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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Achilles — Names: AchillesAchilles, legendary ancient Greek heroURI: https://usaybia.net/person/395
Acratus ‘the musician’ — Names: Acratus ‘the musician’Acratus ‘the musician’, Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/396
Acron of Agrigento — Names: Acron of AgrigentoAcron of Agrigento, prominent Empiricist physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/397
Adam — Names: AdamAdam, first manURI: https://usaybia.net/person/398
ʿAdnān — Names: ʿAdnānʿAdnān, legendary ancestor of the northern Arabian tribesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/400
ʿAḍud al-Dawlah, Abū Shujāʿ Fannā Khusraw — Names: ʿAḍud al-Dawlah, Abū Shujāʿ Fannā KhusrawʿAḍud al-Dawlah, Abū Shujāʿ Fannā Khusraw, Būyid emir (d. 372/983)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/401
ʿAḍud al-Dīn Abū al-Faraj ibn Raʾīs al-Ruʾasāʾ — Names: ʿAḍud al-Dīn Abū al-Faraj ibn Raʾīs al-RuʾasāʾʿAḍud al-Dīn Abū al-Faraj ibn Raʾīs al-Ruʾasāʾ, vizier to al-Mustaḍīʾ bi-Amr AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/402
Aephicianus — Names: AephicianusAephicianus, associate of SatyrusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/404
Aeschines — Names: AeschinesAeschines, Greek statesman and orator (d. 314BC)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/405
Aetius of Amida — Names: Aetius of AmidaAetius of Amida, 6th-c. medical authorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/406
al-Afḍal ibn Amīr al-Juyūsh — Names: al-Afḍal ibn Amīr al-Juyūshal-Afḍal ibn Amīr al-Juyūsh, Fatimid vizier 487–515/1094–1121URI: https://usaybia.net/person/408
ʿAfīf ibn Sukkarah — Names: ʿAfīf ibn SukkarahʿAfīf ibn Sukkarah, Jewish physician from Aleppo (active 584/1188)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/409
Afqūrshāh — Names: AfqūrshāhAfqūrshāh, pre-Islamic Persian rulerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/410
al-Afshīn — Names: al-Afshīnal-Afshīn, princely title of Ḥaydar ibn Kāwūs, general of al-Maʾmūn and al-MuʿtaṣimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/411
Agamemnon — Names: AgamemnonAgamemnon, Greek king and leader of the Greeks in the Trojan WarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/412
Agapius (Maḥbūb ibn Quṣṭanṭīn) — Names: Agapius (Maḥbūb ibn Quṣṭanṭīn)Agapius (Maḥbūb ibn Quṣṭanṭīn), 10th-c. bishop of Manbij and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/413
Agathias of Anazarbus — Names: Agathias of AnazarbusAgathias of Anazarbus, Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/414
Agathinus — Names: AgathinusAgathinus, 1st-c. physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/415
Agathodaemon — Names: AgathodaemonAgathodaemon, Greco-Egyptian god, expert on the occult in the Arabic traditionURI: https://usaybia.net/person/416
Agathon — Names: AgathonAgathon, metropolitan at al-ShawbakURI: https://usaybia.net/person/417
Aḥmad al-Ḥājib — Names: Aḥmad al-ḤājibAḥmad al-Ḥājib, possibly Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn al-Furāt (d. 312/924)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/419
Aḥmad ibn Abī Duʾād — Names: Aḥmad ibn Abī DuʾādAḥmad ibn Abī Duʾād, 2nd/8th-c. MuʿtaziliteURI: https://usaybia.net/person/422
Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb — Names: Aḥmad ibn Abī YaʿqūbAḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb, Abbasid clientURI: https://usaybia.net/person/423
Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥārith al-Ḥazzāz — Names: Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥārith al-ḤazzāzAḥmad ibn al-Ḥārith al-Ḥazzāz, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/426
Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Zayd ibn Fuḍālah al-Baladī — Names: Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Zayd ibn Fuḍālah al-BaladīAḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Zayd ibn Fuḍālah al-BaladīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/427

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.