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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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
al-Manṣūr — Names: al-Manṣūral-Manṣūr, Abbasid caliph (`reg.` 136–158/754– 75)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1502
Manṣūr al-Namarī — Names: Manṣūr al-NamarīManṣūr al-Namarī, poet of the 2nd/8th c.URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1509
al-Manṣūr ibn Abī ʿĀmir — Names: al-Manṣūr ibn Abī ʿĀmiral-Manṣūr ibn Abī ʿĀmir, chamberlain of al-Ḥakam ⅠⅠ and `de facto` ruler of al-Andalus between 368–392/978–1002URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1503
Manṣūr ibn Bānās — Names: Manṣūr ibn BānāsManṣūr ibn Bānās, translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1504
Manṣūr ibn Dubays, Bahāʾ al-Dawlah — Names: Manṣūr ibn Dubays, Bahāʾ al-DawlahManṣūr ibn Dubays, Bahāʾ al-Dawlah, Mazyadid ruler (`reg.` 474–479/1082–1086)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1505
al-Manṣūr ibn Ismāʿīl [ibn Khāqān] — Names: al-Manṣūr ibn Ismāʿīl [ibn Khāqān]al-Manṣūr ibn Ismāʿīl [ibn Khāqān], ‘Governor of Khorasan and Transoxiana’ to whom ⅠAU (apparently in error) says al-Rāzī dedicated his book `al-Manṣūrī`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1506
Manṣūr ibn Ṭalḥah ibn Ṭāhir ibn al-Ḥusayn — Names: Manṣūr ibn Ṭalḥah ibn Ṭāhir ibn al-ḤusaynManṣūr ibn Ṭalḥah ibn Ṭāhir ibn al-Ḥusayn (active 3rd/9th c.), philosopher and Ṭāhirid governorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1507
al-Manṣūr, Yaʿqūb Abū Yūsuf ibn ʿAbd al-Muʾmin — Names: al-Manṣūr, Yaʿqūb Abū Yūsuf ibn ʿAbd al-Muʾminal-Manṣūr, Yaʿqūb Abū Yūsuf ibn ʿAbd al-Muʾmin, third Almohad ruler (r 580– 595/1184–1199)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1508
Mantias — Names: MantiasMantias, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1510
al-Maqrīzī, Taqī al-Dīn — Names: al-Maqrīzī, Taqī al-Dīnal-Maqrīzī, Taqī al-Dīn (d. 845/1442), Egyptian historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1511
Marcian — Names: MarcianMarcian, 5th-c. emperorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1512
Marcus — Names: MarcusMarcus, physician of antiquity, pupil of GhūrusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1513
al-Māridīnī, Fakhr al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Salām — Names: al-Māridīnī, Fakhr al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-SalāmFakhr al-Dīn al-Māridīnīal Māridīnī Fakhr al Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al Salām physician and teacher of Shihāb al Dīn al Suhrawardī al Maqtūl...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1514
Marinus — Names: MarinusMarinus, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1515
Marinus — Names: MarinusMarinus, a king of the Greeks, perhaps to be identified with the mythological hero MinosURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1517
Marinus of Alexandria — Names: Marinus of AlexandriaMarinus of Alexandria, 2nd-c. anatomistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1516
Martialius — Names: MartialiusMartialius, 2nd-c. anatomist at RomeURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1518
Mārūt — Names: MārūtMārūt, one of the two angels who descended to earth in BabylonURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1520
Marwān (ⅠⅠ) ibn Muḥammad al-Jaʿdī al-Ḥimār — Names: Marwān (ⅠⅠ) ibn Muḥammad al-Jaʿdī al-ḤimārMarwān (ⅠⅠ) ibn Muḥammad al-Jaʿdī al-Ḥimār (`reg.` 127–132/744–50), last Umayyad caliphURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1523
Marwān ibn al-Ḥakam — Names: Marwān ibn al-ḤakamMarwān ibn al-Ḥakam, Umayyad caliph (`reg.` 646–645/684–5)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1521
Marwān ibn Janāḥ — Names: Marwān ibn JanāḥMarwān ibn Janāḥ, Andalusian physician and philologistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1522
Maryam bint Bukhtīshūʿ — Names: Maryam bint BukhtīshūʿMaryam bint Bukhtīshūʿ, sister of Jibrīl ibn Bukhtīshūʿ, mother of Jūrjis ibn MīkhāʾīlURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1524
al-Maryamī — Names: al-Maryamīal-Maryamī, probably the 3rd/9th-c. Egyptian poet al-Qāsim ibn Yaḥyā al-MaryamīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1525
al-Marzubānī, Abū ʿUbayd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿImrān — Names: al-Marzubānī, Abū ʿUbayd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿImrānal-Marzubānī, Abū ʿUbayd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿImrān, 4th/10th-c. scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1527

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.