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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ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Kayqubādh — Names: ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn KayqubādhʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Kayqubādh, Seljuq sultan of Rūm (`reg.` 616–634/1219–1237)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/447
ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Tekish Khwārazm Shāh — Names: ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Tekish Khwārazm ShāhʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Tekish Khwārazm Shāh, ruler of the Khwārazm-Shāh dynasty (`reg.` 596–617/1200–1229)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/448
ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī Khwārazm Shāh — Names: ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī Khwārazm ShāhʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī Khwārazm ShāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2384
ʿAlāʾ al-Mulk al-Alawī — Names: ʿAlāʾ al-Mulk al-AlawīʿAlāʾ al-Mulk al-Alawī, vizier under Sultan Khwārazm ShāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/449
Albinus — Names: AlbinusAlbinus, Platonist and teacher of GalenURI: https://usaybia.net/person/452
Alexander of Aphrodisias — Names: Alexander of AphrodisiasAlexander of Aphrodisias, 3rd-c. Aristotelian philosopher (confused with Alexander of Damascus)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/453
Alexander of Damascus — Names: Alexander of DamascusAlexander of Damascus, Aristotelian philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/455
Alexander of Tralles — Names: Alexander of TrallesAlexander of Tralles, physician of late antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/457
Alexander the Great — Names: Alexander the GreatAlexander the Great, Macedonian kingURI: https://usaybia.net/person/456
Alexandrians — Names: AlexandriansAlexandrians, late-antique physicians responsible for systematizing and summarizing Galen (curriculum of the Sixteen Books of Galen)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/458
Alfonso ⅠⅠ — Names: Alfonso ⅠⅠAlfonso ⅠⅠ, king of PortugalURI: https://usaybia.net/person/459
Alfonso ⅤⅠⅠⅠ — Names: Alfonso ⅤⅠⅠⅠAlfonso ⅤⅠⅠⅠ, king of CastileURI: https://usaybia.net/person/460
ʿAlī — Names: ʿAlīʿAlī, son of caliph al-Nāṣir li-Dīn AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/462
ʿAlī [ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sīnā] — Names: ʿAlī [ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sīnā]ʿAlī [ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sīnā], brother of `the` Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/464
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib — Names: ʿAlī ibn Abī ṬālibʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muḥammad, last of the ‘Rightly Guided’ caliphsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/465
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib al-Qayrawānī — Names: ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib al-QayrawānīʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib al-Qayrawānī, dream interpreter: probably an error for Makkī ibn Abī Ṭālib al-Qayrawānī, q.v. ʿAlī ibn ʿAyyāsh, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/466
ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn, Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn — Names: ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn, Zayn al-ʿĀbidīnʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn, Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn, fourth Imam of the Twelver Shi’isURI: https://usaybia.net/person/469
ʿAlī ibn al-Jahm — Names: ʿAlī ibn al-JahmʿAlī ibn al-Jahm, poet active mainly in Baghdad (d. 249/863)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/475
ʿAlī ibn al-Mahdī — Names: ʿAlī ibn al-MahdīʿAlī ibn al-Mahdī, son of al-Mahdī, known as Abū QurayshURI: https://usaybia.net/person/476
ʿAlī ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Majūsī — Names: ʿAlī ibn al-ʿAbbās al-MajūsīʿAlī ibn al-ʿAbbās al-MajūsīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/463
ʿAlī ibn Bulbul (`al-wazīr`) — Names: ʿAlī ibn Bulbul (`al-wazīr`)ʿAlī ibn Bulbul (`al-wazīr`)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/467
ʿAlī ibn Ḥāmid — Names: ʿAlī ibn ḤāmidʿAlī ibn Ḥāmid, oculist, father of the physician Muhadhdhab al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʿAlīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/468
ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Baks, Abū l-Ḥasan — Names: ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Baks, Abū l-ḤasanAbū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm ibn BaksʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Baks, Abū l-Ḥasan, physician at ʿAḍudī Hospital (d. 394/1003–1004)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/470
ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Tamīmī — Names: ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn al-TamīmīʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Tamīmī, son of the physician al-TamīmīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/477
ʿAlī ibn Mūsā, al-Riḍā — Names: ʿAlī ibn Mūsā, al-RiḍāʿAlī ibn Mūsā, al-Riḍā, eighth imam of the Twelver Shi’isURI: https://usaybia.net/person/478

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.