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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al-ʿAbbās ibn al-Maʾmūn — Names: al-ʿAbbās ibn al-Maʾmūnal-ʿAbbās ibn al-Maʾmūn, household of al-Muʿtaṣim (ca. 221/836)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/5
al-ʿAbbās ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-ʿAbbās ibn Muḥammadal-ʿAbbās ibn Muḥammad, brother of al-ManṣūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/6
al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Mahdī (Abū Quraysh) — Names: al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Mahdī (Abū Quraysh)al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Mahdī (Abū Quraysh), grandson of al-Mahdī, nephew of Mūsā al-Hādī and Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/4
al-ʿAbbāsah bint al-Mahdī ibn Abī Jaʿfar al-Manṣūr — Names: al-ʿAbbāsah bint al-Mahdī ibn Abī Jaʿfar al-Manṣūral ʿAbbāsah bint al Mahdī ibn Abī Jaʿfar al Manṣūr 2nd 8th c daughter of al Mahdī sister of Hārūn al Rashīd wife of...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/7
al-ʿAbdī ʿAbdishoʿ bar Bahrīz (ʿAbdīshūʿ ibn Bahrīz) — Names: al-ʿAbdī ʿAbdishoʿ bar Bahrīz (ʿAbdīshūʿ ibn Bahrīz)ʿAbdīshūʿ ibn Bahrīz (ʿAbdishoʿ bar Bahrīz)al-ʿAbdī ʿAbdishoʿ bar Bahrīz (ʿAbdīshūʿ ibn Bahrīz), metropolitan and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/53
al-ʿĀḍid bi-Allāh (Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mawlā Abī l-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn al-Imām al-Ḥāfiẓ li-Dīn Allāh) — Names: al-ʿĀḍid bi-Allāh (Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mawlā Abī l-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn al-Imām al-Ḥāfiẓ li-Dīn Allāh)al ʿĀḍid bi Allāh Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn al Mawlā Abī l Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn al Imām al Ḥāfiẓ li Dīn Allāh last...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/399
al-ʿAḍud ibn Munqidh, ʿAḍud al-Dīn [`or` ʿAḍud al-Dawlah] Abū l-Fawāris Murhaf ibn Usāmah — Names: al-ʿAḍud ibn Munqidh, ʿAḍud al-Dīn [`or` ʿAḍud al-Dawlah] Abū l-Fawāris Murhaf ibn Usāmahal-ʿAḍud ibn Munqidh, ʿAḍud al-Dīn [`or` ʿAḍud al-Dawlah] Abū l-Fawāris Murhaf ibn Usāmah (d. 613/1216), son of Usāmah ibn MunqidhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/403
al-ʿAlawī — Names: al-ʿAlawīal-ʿAlawī, patron of Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/451
al-ʿAmīd — Names: al-ʿAmīdal-ʿAmīd, vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/492
al-ʿAmīdī, Rukn al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Samarqandī — Names: al-ʿAmīdī, Rukn al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Samarqandīal-ʿAmīdī, Rukn al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Samarqandī, Ḥanafī jurist at Bukhārā (d. 615/1218)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/493
al-ʿĀmirī, Abū l-Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf — Names: al-ʿĀmirī, Abū l-Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Yūsufal-ʿĀmirī, Abū l-Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf (d. 381/992), philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/502
al-ʿArqalah Abū l-Nadā Ḥassān ibn Numayr al-Kalbī — Names: al-ʿArqalah Abū l-Nadā Ḥassān ibn Numayr al-Kalbīal-ʿArqalah Abū l-Nadā Ḥassān ibn Numayr al-Kalbī, poet (6th/12th c.)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/568
al-ʿAskarī — Names: al-ʿAskarīal-ʿAskarī, Abū Aḥmad, philologist, lexicographer (d. 382/993)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/581
al-ʿAskarī, Abū Hilāl — Names: al-ʿAskarī, Abū Hilālal-ʿAskarī, Abū Hilāl, philologist (d. after 395/1005)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/582
al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn — Names: al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīnal-ʿAzīz ibn al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn (`reg.` 589– 595/1193–1198), son of Ṣalāḥ al-DīnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/599
al-ʿAzīz or al-ʿAzīz bi-Allāh — Names: al-ʿAzīz or al-ʿAzīz bi-Allāhal-ʿAzīz or al-ʿAzīz bi-Allāh, fifth Fatimid caliph (`reg.` 364–385/975–96)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/598

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.