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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*  
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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

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)

Abū Naṣr ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn al-Qayrawānī — Names: Abū Naṣr ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn al-QayrawānīAbū Naṣr ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn al-Qayrawānī, kātib al-inshāʾ with the Fatimid caliph al-ʿAzīz bi-AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/297
Nitaforas — Names: NitaforasNitaforas, fictional Greek prince, son of King RufistanesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1779
al-Faḍl ibn Jarīr al-Takrītī — Names: al-Faḍl ibn Jarīr al-Takrītīal-Faḍl ibn Jarīr al-TakrītīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/756
Ibn ʿUnayn — Names: Ibn ʿUnaynIbn ʿUnayn, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Naṣr (`or` Naṣr Allāh) ibn al-Ḥasan, Damascene poet (d. 630/1233)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1151
Zarūyā ibn Mānaḥūh al-Nāʿimī al-Ḥimṣī — Names: Zarūyā ibn Mānaḥūh al-Nāʿimī al-ḤimṣīZarūyā (Zarūbā?) ibn Mānaḥūh (Mājūh?) al-Nāʿimī al-Ḥimṣī, translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2363
Muʾayyid al-Dīn Abū Ismāʿīl al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī — Names: Muʾayyid al-Dīn Abū Ismāʿīl al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlīMuʾayyid al-Dīn Abū Ismāʿīl al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī, vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1584
Ibn Barhān, Abū l-Fatḥ Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad — Names: Ibn Barhān, Abū l-Fatḥ Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn MuḥammadIbn Barhān, Abū l-Fatḥ Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad, grammarian and jurist (d. 520//1126)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/949
Abū l-Qāsim Yaḥyā ibn Thābit al-Wakīl — Names: Abū l-Qāsim Yaḥyā ibn Thābit al-WakīlAbū l-Qāsim Yaḥyā ibn Thābit al-Wakīl, teacher of ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-BaghdādīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/328
al-ʿAbbās — Names: al-ʿAbbāsal-ʿAbbās, unidentified agent of Ibrāhīm ibn al-AghlabURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2
Herodotus — Names: HerodotusHerodotus, 5th-c. BC Greek historian (ca. 485–424BC)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/874
al-Ṣiqillī, Abū Bakr — Names: al-Ṣiqillī, Abū Bakral-Ṣiqillī, Abū Bakr, director of a `madrasah`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2120
Ptolemy Philopator Names: Ptolemy PhilopatorPtolemy Philopator, 3rd-c. BC pharaohURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1852
Abū Muḥammad al-Ṣilḥī — Names: Abū Muḥammad al-ṢilḥīAbū Muḥammad al-Ṣilḥī, secretary to al-Muṭīʿ li-AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/290
Jabhar — Names: JabharJabhar, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1295
Hārūn ibn Sulaymān ibn al-Manṣūr — Names: Hārūn ibn Sulaymān ibn al-ManṣūrHārūn ibn Sulaymān ibn al-Manṣūr, friend of the physician Yūḥannā ibn MāsawayhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/838
Ibn Shahdā al-Karkhī — Names: Ibn Shahdā al-KarkhīIbn Shahdā al-Karkhī, Syriac-to-Arabic translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1116
Dāniyāl the Physician — Names: Dāniyāl the PhysicianDāniyāl the Physician, physician in service of Muʿīzz al-DawlahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/693
Abū l-Faḍl al-Isrāʾīlī — Names: Abū l-Faḍl al-IsrāʾīlīAbū l-Faḍl al-Isrāʾīlī, teacher of Muhadhdhab al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʿAlīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/157
Ibrāhīm ibn Bābā al-Daylamī — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn Bābā al-DaylamīIbrāhīm ibn Bābā al-Daylamī, contemporary of Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1190
Masrūr Samānah — Names: Masrūr SamānahMasrūr Samānah, eunuch associate of al-MuʿtaṣimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1539
Iṣṭifan ibn Basīl — Names: Iṣṭifan ibn BasīlIṣṭifan ibn Basīl, translator (d. ca. 298/910)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1287
al-Qāḍī al-Fāḍil ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʿAlī — Names: al-Qāḍī al-Fāḍil ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʿAlīal-Qāḍī al-Fāḍil ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʿAlī, `kātib` to Saladin (d. 596/1200)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1860
Ibrāhīm ibn Ṣāliḥ ibn ʿAlī — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn Ṣāliḥ ibn ʿAlīIbrāhīm ibn Ṣāliḥ ibn ʿAlī, cousin of caliphs al-Saffāḥ and al-ManṣūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1204
Khalaf ibn Khalīfah — Names: Khalaf ibn KhalīfahKhalaf ibn Khalīfah, poet (possibly Khalaf ibn Khalīfah ibn Ṣāʿid, d. 181/797–780)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1377
al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Azdī — Names: al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Azdīal-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Azdī, a source used by Ibn JuljulURI: https://usaybia.net/person/850

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.