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G?wargis  
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Similarly a search for:

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"*" 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)

al-Malik al-Ashraf Abū al-Fatḥ Mūsā — Names: al-Malik al-Ashraf Abū al-Fatḥ Mūsāal Malik al Ashraf Abū al Fatḥ Mūsā son of al Malik al ʿĀdil Abū Bakr ibn Ayyūb = al Malik al Ashraf Ⅰ...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1459
Abū Dhiʾb — Names: Abū DhiʾbAbū Dhiʾb, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/146
al-Malik al-Ashraf Shāh Arman Mūsā — Names: al-Malik al-Ashraf Shāh Arman Mūsāal Malik al Ashraf Shāh Arman Mūsā the son of al Malik al ʿĀdil Abū Bakr ibn Ayyūb identical with al Malik al Ashraf...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1460
al-Malik al-Ashraf — Names: al-Malik al-Ashrafal-Malik al-Ashraf, the son of al-Malik al-Manṣūr, the ruler of HomsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1461
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
al-Malik al-ʿAzīz — Names: al-Malik al-ʿAzīzal-Malik al-ʿAzīz, Fatimid caliph (`reg.` 365– 386/975–96)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1463
al-Malik al-ʿAzīz Uthmān — Names: al-Malik al-ʿAzīz Uthmānal-Malik al-ʿAzīz Uthmān, Ayyubid ruler of Egypt, son of SaladinURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1464
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
al-Malik al-Fāʾiz Ibrāhīm ibn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Ⅰ — Names: al-Malik al-Fāʾiz Ibrāhīm ibn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Ⅰal-Malik al-Fāʾiz Ibrāhīm ibn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Ⅰ, Ayyubid princeURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1466
al-Malik al-Ḥāfiẓ Nūr al-Dīn Arslān Shāh ibn Abī bakr ibn Ayyūb — Names: al-Malik al-Ḥāfiẓ Nūr al-Dīn Arslān Shāh ibn Abī bakr ibn Ayyūbal-Malik al-Ḥāfiẓ Nūr al-Dīn Arslān Shāh ibn Abī bakr ibn Ayyūb, Ayyubid governorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1467
Mālik ibn al-Hārith al-Nakhaʿī — Names: Mālik ibn al-Hārith al-NakhaʿīMālik ibn al-Hārith al-Nakhaʿī, known as al-Ashtar, supporter of ʿAlī ibn Abī ṬālibURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1468
Mālik ibn Wuhayb al-Ishbīlī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh — Names: Mālik ibn Wuhayb al-Ishbīlī, Abū ʿAbd AllāhMālik ibn Wuhayb al-Ishbīlī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh, Sevillian polymath (d. 252/1130)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1469
Abū Dhuʾayb al-Hudhalī — Names: Abū Dhuʾayb al-HudhalīAbū Dhuʾayb al-Hudhalī, poet (d. ca. 26/647)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/147
al-Malik al-Jawād Muẓaffar al-Dīn Yūnus ibn Shams al-Dīn Mamdūd ibn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil — Names: al-Malik al-Jawād Muẓaffar al-Dīn Yūnus ibn Shams al-Dīn Mamdūd ibn al-Malik al-ʿĀdilal-Malik al-Jawād Muẓaffar al-Dīn Yūnus ibn Shams al-Dīn Mamdūd ibn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil, Ayyubid ruler of DamascusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1470
