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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)

Ibn Bājjah, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn al-Ṣāʾigh — Names: Ibn Bājjah, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn al-ṢāʾighIbn BājjahIbn Bājjah, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn al-Ṣāʾigh, Andalusian philosopher and physician (d. 533/1139)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/943
Shams al-Dīn Mawdūḍ — Names: Shams al-Dīn MawdūḍShams al-Dīn Mawdūḍ, son of al-Malik al-ʿĀdilURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2055
Wahb ibn Muḥammad al-Kalwadhānī, Abū Ṣaqr — Names: Wahb ibn Muḥammad al-Kalwadhānī, Abū ṢaqrWahb ibn Muḥammad al-Kalwadhānī, Abū Ṣaqr, 4th/10th-c. officialURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2282
Luʾluʾ (?Luʾluʾ al-ḥājib al-ʿĀdilī) — Names: Luʾluʾ (?Luʾluʾ al-ḥājib al-ʿĀdilī)Luʾluʾ (?Luʾluʾ al-ḥājib al-ʿĀdilī)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1426
Tullius of Alexandria — Names: Tullius of AlexandriaTullius of Alexandria, physician of late antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2245
Maʾmūn Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Nabātī — Names: Maʾmūn Abū l-ʿAbbās al-NabātīMaʾmūn Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Nabātī, herbalistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/66
al-Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyā — Names: al-Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ZakariyyāAbū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyā al-Rāzīal-Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyā, physician and philosopher (ca. 250– 313/854–925)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1919
Ibn Muqashshir Abū l-Fatḥ Manṣūr ibn Sahlān — Names: Ibn Muqashshir Abū l-Fatḥ Manṣūr ibn SahlānAbū l-Fatḥ Manṣūr ibn Sahlān ibn MuqashshirIbn Muqashshir Abū l-Fatḥ Manṣūr ibn Sahlān, Christian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1065
al-Malik Bahāʾ al-Dawlah ibn ʿAḍud al-Dawlah = Abū Naṣr Bahāʾ al-Dawlah Fīrūz b. Fanā Khusraw ʿAḍud al-Dawlah — Names: al-Malik Bahāʾ al-Dawlah ibn ʿAḍud al-Dawlah = Abū Naṣr Bahāʾ al-Dawlah Fīrūz b. Fanā Khusraw ʿAḍud al-Dawlahal Malik Bahāʾ al Dawlah ibn ʿAḍud al Dawlah = Abū Naṣr Bahāʾ al Dawlah Fīrūz b Fanā Khusraw ʿAḍud al Dawlah Būyid prince...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1465
Plutarch of Athens — Names: Plutarch of AthensPlutarch of Athens, Neoplatonist philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1833
Abū l-Qāsim Fayd ibn Najm — Names: Abū l-Qāsim Fayd ibn NajmAbū l-Qāsim Fayd ibn Najm, contemporary of Ibn al-KattānīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/314
Ḥakam al-Dimashqī — Names: Ḥakam al-DimashqīḤakam al-Dimashqī, personal physician to MuʿāwiyahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/813
Bahāʾ al-Dīn ibn Nafādah — Names: Bahāʾ al-Dīn ibn NafādahBahāʾ al-Dīn ibn Nafādah? = `adīb` and poet Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Ibn NafādahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2412
Abū l-Majd ibn Abī l-Ḥakam — Names: Abū l-Majd ibn Abī l-ḤakamAbū l-Majd ibn Abī l-Ḥakam, physician, astronomer, geometricianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/263
Abū Muḥammad al-Shīrāzī — Names: Abū Muḥammad al-ShīrāzīAbū Muḥammad al-Shīrāzī, patron of Ibn Sīnā at JurjānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/289
Makkī ibn Abī Ṭālib al-Qayrawānī, Abū Muḥammad — Names: Makkī ibn Abī Ṭālib al-Qayrawānī, Abū MuḥammadMakkī ibn Abī Ṭālib al-Qayrawānī, Abū Muḥammad, Qurʾanic scholar and dream interpreter (d. 437/1045–1046); ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib al-QayrawānīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1449
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad Ibrāhīm — Names: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad IbrāhīmAbū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad Ibrāhīm, Andalusī judge and grammarianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/84
Khaṣīb al-Naṣrānī — Names: Khaṣīb al-NaṣrānīKhaṣībKhaṣīb al-Naṣrānī, 2nd/8th-c. Christian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1390
ʿUqbah ibn Abī Muʿayṭ — Names: ʿUqbah ibn Abī MuʿayṭʿUqbah ibn Abī Muʿayṭ, adversary of MuḥammadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2271
Hero — Names: HeroHero, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/873
al-Malik al-Awḥad Najm al-Dīn Ayyūb — Names: al-Malik al-Awḥad Najm al-Dīn Ayyūbal-Malik al-Awḥad Najm al-Dīn Ayyūb, son of al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Abū Bakr ibn Ayyūb, Ayyubid ruler of the city of KhilāṭURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1462
Abū l-Ḥasan ibn al-Āmidī — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan ibn al-ĀmidīAbū l-Ḥasan ibn al-Āmidī, shaykh of al-Mubashshir ibn FātikURI: https://usaybia.net/person/200
al-Shaʿbī, ʿĀmir ibn Sharāḥīl — Names: al-Shaʿbī, ʿĀmir ibn Sharāḥīlal-Shaʿbī, ʿĀmir ibn Sharāḥīl, famous transmitter (d. between 103/721 and 110/728)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2034
al-Muʿtaṣim bi-Allāh, Ibn Ṣumādiḥ — Names: al-Muʿtaṣim bi-Allāh, Ibn Ṣumādiḥal-Muʿtaṣim bi-Allāh, Ibn Ṣumādiḥ, emir of AlmeriaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1701
Shuʿayb — Names: ShuʿaybShuʿayb, Jewish astrologerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2095

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.