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 Zuhr — Names: Ibn ZuhrAbū l-ʿAlāʾ ibn ZuhrIbn Zuhr, Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Zuhr ibn Abī Marwān ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammad ibn Marwān, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1171
Ibn Zurʿah — Names: Ibn ZurʿahAbū ʿAlī ibn ZurʿahIbn Zurʿah, Abū ʿAlī ʿĪsā ibn Isḥāq ibn Zurʿah, Christian philosopher and translator (331–398/943–1008)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1176
Ibn ʿAbbād, Abū l-Qāsim Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbbād — Names: Ibn ʿAbbād, Abū l-Qāsim Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbbādIbn ʿAbbād, Abū l-Qāsim Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbbād, known as Kāfī l-Kufāh `or` al-Ṣāḥib, Būyid vizier (d. 385/995)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/910
Ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥakam — Names: Ibn ʿAbd al-ḤakamIbn ʿAbd al-Ḥakam, Egyptian historian, author of `Futūḥ Miṣr` (d. 257/871)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/912
Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, Abū ʿUmar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān — Names: Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, Abū ʿUmar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-RaḥmānIbn ʿAbd Rabbih, Abū ʿUmar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, Andalusian littérateur, author of `al-ʿIqd al-farīd` (d. 328/940)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/913
Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, Abū ʿUthmān Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān — Names: Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, Abū ʿUthmān Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-RaḥmānIbn ʿAbd Rabbih, Abū ʿUthmān Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, nephew of Abū ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/914
Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, Muḥammad Raʾs al-Baghl — Names: Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, Muḥammad Raʾs al-BaghlIbn ʿAbd Rabbih, Muḥammad Raʾs al-Baghl, littérateurURI: https://usaybia.net/person/915
Ibn ʿArabī, Muḥyī l-Dīn — Names: Ibn ʿArabī, Muḥyī l-DīnIbn ʿArabī, Muḥyī l-Dīn (d. 638/1240), Andalusī mystic and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/935
Ibn ʿAsākir — Names: Ibn ʿAsākirIbn ʿAsākir, author of `Taʾrīkh Dimashq` (d. 571/1176)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/936
Ibn ʿUbaydah al-Karkhī — Names: Ibn ʿUbaydah al-KarkhīIbn ʿUbaydah al-Karkhī, grammarian (d. 605/1208)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1146
Ibn ʿUkāshah — Names: Ibn ʿUkāshahIbn ʿUkāshah, unidentified surgeon in al-KarkhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1147
Ibn ʿUmar — Names: Ibn ʿUmarIbn ʿUmar, Companion of the Prophet, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1149
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
Ibn ʿUrwah — Names: Ibn ʿUrwahIbn ʿUrwah, unidentifiedURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1152
Ibn ʿUrwah — Names: Ibn ʿUrwahIbn ʿUrwah, Hishām, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1153
Ibrāhīm — Names: IbrāhīmIbrāhīm, pupil of Jūrjis ibn Jibrīl and personal physician to al-ManṣūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1178
Ibrāhīm — Names: IbrāhīmIbrāhīm (Abraham, al-Khalīl), Hebrew Patriarch, Father of Muslims in IslamURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1177
Ibrāhīm al-Jawāliqī — Names: Ibrāhīm al-JawāliqīIbrāhīm al-Jawāliqī (active beginning 8th/14th c.), copyist of MS SbURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1211
Ibrāhīm I ibn al-Aghlab — Names: Ibrāhīm I ibn al-AghlabIbrāhīm I ibn al-Aghlab, first Emir of the Aghlabids in Ifrīqiyah (`reg.` 183–196/799– 812)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1184
Ibrāhīm ibn Abī Bakr ibn ʿAlī al-Iṣfahānī — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn Abī Bakr ibn ʿAlī al-IṣfahānīIbrāhīm ibn Abī Bakr ibn ʿAlī al-Iṣfahānī, pupil of Fakhr al-Dīn RāzīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1182
Ibrāhīm ibn Aḥmad al-Marwāzī — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn Aḥmad al-MarwāzīIbrāhīm ibn Aḥmad al-Marwāzī, teacher of Abū Bishr Mattā ibn Yūnus (d. 339– 341/951)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1185
Ibrāhīm ibn al-Buḥturī — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn al-BuḥturīIbrāhīm ibn al-Buḥturī, official of al-MuʿtaṣimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1193
Ibrāhīm ibn al-Mahdī — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn al-MahdīIbrāhīm ibn al-Mahdī, Abū Isḥāq, brother of Hārūn al-Rashīd and briefly caliph in 202–203/817–818URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1199
Ibrāhīm ibn al-Qāsim — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn al-QāsimIbrāhīm ibn al-Qāsim, probably biographer of al-Ḥajjāj ibn YūsufURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1203
Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ṣalt — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn al-ṢaltIbrāhīm ibn al-Ṣalt, Christian translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1205

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.