿadd, legendary ancestor of the North ArabsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2430
Umayyah Umm Asmāʾ — Names: Umayyah Umm AsmāʾUmayyah Umm Asmāʾ, concubine of al-MahdīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2267
Abū Saʿīd al-Yamāmī — Names: Abū Saʿīd al-YamāmīAbū Saʿīd al-YamāmīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/342
al-Qazwīnī, Abū Yaḥyā Zakariyyā ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Qazwīnī, Abū Yaḥyā Zakariyyā ibn Muḥammadal-Qazwīnī, Abū Yaḥyā Zakariyyā ibn Muḥammad, physician, astronomer and geographer (d. 682/1283)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1877
Ibn al-Dhahabī — Names: Ibn al-DhahabīIbn al-Dhahabī, Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Azdī, 5th/11thc. Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/969
Ibn Buṭlān, al-Mukhtār ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbdūn — Names: Ibn Buṭlān, al-Mukhtār ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbdūnIbn BuṭlānIbn Buṭlān, al-Mukhtār ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbdūn, Christian physician (d. 458/1066)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/961

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.