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.

ALL

Chrysippus — Names: ChrysippusChrysippus, 3rd-c. BC Stoic philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/674
Claudius — Names: ClaudiusClaudius, 1st-c. Roman emperorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/675
Cleinias of Tarentum Names: Cleinias of TarentumCleinias of Tarentum, Pythagorean philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/676
Cleomyttades — Names: CleomyttadesCleomyttades, ancestor of HippocratesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/677
Cleopatra — Names: CleopatraCleopatra, Ptolemaic queen of Egypt (d. 30BC), supposed author on cosmetics and medical/alchemical mattersURI: https://usaybia.net/person/678
Conius Megillus — Names: Conius MegillusConius Megillus, fabricator of works allegedly by PythagorasURI: https://usaybia.net/person/679
Constantius — Names: ConstantiusConstantius, EmperorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/680
Coronis — Names: CoronisCoronis, mother of Asclepius by the god ApolloURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2414
Creophylus — Names: CreophylusCreophylus, ancestor of HermodamusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/681
Crisamis — Names: CrisamisCrisamis, Greek king of antiquity, ancestor of HippocratesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/682
Crito — Names: CritoCrito, friend of SocratesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/684
Crito — Names: CritoCrito, court physician of the emperor TrajanURI: https://usaybia.net/person/683
Cronus — Names: CronusCronus, father of the younger generation of gods in Greek mythologyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2415
Cylon — Names: CylonCylon, enemy of PythagorasURI: https://usaybia.net/person/685
Cyrus — Names: CyrusCyrus, founder of the Persian EmpireURI: https://usaybia.net/person/686
Ḍaḥḥāk (Arabic form of the Persian Dahhāk, Zahhāk, `or` Zuhāk) — Names: Ḍaḥḥāk (Arabic form of the Persian Dahhāk, Zahhāk, `or` Zuhāk)Ḍaḥḥāk (Arabic form of the Persian Dahhāk, Zahhāk, `or` Zuhāk), tyrannical king from Persian mythologyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2416
Dahīn al-Lawz — Names: Dahīn al-LawzDahīn al-Lawz, daughter of Damascene singerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/687
Dāhir — Names: DāhirDāhir, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/688
Dahishtak — Names: DahishtakDahishtak, superintendent of the Gondēshāpūr hospital in the reign of the caliph Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/689
Damascius — Names: DamasciusDamascius, 5th–6th-c. AⅮ Neoplatonist philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/690
Damon the Logician — Names: Damon the LogicianDamon the Logician, 5th–4th-c. BC SophistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/691
Dānīl — Names: DānīlDānīl, brother of Saʿdūn, brother-in-law of Saʿīd ibn Ghālib, physician to al-MuʿtaḍidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/692
Dāniyal — Names: DāniyalDāniyal, brother-in-law of the physician Yūḥannā ibn MāsawayhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/694
Dāniyāl the Physician — Names: Dāniyāl the PhysicianDāniyāl the Physician, physician in service of Muʿīzz al-DawlahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/693
Daqyūs (Decius) — Names: Daqyūs (Decius)Daqyūs (Decius), pupil of Abū l-Ḥakam al-MaghribīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/695

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.