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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.

Results (2415)

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
al-Malik al-Muʿaẓẓam Tūrānshāh — Names: al-Malik al-Muʿaẓẓam Tūrānshāhal-Malik al-Muʿaẓẓam Tūrānshāh, son of al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ Najm al-Dīn AyyūbURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1481
al-Malik al-Muʿizz ʿIzz al-Dīn Aybak al-Turkumānī — Names: al-Malik al-Muʿizz ʿIzz al-Dīn Aybak al-Turkumānīal-Malik al-Muʿizz ʿIzz al-Dīn Aybak al-Turkumānī, Mamlūk ruler of Egypt (`reg.`648–655/1250–1255)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1482
al-Malik al-Muẓaffar Quṭuz al-Muʿizzī, Sayf al-Dīn — Names: al-Malik al-Muẓaffar Quṭuz al-Muʿizzī, Sayf al-Dīnal-Malik al-Muẓaffar Quṭuz al-Muʿizzī, Sayf al-Dīn, Baḥrī Mamlūk (`reg.` 657–658/1259– 1260)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1483
al-Malik al-Muẓaffar Taqī al-Dīn ʿUmar ibn al-Malik al-Amjad Bahrām Shāh ibn Farrukh Shāh ibn Shāhinshāh ibn Ayyūb — Names: al-Malik al-Muẓaffar Taqī al-Dīn ʿUmar ibn al-Malik al-Amjad Bahrām Shāh ibn Farrukh Shāh ibn Shāhinshāh ibn Ayyūbal-Malik al-Muẓaffar Taqī al-Dīn ʿUmar ibn al-Malik al-Amjad Bahrām Shāh ibn Farrukh Shāh ibn Shāhinshāh ibn AyyūbURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1484
al-Malik al-Muẓaffar I ʿUmar ibn Shāhanshāh Nūr al-Dīn, Abū Saʿīd Taqī al-Dīn — Names: al-Malik al-Muẓaffar I ʿUmar ibn Shāhanshāh Nūr al-Dīn, Abū Saʿīd Taqī al-Dīnal Malik al Muẓaffar I ʿUmar ibn Shāhanshāh Nūr al Dīn Abū Saʿīd Taqī al Dīn Ayyubid ruler of Hama `reg ` 574 1178...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1485
al-Malik al-Mujāhid Shīrkūh ⅠⅠ ibn al-Qāhir Muḥammad Nāsir al-Dīn, Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn — Names: al-Malik al-Mujāhid Shīrkūh ⅠⅠ ibn al-Qāhir Muḥammad Nāsir al-Dīn, Ṣalāḥ al-Dīnal-Malik al-Mujāhid Shīrkūh ⅠⅠ ibn al-Qāhir Muḥammad Nāsir al-Dīn, Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn (`reg.` 581/1186–637/1240)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1486
al-Malik al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Abū l-Muẓaffar Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb — Names: al-Malik al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Abū l-Muẓaffar Yūsuf ibn Ayyūbal-Malik al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Abū l-Muẓaffar Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb, Ayyubid ruler (d. 1260)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1487
al-Malik al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Dāʾūd ibn al-Malik al-Muʿaẓẓam (= al-Malik al-Nāṣir ⅠⅠ Dāʾūd ibn al-Muʿaẓẓam ʿĪsā Sharaf al-Dīn — Names: al-Malik al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Dāʾūd ibn al-Malik al-Muʿaẓẓam (= al-Malik al-Nāṣir ⅠⅠ Dāʾūd ibn al-Muʿaẓẓam ʿĪsā Sharaf al-Dīnal Malik al Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al Dīn Dāʾūd ibn al Malik al Muʿaẓẓam = al Malik al Nāṣir ⅠⅠ Dāʾūd ibn al Muʿaẓẓam ʿĪsā...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1488
Muḥammad Ghiyāth al-Dīn ⅠⅠ, Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn — Names: Muḥammad Ghiyāth al-Dīn ⅠⅠ, Ṣalāḥ al-DīnMuḥammad Ghiyāth al-Dīn ⅠⅠ, Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn, Ayyubid ruler of Aleppo (`reg.` 634– 658/1236–1260)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1489
Abū l-Faḍāʾil ibn al-Nāqid — Names: Abū l-Faḍāʾil ibn al-NāqidAbū l-Faḍāʾil ibn al-Nāqid, Egyptian physician known as al-MuhadhdhabURI: https://usaybia.net/person/149
