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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Dārā ibn Sām, Darius ⅠⅠⅠ — Names: Dārā ibn Sām, Darius ⅠⅠⅠDārā ibn Sām, Darius ⅠⅠⅠ, last Achaemenid king of Persia (`reg.` 336–330BC)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/696
al-Darkazīnī, ʿImād al-Dīn Abū l-Barakāt ibn Salamah — Names: al-Darkazīnī, ʿImād al-Dīn Abū l-Barakāt ibn Salamahal-Darkazīnī, ʿImād al-Dīn Abū l-Barakāt ibn Salamah, vizier under the Seljuq ruler Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad ibn Malikshāh (d. 521/1127)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/697
David — Names: DavidDavid, King, father of SolomonURI: https://usaybia.net/person/698
Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī — Names: Dāwūd al-ṬāʾīDāwūd al-Ṭāʾī, traditionistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/703
Dāwūd ibn Daylam — Names: Dāwūd ibn DaylamDāwūd ibn Daylam, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/699
Dāwūd ibn Ḥunayn — Names: Dāwūd ibn ḤunaynDāwūd ibn Ḥunayn, physician son of Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/700
Dāwūd ibn Rushayd — Names: Dāwūd ibn RushaydDāwūd ibn Rushayd, `muḥaddith`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/701
Dāwūd ibn Sarābiyūn (`or` Sarāfīyūn) — Names: Dāwūd ibn Sarābiyūn (`or` Sarāfīyūn)Dāwūd ibn Sarābiyūn (`or` Sarāfīyūn), acc. to ⅠAU brother of the physician Yūḥannā ibn Sarābiyūn, but probably courtier of al-Hādī (late 2nd/8th-c.)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/702
Daylam — Names: DaylamDaylam, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/704
Demeter — Names: DemeterDemeter, in Greek mythology, the goddess of harvestsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2417
Demetrius — Names: DemetriusDemetrius, devout man of CrotonURI: https://usaybia.net/person/705
Democrates the Second — Names: Democrates the SecondDemocrates the Second, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/706
Democritus of Abdera — Names: Democritus of AbderaDemocritus of Abdera, late-5th-c. founder of Atomist philosophyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/707
Demophilus Names: DemophilusDemophilus, Athenian hierophantURI: https://usaybia.net/person/708
Dexippus — Names: DexippusDexippus, disciple of HippocratesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/709
Dhū l-Kifl — Names: Dhū l-KiflDhū l-Kifl, mentioned in the QurʾanURI: https://usaybia.net/person/710
Dhū l-Rummah — Names: Dhū l-RummahDhū l-Rummah, poet (d. 117/735–736)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/711
Dhū Yazan — Names: Dhū YazanDhū Yazan, pre-islamic Yemenite maker of spearsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/712
al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Najm al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Shāh Ghāzī Malik Shāh — Names: al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Najm al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Shāh Ghāzī Malik Shāhal-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Najm al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Shāh Ghāzī Malik Shāh, son of Ṭughril BegURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1729
al-Dīn ibn al-Zubayr al-Qāḍī al-Makīn Abū l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn — Names: al-Dīn ibn al-Zubayr al-Qāḍī al-Makīn Abū l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusaynal-Dīn ibn al-Zubayr al-Qāḍī al-Makīn Abū l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn, unidentifiedURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1862
Diocles — Names: DioclesDiocles, 3rd–2nd-c. BC mathematician and geometerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/714
Diocles — Names: DioclesDiocles, Dogmatic physician of late antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/713
Diogenes — Names: DiogenesDiogenes, nutritionist of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/716
Diogenes — Names: DiogenesDiogenes, Greek Cynic philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/715
Diogenes Laërtius — Names: Diogenes LaërtiusDiogenes Laërtius, 3rd-c. AⅮ biographer of Greek philosophersURI: https://usaybia.net/person/717

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.