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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)

Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, Muḥammad Raʾs al-Baghl — Names: Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, Muḥammad Raʾs al-BaghlIbn ʿAbd Rabbih, Muḥammad Raʾs al-Baghl, littérateurURI: https://usaybia.net/person/915
Ibn Abī l-Ashʿath, Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad — Names: Ibn Abī l-Ashʿath, Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn MuḥammadIbn Abī l-Ashʿath, Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, Persian physician active in Mosul (d. ca. 360/970)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/916
Ibn Abī l-Bayān, al-Shaykh al-Sadīd ibn Abī-l-Bayān (i.e. Sadīd al-Dīn Abū l-Faḍl Dāwūd ibn Abī l-Bayān Sulaymān ibn Abī l-Faraj Isrāʾīl ibn Abī l-Ṭayyib Sulaymān ibn Mubārak) — Names: Ibn Abī l-Bayān, al-Shaykh al-Sadīd ibn Abī-l-Bayān (i.e. Sadīd al-Dīn Abū l-Faḍl Dāwūd ibn Abī l-Bayān Sulaymān ibn Abī l-Faraj Isrāʾīl ibn Abī l-Ṭayyib Sulaymān ibn Mubārak)Ibn Abī l-BayānIbn Abī l Bayān al Shaykh al Sadīd ibn Abī l Bayān i e Sadīd al Dīn Abū l Faḍl Dāwūd ibn Abī l...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/917
Ibn Abī Dāʾūd — Names: Ibn Abī DāʾūdIbn Abī Dāʾūd, probably an error for Ibn Abī DuʾādURI: https://usaybia.net/person/918
Ibn Abī Duʾād — Names: Ibn Abī DuʾādIbn Abī Duʾād, chief qadi under al-MuʿtaṣimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/919
Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Maḥfūẓ ibn al-Masīḥī — Names: Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Maḥfūẓ ibn al-MasīḥīAbū l-ʿAlāʾ Maḥfūẓ ibn al-Masīḥī (`or` al-Musabbiḥī?), physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/92
Ibn Abī l-Ḥawāfir, Jamāl al-Dīn (al-Shaykh al-Imām al-ʿĀlim Abū ʿAmr ʿUthmān ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAqīl al-Qaysī, also known as Ibn Abī l-Ḥawāfir) — Names: Ibn Abī l-Ḥawāfir, Jamāl al-Dīn (al-Shaykh al-Imām al-ʿĀlim Abū ʿAmr ʿUthmān ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAqīl al-Qaysī, also known as Ibn Abī l-Ḥawāfir)Jamāl al-Dīn ibn Abī l-ḤawāfirIbn Abī l Ḥawāfir Jamāl al Dīn al Shaykh al Imām al ʿĀlim Abū ʿAmr ʿUthmān ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAqīl al...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/920
Ibn Abī Rimthah (`or` Ramthah) al-Tamīmī — Names: Ibn Abī Rimthah (`or` Ramthah) al-TamīmīIbn Abī Rimthah al-TamīmīIbn Abī Rimthah (`or` Ramthah) al-Tamīmī (also known as Abū Rimthah `or` Ramthah), physician contemporary of MuḥammadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/922
Ibn Abī Ṣādiq al-Nīsābūrī — Names: Ibn Abī Ṣādiq al-NīsābūrīIbn Abī ṢādiqIbn Abī Ṣādiq al-Nīsābūrī, Abū l-Qāsim ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAlī, 5th/11th-c. Persian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/923
Ibn Abī l-Sāj — Names: Ibn Abī l-SājIbn Abī l-SājURI: https://usaybia.net/person/924
Ibn Abī Shaybah — Names: Ibn Abī ShaybahIbn Abī Shaybah, Mālikī traditionist and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/925
Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah, Muwaffaq al-Dīn Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn al-Qāsim ibn Khalīfah — Names: Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah, Muwaffaq al-Dīn Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn al-Qāsim ibn KhalīfahIbn Abī Uṣaybiʿah, Muwaffaq al-Dīn Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn al-Qāsim ibn Khalīfah , the author of the present book `passim` treatises specifiedURI: https://usaybia.net/person/926
Ibn Abī Uways — Names: Ibn Abī UwaysIbn Abī Uways, Ismāʿīl, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/927
Ibn Abī l-Waqqār, Abū l-Faḍl Ismāʿīl — Names: Ibn Abī l-Waqqār, Abū l-Faḍl IsmāʿīlIbn Abī l-Waqqār, Abū l-Faḍl Ismāʿīl, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/929
Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Muḥammad — Names: Abū l-ʿAlāʾ MuḥammadAbū l-ʿAlāʾ Muḥammad, physician and son of Abū Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥafīd Abī Bakr ibn ZuhrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/93
Ibn al-ʿAdīm, Kamāl al-Dīn ʿUmar ibn Aḥmad — Names: Ibn al-ʿAdīm, Kamāl al-Dīn ʿUmar ibn AḥmadIbn al-ʿAdīm, Kamāl al-Dīn ʿUmar ibn Aḥmad, 7th/13th-c. historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/930
Ibn Aflaḥ, Abū l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn Aflaḥ al-kātib — Names: Ibn Aflaḥ, Abū l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn Aflaḥ al-kātibIbn Aflaḥ, Abū l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn Aflaḥ al-kātib, poet (d. 535/1141)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/931
Ibn al-Aḥmar — Names: Ibn al-AḥmarIbn al-Aḥmar, poet from the 1st/7th c.URI: https://usaybia.net/person/932
Ibn al-ʿAmīd, Abū l-Faḍl Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad — Names: Ibn al-ʿAmīd, Abū l-Faḍl Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn MuḥammadIbn al-ʿAmīd, Abū l-Faḍl Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad (d. 360/970), vizier and man of lettersURI: https://usaybia.net/person/933
Ibn al-Anbārī, Sadīd al-Dawlah Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm — Names: Ibn al-Anbārī, Sadīd al-Dawlah Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-KarīmIbn al-Anbārī, Sadīd al-Dawlah Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm, `kātib al-inshāʾ` in Baghdad chancery (d. 558/1162– 1163)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/934
Ibn ʿArabī, Muḥyī l-Dīn — Names: Ibn ʿArabī, Muḥyī l-DīnIbn ʿArabī, Muḥyī l-Dīn (d. 638/1240), Andalusī mystic and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/935
Ibn ʿAsākir — Names: Ibn ʿAsākirIbn ʿAsākir, author of `Taʾrīkh Dimashq` (d. 571/1176)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/936
Ibn al-Aṣamm — Names: Ibn al-AṣammIbn al-AṣammURI: https://usaybia.net/person/937
Ibn al-Aṭṭār, Ẓahīr al-Dīn Abū Bakr Manṣūr ibn Naṣr — Names: Ibn al-Aṭṭār, Ẓahīr al-Dīn Abū Bakr Manṣūr ibn NaṣrIbn al-Aṭṭār, Ẓahīr al-Dīn Abū Bakr Manṣūr ibn Naṣr (d. 575/1179), vizier under al-MustanjidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/938
Ibn al-ʿAynzarbī, Muwaffaq al-Dīn Abū Naṣr ʿAdnān ibn Manṣūr — Names: Ibn al-ʿAynzarbī, Muwaffaq al-Dīn Abū Naṣr ʿAdnān ibn ManṣūrIbn al-ʿAynzarbīIbn al-ʿAynzarbī, Muwaffaq al-Dīn Abū Naṣr ʿAdnān ibn Manṣūr, Egyptian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/939

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.