Index of Persons

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.

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Ibn Buṣāqah, al-Ṣāḥib Fakhr al-Quḍāh Abū l-Fatḥ Naṣr Allāh ibn Hibat Allāh al-Ḥanafī — Names: Ibn Buṣāqah, al-Ṣāḥib Fakhr al-Quḍāh Abū l-Fatḥ Naṣr Allāh ibn Hibat Allāh al-ḤanafīIbn Buṣāqah, al-Ṣāḥib Fakhr al-Quḍāh Abū l-Fatḥ Naṣr Allāh ibn Hibat Allāh al-Ḥanafī, poet (d. 650/1252–1253)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/960
Ibn Buṭlān, al-Mukhtār ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbdūn — Names: Ibn Buṭlān, al-Mukhtār ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbdūnIbn BuṭlānIbn Buṭlān, al-Mukhtār ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbdūn, Christian physician (d. 458/1066)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/961
Ibn Dāwūd ibn Sarābīyūn — Names: Ibn Dāwūd ibn SarābīyūnIbn Dāwūd ibn Sarābīyūn, physician son of Dāwūd ibn SarābīyūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/965
Ibn Diḥyah — Names: Ibn DiḥyahIbn Diḥyah (d. 633/1235), Andalusian poet and anthologistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/970
Ibn Dīnār — Names: Ibn DīnārIbn Dīnār, 5th/11th-c. physician in MayyāfāriqīnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/971
Ibn Duminj [Domingo?] — Names: Ibn Duminj [Domingo?]Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Khamīs ibn ʿĀmir ibn Duminj [Domingo?]Ibn Duminj [Domingo?], Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Khamīs ibn ʿĀmirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/973
Ibn Durayd — Names: Ibn DuraydIbn Durayd, grammarian (d. 321/933)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/974
Ibn Durustawayh ibn al-Marzubān al-Fasawī — Names: Ibn Durustawayh ibn al-Marzubān al-FasawīIbn Durustawayh ibn al-Marzubān al-Fasawī, Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Jaʿfar, grammarian (d. 347/958)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/975
Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-ʿUmarī — Names: Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-ʿUmarīIbn Faḍl Allāh al-ʿUmarī, encyclopaedist (d. 749/1349)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/976
Ibn Faḍlān (Jamāl al-Dīn Abū l-Qasim Yaḥyā ibn ʿAlī ibn Hibat Allāh al-ʿAllāmah al-Baghdādī) — Names: Ibn Faḍlān (Jamāl al-Dīn Abū l-Qasim Yaḥyā ibn ʿAlī ibn Hibat Allāh al-ʿAllāmah al-Baghdādī)Ibn Faḍlān Jamāl al Dīn Abū l Qasim Yaḥyā ibn ʿAlī ibn Hibat Allāh al ʿAllāmah al Baghdādī 513 1121 595 1199 professor of...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/977
Ibn Fāris al-Qazwīnī — Names: Ibn Fāris al-QazwīnīIbn Fāris al-Qazwīnī (d. 395/1004), philologistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/978
Ibn Fasānjas [or Fasānajis] — Names: Ibn Fasānjas [or Fasānajis]Ibn Fasānjas [or Fasānajis], Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-ʿAbbās, unidentified 11th-c. critic of astrologers and enemy of Ibn al-HaythamURI: https://usaybia.net/person/979
Ibn Fatḥ Ṭamlūn — Names: Ibn Fatḥ ṬamlūnMuḥammad ibn Fatḥ ṬumlūnIbn Fatḥ Ṭamlūn, MuḥammadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/980
Ibn Habal (`or` Hubal) — Names: Ibn Habal (`or` Hubal)Shams al-Dīn [ibn Muhadhdhab al-Dīn] ibn HabalIbn Habal `or` Hubal Shams al Dīn Abū l ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muhadhdhab al Dīn Abī l Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī physician...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/983
Ibn Habal (`or` Hubal) — Names: Ibn Habal (`or` Hubal)Muhadhdhab al-Dīn ibn HabalIbn Habal (`or` Hubal), Muhadhdhab al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Baghdādī, also known as al-KhilāṭīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/982
Ibn Ḥamawayh — Names: Ibn ḤamawayhIbn Ḥamawayh, Abū l-Fāḍl Muḥammad, judgeURI: https://usaybia.net/person/988
Ibn Ḥamawayh (`or` Ibn Ḥammūyah) — Names: Ibn Ḥamawayh (`or` Ibn Ḥammūyah)Ibn Ḥamawayh (`or` Ibn Ḥammūyah), Ṣadr al-Dīn. Shāfīʿī `faqih`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/990
Ibn Ḥamawayh (`or` Ibn Ḥammūyah) — Names: Ibn Ḥamawayh (`or` Ibn Ḥammūyah)Ibn Ḥamawayh (`or` Ibn Ḥammūyah), Muʿīn al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh MuḥammadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/989
Ibn Ḥamdān — Names: Ibn ḤamdānIbn Ḥamdān, Naṣīr al-Dawlah Abū ʿAlī l-Ḥusayn ibn Abī ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn Ḥamdān, 11th-c. commander under al-MustanṣirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/992
Ibn Ḥamdān — Names: Ibn ḤamdānIbn Ḥamdān, surgeon at the al-Nūrī hospital in DamascusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/991
Ibn Ḥamdūn al-Nadīm (Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Ḥamdūn) — Names: Ibn Ḥamdūn al-Nadīm (Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Ḥamdūn)Ibn Ḥamdūn al Nadīm Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Ḥamdūn littérateur and companion of caliphs al Maʾmūn al Muʿtaṣim al Mutawakkil d 264...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/993
Ibn Ḥāmid ibn Muḥammad — Names: Ibn Ḥāmid ibn MuḥammadIbn Ḥāmid ibn Muḥammad Abū Naṣr al ʿAzīz Aḥmad nicknamed Āluh `or` Aluh `mustawfī` accountant general under the Seljuq Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad ibn Malikshāh...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/994
Ibn Hāniʾ al-Andalusī — Names: Ibn Hāniʾ al-AndalusīIbn Hāniʾ al-Andalusī, poet (d. ca. 362/973)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/995
Ibn Hawqal — Names: Ibn HawqalIbn Hawqal, 4th/10th-c. geographerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/996
Ibn Ḥibbān — Names: Ibn ḤibbānIbn Ḥibbān, traditionistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/999

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.