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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ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb — Names: ʿUmar ibn al-KhaṭṭābʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, second caliph (reg. 13–23/634–644) after Muḥammad’s deathURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2261
ʿUmar ibn al-Qurashī — Names: ʿUmar ibn al-QurashīʿUmar ibn al-Qurashī, judge, pupil of Muhadhdhab al-Dīn ibn al-NaqqāshURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2264
ʿUmar ibn Ḥafs ibn Barīq — Names: ʿUmar ibn Ḥafs ibn BarīqʿUmar Ibn Ḥafṣ ibn BarīqʿUmar ibn Ḥafs ibn Barīq, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2259
ʿUmar ibn Ḥamzah — Names: ʿUmar ibn ḤamzahʿUmar ibn Ḥamzah, al-Sharīf, grammarianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2260
ʿUmar ibn Maʿadd — Names: ʿUmar ibn MaʿaddʿUmar ibn Maʿadd, contemporary of Ibn al-JazzārURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2263
ʿUmar ibn Ṣakhr — Names: ʿUmar ibn ṢakhrʿUmar ibn Ṣakhr, companion of Saʿīd ibn TawfīlURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2265
ʿUmar ibn Yūnus ibn Aḥmad al-Ḥarrānī — Names: ʿUmar ibn Yūnus ibn Aḥmad al-ḤarrānīʿUmar ibn Yūnus ibn Aḥmad al-ḤarrānīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2266
ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz — Names: ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīzʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, eighth Umayyad caliph (`reg.` 99–101/717–720)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2258
Umayyah Umm Asmāʾ — Names: Umayyah Umm AsmāʾUmayyah Umm Asmāʾ, concubine of al-MahdīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2267
Umm Muḥammad — Names: Umm MuḥammadUmm Muḥammad, daughter of GhaḍīḍURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2270
Umm Muḥammad — Names: Umm MuḥammadUmm Muḥammad, daughter of al-HādīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2269
Umm ʿĪsā — Names: Umm ʿĪsāUmm ʿĪsā, daughter of al-Hādī and wife of al-MaʾmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2268
ʿUqbah ibn Abī Muʿayṭ — Names: ʿUqbah ibn Abī MuʿayṭʿUqbah ibn Abī Muʿayṭ, adversary of MuḥammadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2271
ʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr — Names: ʿUrwah ibn al-ZubayrʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr, late 7th-c. Medinan juristURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2272
Usāmah ibn Munqidh, Muʾayyid al-Dawlah Abū l-Muẓaffar Usāmah ibn Murshid ibn ʿAlī ibn Muqallad ibn Naṣr ibn Munqidh — Names: Usāmah ibn Munqidh, Muʾayyid al-Dawlah Abū l-Muẓaffar Usāmah ibn Murshid ibn ʿAlī ibn Muqallad ibn Naṣr ibn MunqidhUsāmah ibn Munqidh Muʾayyid al Dawlah Abū l Muẓaffar Usāmah ibn Murshid ibn ʿAlī ibn Muqallad ibn Naṣr ibn Munqidh poet and anthologist 488...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2273
al-Usquf Theodore the Syncellus — Names: al-Usquf Theodore the SyncellusTheodore the Syncellusal-Usquf Theodore the Syncellus (Tadharus, or Tadrus, al-Sunqal), translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2209
Usṭāth (Eustathius) — Names: Usṭāth (Eustathius)UsṭāthUsṭāth (Eustathius), circle of al-Kindī (active first half of 3rd/9th c.)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2274
ʿUthmān — Names: ʿUthmānʿUthmān, unidentified subject of a riddle epigramURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2436
ʿUthmān ibn Thumāmah — Names: ʿUthmān ibn ThumāmahʿUthmān ibn Thumāmah, son of Thumāmah al-ʿAbsī al-QaʿqāʿīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2276
ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān — Names: ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffānʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān, third caliph following Muḥammad’s death, successor to ʿUmar ibn al-KhaṭṭābURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2275
al-Uṭrūsh, al-Ḥasan — Names: al-Uṭrūsh, al-Ḥasanal-Uṭrūsh, al-Ḥasan (d. 304/917), Shiite missionary (Dāʿī)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2277
Vāgbhaṭa Names: VāgbhaṭaVāgbhaṭa, author c. 600AⅮ of `Aṣṭāṅgahṛ-daya-Saṃhitā` (`K. Astānkar`/`Astāngar al-jāmiʿ`)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2278
Verus — Names: VerusVerus, Lucius, 2nd-c. Roman emperorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2279
Vespasian — Names: VespasianVespasian, 1st-c. Roman emperorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2280
Vitellius — Names: VitelliusVitellius, 1st-c. Roman emperorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2281

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.