Malik al-Nuḥāh ‘King of Grammarians’, Abū Nizār al-Ḥasan ibn Ṣāfī — Names: Malik al-Nuḥāh ‘King of Grammarians’, Abū Nizār al-Ḥasan ibn ṢāfīMalik al-Nuḥāh ‘King of Grammarians’, Abū Nizār al-Ḥasan ibn Ṣāfī (d. 568/1173)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1490
al-Malik al-Qāhir Muḥammad ibn Shīrkūh I Asad al-Dīn ibn Shādhī, Naṣīr al-Dīn — Names: al-Malik al-Qāhir Muḥammad ibn Shīrkūh I Asad al-Dīn ibn Shādhī, Naṣīr al-Dīnal Malik al Qāhir Muḥammad ibn Shīrkūh I Asad al Dīn ibn Shādhī Naṣīr al Dīn also known as Asad al Dīn Shīrkūh lord...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1491
al-Malik al-Saʿīd Ghāzī ibn al-Malik al-Manṣūr — Names: al-Malik al-Saʿīd Ghāzī ibn al-Malik al-Manṣūral-Malik al-Saʿīd Ghāzī ibn al-Malik al-Manṣūr, Artuqid ruler of MardinURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1492
al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ ⅠⅠ Ayyūb ibn al-Kāmil Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn, Najm al-Dīn — Names: al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ ⅠⅠ Ayyūb ibn al-Kāmil Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn, Najm al-Dīnal Malik al Ṣāliḥ ⅠⅠ Ayyūb ibn al Kāmil Muḥammad Nāṣir al Dīn Najm al Dīn Ayyubid ruler of Egypt `reg ` 638 647...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1493
al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ ʿImād al-Dīn Abū l-Fidāʾ Ismāʿīl ibn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Abū Bakr ibn Ayyūb — Names: al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ ʿImād al-Dīn Abū l-Fidāʾ Ismāʿīl ibn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Abū Bakr ibn Ayyūbal Malik al Ṣāliḥ ʿImād al Dīn Abū l Fidāʾ Ismāʿīl ibn al Malik al ʿĀdil Abū Bakr ibn Ayyūb `reg ` 635 1237...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1494
al-Malik al-Ẓāhir Ghāzī ibn Yūsuf — Names: al-Malik al-Ẓāhir Ghāzī ibn Yūsufal-Malik al-Ẓāhir Ghāzī ibn Yūsuf, Ayyubid ruler of Aleppo (d. 613/1216)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1495
al-Malik al-Ẓāhir Rukn al-Dīn, Baybars Ⅰ al-Bunduqdārī — Names: al-Malik al-Ẓāhir Rukn al-Dīn, Baybars Ⅰ al-Bunduqdārīal-Malik al-Ẓāhir Rukn al-Dīn, Baybars Ⅰ al-Bunduqdārī, Baḥrī Mamlūk, fourth Mamlūk ruler of Egypt (`reg.` 658–676/1260– 1277)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1496
al-Maʾmūn — Names: al-Maʾmūnal-Maʾmūn, seventh Abbasid caliph (`reg.` 198– 218/813–833)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1497
al-Maʾmūn, Yaḥyā ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Dhī l-Nūn — Names: al-Maʾmūn, Yaḥyā ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Dhī l-Nūnal-Maʾmūn, Yaḥyā ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Dhī l-Nūn, king of the `ṭāʾifah` of Toledo (`reg.` 435– 467/1043–1074)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1498
al-Manāwī — Names: al-Manāwīal-Manāwī, author of a commentary on the Hippocratic AphorismsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1499
ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī — Names: ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlīʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī, uncle of caliphs al-Saffāḥ and al-ManṣūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/15
Abū l-Faḍl — Names: Abū l-FaḍlAbū l-Faḍl, transmitter, unidentified pupil of Abū l-BarakātURI: https://usaybia.net/person/150
Mani (Mānī) — Names: Mani (Mānī)Mani (Mānī), founder of Manicheism (d. 276)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1500
Mankah al-Hindī (Māṇikya) — Names: Mankah al-Hindī (Māṇikya)Mankah al-Hindī (Māṇikya or Maṅkha)Mankah al-Hindī (Māṇikya), Indian physician and translator under Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1501

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.