al-Malik al-Kāmil ibn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil (= al-Malik al-Kāmil I Nāṣir al-Dīn = al-Malik al-Kāmil I Muḥammad ibn al-ʿĀdil I Muḥammad `or` Aḥmad Sayf al-Dīn, Abū l-Maʿālī Nāṣir al-Dīn) — Names: al-Malik al-Kāmil ibn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil (= al-Malik al-Kāmil I Nāṣir al-Dīn = al-Malik al-Kāmil I Muḥammad ibn al-ʿĀdil I Muḥammad `or` Aḥmad Sayf al-Dīn, Abū l-Maʿālī Nāṣir al-Dīn)al Malik al Kāmil ibn al Malik al ʿĀdil = al Malik al Kāmil I Nāṣir al Dīn = al Malik al Kāmil I...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1471
al-Malik al-Kāmil Muḥammad ibn Abū Bakr ibn Ayyūb — Names: al-Malik al-Kāmil Muḥammad ibn Abū Bakr ibn Ayyūbal-Malik al-Kāmil Muḥammad ibn Abū Bakr ibn Ayyūb (573–635/1177–1238), fourth Ayyubid sultan in EgyptURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1472
al-Malik al-Manṣūr Nāṣir al-Dīn Abū l-Maʿālī Muḥammad ibn al-Malik al-Muẓaffar Taqī al-Dīn ʿUmar ibn Shāhinshāh ibn Ayyūb — Names: al-Malik al-Manṣūr Nāṣir al-Dīn Abū l-Maʿālī Muḥammad ibn al-Malik al-Muẓaffar Taqī al-Dīn ʿUmar ibn Shāhinshāh ibn Ayyūbal Malik al Manṣūr Nāṣir al Dīn Abū l Maʿālī Muḥammad ibn al Malik al Muẓaffar Taqī al Dīn ʿUmar ibn Shāhinshāh ibn Ayyūb...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1473
al-Malik al-Manṣūr ʿIzz al-Dīn Taqī al-Dīn Abū Saʿīd Farrukh Shāh Dāwūd — Names: al-Malik al-Manṣūr ʿIzz al-Dīn Taqī al-Dīn Abū Saʿīd Farrukh Shāh Dāwūdal-Malik al-Manṣūr ʿIzz al-Dīn Taqī al-Dīn Abū Saʿīd Farrukh Shāh Dāwūd, Ayyubid ruler of Baalbek and DamascusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1474
al-Malik al-Manṣūr = al-Malik al-Mujāhid Shīrkūh ⅠⅠ ibn al-Qāhir Muḥammad Nāsir al-Dīn, Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn — Names: al-Malik al-Manṣūr = al-Malik al-Mujāhid Shīrkūh ⅠⅠ ibn al-Qāhir Muḥammad Nāsir al-Dīn, Ṣalāḥ al-Dīnal Malik al Manṣūr = al Malik al Mujāhid Shīrkūh ⅠⅠ ibn al Qāhir Muḥammad Nāsir al Dīn Ṣalāḥ al Dīn lord of Homs...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1475
al-Malik al-Masʿūd — Names: al-Malik al-Masʿūdal-Malik al-Masʿūd, Lord of ĀmidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1476
al-Malik al-Masʿūd Aqsīs ibn al-Malik al-Kāmil — Names: al-Malik al-Masʿūd Aqsīs ibn al-Malik al-Kāmilal-Masʿūd Yusufal-Malik al-Masʿūd Aqsīs ibn al-Malik al-Kāmil = al-Masʿūd Yusuf, son of al-Malik al-Kāmil, emir of YemenURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1477
al-Malik al-Muʾayyad Najm al-Dīn Masʿūd — Names: al-Malik al-Muʾayyad Najm al-Dīn Masʿūdal-Malik al-Muʾayyad Najm al-Dīn Masʿūd, son of al-Malik al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn AyyūbURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1478
al-Malik al-Muʿaẓẓam Sharaf al-Dīn ʿĪsā ibn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Ⅰ — Names: al-Malik al-Muʿaẓẓam Sharaf al-Dīn ʿĪsā ibn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Ⅰal-Malik al-Muʿaẓẓam Sharaf al-Dīn ʿĪsā ibn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Ⅰ, Ayyubid ruler of Damascus (576–624/1180–1227)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1479
Abū Dulaf al-Qāsim ibn ʿĪsā ibn Idrīs — Names: Abū Dulaf al-Qāsim ibn ʿĪsā ibn IdrīsAbū Dulaf al-Qāsim ibn ʿĪsā ibn Idrīs, 2nd– 3rd/8th–9th-c. commander, poet and musicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/148
al-Malik al-Muʿaẓẓam Shihāb al-Dawlah Abū l-Fatḥ Mawdūd ibn Masʿūd ibn Mahmūd — Names: al-Malik al-Muʿaẓẓam Shihāb al-Dawlah Abū l-Fatḥ Mawdūd ibn Masʿūd ibn Mahmūdal-Malik al-Muʿaẓẓam Shihāb al-Dawlah Abū l-Fatḥ Mawdūd ibn Masʿūd ibn MahmūdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1480

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.