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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".

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"Jacob+Bishop"~2  
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Results (2415)

Qaṣīr — Names: QaṣīrQaṣīr, counsellor of Jadhīmah, pre-Islamic king of al-ḤīrahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1869
Abū l-Ḥākim Isḥāq ibn Yūḥannā — Names: Abū l-Ḥākim Isḥāq ibn YūḥannāAbū l-Ḥākim Isḥāq ibn Yūḥannā, physician from Ahwāz,URI: https://usaybia.net/person/187
Qayḍā al-Ruhāwī — Names: Qayḍā al-RuhāwīQayḍā al-Ruhāwī, translator associate of Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1870
Qāymāz, Quṭb al-Dīn al-Mustanjidī — Names: Qāymāz, Quṭb al-Dīn al-MustanjidīQāymāz, Quṭb al-Dīn al-Mustanjidī, Armenian Mamlūk of al-Mustanjid biAllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1871
Qays ʿAylān — Names: Qays ʿAylānQays ʿAylān, legendary ancestor of an important branch of the ‘North Arabs’URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1872
Qays ibn ʿĀṣim — Names: Qays ibn ʿĀṣimQays ibn ʿĀṣim, famous tribal leader, contemporary of MuḥammadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1873
Qays ibn Maʿdī Karib — Names: Qays ibn Maʿdī KaribQays ibn Maʿdī Karib, pre-Islamic chieftain of clan Kindah, ancestor of al-KindīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1874
Qayṣar ibn Abī l-Qāsim ibn ʿAbd al-Ghanī ibn Musāfir al-Ḥanafī Names: Qayṣar ibn Abī l-Qāsim ibn ʿAbd al-Ghanī ibn Musāfir al-ḤanafīQayṣar ibn Abī l Qāsim ibn ʿAbd al Ghanī ibn Musāfir al Ḥanafī ʿAlam al Dīn known as Qayṣar and as al Taʿāsīf mathematician...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1875
al-Qazwīnī, Raḍī — Names: al-Qazwīnī, Raḍīal-Qazwīnī, Raḍī, scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1876
al-Qazwīnī, Abū Yaḥyā Zakariyyā ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Qazwīnī, Abū Yaḥyā Zakariyyā ibn Muḥammadal-Qazwīnī, Abū Yaḥyā Zakariyyā ibn Muḥammad, physician, astronomer and geographer (d. 682/1283)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1877
Qiwām al-Dīn Ṣāʿid al-Muhannā — Names: Qiwām al-Dīn Ṣāʿid al-MuhannāQiwām al-Dīn Ṣāʿid al-MuhannāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1878
Qubād — Names: QubādQubād, 5th–6th-c. Sasanian kingURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1879
Abū Ḥanīfah al-Dīnawarī — Names: Abū Ḥanīfah al-DīnawarīAbū Ḥanīfah al-Dīnawarī (d. 282–283/896), author of `K. al-Nabāt`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/188
Qudāmah ibn Jaʿfar — Names: Qudāmah ibn JaʿfarQudāmah ibn Jaʿfar, author of `Naqd al-shiʿr` (d. ca. 337/948)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1880
Quintus — Names: QuintusQuintus, 2nd-c. physician at RomeURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1881
al-Qummī, Muʾayyid al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm — Names: al-Qummī, Muʾayyid al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīmal-Qummī, Muʾayyid al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm, vizier (d. 629/1231 or 630)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1882
al-Qumrī (or al-Qamarī), Abū Manṣūr al-Ḥasan ibn Nūḥ al-Qumrī (or al-Qamarī) — Names: al-Qumrī (or al-Qamarī), Abū Manṣūr al-Ḥasan ibn Nūḥ al-Qumrī (or al-Qamarī)Abū Manṣūr al-Ḥasan ibn Nūḥ al-Qamarī (or, al-Qumrī)al-Qumrī (or al-Qamarī), Abū Manṣūr al-Ḥasan ibn Nūḥ al-Qumrī (or al-Qamarī), Persian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1883
Quss ibn Sāʿidah al-Iyādī — Names: Quss ibn Sāʿidah al-IyādīQuss ibn Sāʿidah al-Iyādī, legendary preIslamic oratorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1884
Qusṭā ibn Lūqā al-Baʿlabakkī — Names: Qusṭā ibn Lūqā al-BaʿlabakkīQusṭā ibn Lūqā al-BaʿlabakkīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1885
Qutaylah bint al-Ḥārith — Names: Qutaylah bint al-ḤārithQutaylah bint al-Ḥārith, sister (or possibly daughter) of al-Naḍr ibn al-Ḥārith ibn Kaladah al-ThaqafīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1886
al-Quṭb (Quṭb al-Dīn) al-Miṣrī — Names: al-Quṭb (Quṭb al-Dīn) al-Miṣrīal-Quṭb al-Miṣrīal-Quṭb (Quṭb al-Dīn) al-Miṣrī, physician and philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1887
Qutham ibn ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib al-Hāshimī — Names: Qutham ibn ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib al-HāshimīQutham ibn ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib al-Hāshimī, cousin and Companion of MuḥammadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1888
Quṭuz Quwayrī — Names: Quṭuz QuwayrīQuwayrāQuṭuz Quwayrī (sometimes spelled Fūthirī `or` Fūtirī), Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm, teacher of philosophy in BaghdadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1889
Abū l-Ḥārith al-Usquf — Names: Abū l-Ḥārith al-UsqufAbū l-Ḥārith al-Usquf (‘the Bishop’), contemporary of Ibn al-KattānīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/189
Rabban al-Ṭabarī — Names: Rabban al-ṬabarīRabban al-Ṭabarī, physician and astrologerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1890

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.