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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Ḥamdūn, Ibrāhīm — Names: Ḥamdūn, IbrāhīmḤamdūn, Ibrāhīm, called Ḥamdūn (Ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Dāwūd ibn Ḥamdūn), courtier of caliphs al-Maʿmūn, al-MuʿtaṣimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/817
Ḥāmid ibn al-ʿAbbās — Names: Ḥāmid ibn al-ʿAbbāsḤāmid ibn al-ʿAbbās, vizier under al-MuqtadirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/818
Ḥāmid ibn ʿAlī — Names: Ḥāmid ibn ʿAlīḤāmid ibn ʿAlī. Oculist. Brother of the famous physician Muhadhdhab al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʿAlīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/819
Ḥammād ibn Isḥāq — Names: Ḥammād ibn IsḥāqḤammād ibn Isḥāq, musician (150–235/767– 850)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/820
Ḥamzah ibn al-Ḥasan — Names: Ḥamzah ibn al-ḤasanḤamzah ibn al-Ḥasan, unidentified physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/821
al-Ḥaqīr al-Nāfiʿ — Names: al-Ḥaqīr al-Nāfiʿal-Ḥaqīr al-Nāfiʿ, Egyptian Jewish wound specialist (`jarāʾiḥī`) under al-ḤākimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/822
al-Harawī — Names: al-Harawīal-Harawī, student of Ibn al-ṬayyibURI: https://usaybia.net/person/823
Ḥarb ibn Muḥammad — Names: Ḥarb ibn MuḥammadḤarb ibn Muḥammad, unidentifiedURI: https://usaybia.net/person/824
al-Ḥarīrī — Names: al-Ḥarīrīal-Ḥarīrī, author of `Maqāmāt` (d. 516/1122)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/825
al-Ḥarīsh — Names: al-Ḥarīshal-Ḥarīsh, physician at the court of the caliph al-Muʿtaṣim (active 221/836)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/826
al-Ḥārith al-Akbar — Names: al-Ḥārith al-Akbaral-Ḥārith al-Akbar, ancestor of al-KindīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/827
al-Ḥārith ibn Buskhunnār — Names: al-Ḥārith ibn Buskhunnāral-Ḥārith ibn Buskhunnār, Khorasanian prince (141/758–759)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/829
al-Ḥārith ibn Kaladah al-Thaqafī — Names: al-Ḥārith ibn Kaladah al-Thaqafīal-Ḥārith ibn Kaladah al-Thaqafī, legendary Arab physician, contemporary of the prophet MuḥammadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/828
al-Ḥārithī — Names: al-Ḥārithīal-Ḥārithī, unidentified poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/830
al-Ḥarrānī, Aḥmad ibn Yūnus ibn Aḥmad — Names: al-Ḥarrānī, Aḥmad ibn Yūnus ibn Aḥmadal-Ḥarrānī, Aḥmad ibn Yūnus ibn AḥmadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/831
al-Ḥarrānī, Yūnus ibn Aḥmad — Names: al-Ḥarrānī, Yūnus ibn Aḥmadal-Ḥarrānīal-Ḥarrānī, Yūnus ibn AḥmadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/833
al-Ḥarrānī, ʿUmar ibn Yūnus ibn Aḥmad — Names: al-Ḥarrānī, ʿUmar ibn Yūnus ibn AḥmadAḥmad and ʿUmar, the Sons of Yūnus ibn Aḥmad al-Ḥarrānīal-Ḥarrānī, ʿUmar ibn Yūnus ibn AḥmadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/832
al-Ḥarsūn — Names: al-Ḥarsūnal-Ḥarsūn, administrator under al-MuqtadirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/834
Harthamah ibn Aʿyan — Names: Harthamah ibn AʿyanHarthamah ibn Aʿyan, surnamed ‘the unfortunate’ (`al-mashʾūm`), commander under al-ManṣūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/835
Hārūn — Names: HārūnHārūn, a minor physician of BaghdadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/840
Hārūn al-Rashīd — Names: Hārūn al-RashīdHārūn al-Rashīd, Abbasid caliph (`reg.` 170– 193/786–809)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/841
Harūn ibn Mūsā al-Ushūnī — Names: Harūn ibn Mūsā al-UshūnīHārūn ibn Mūsā al-UshūnīHarūn ibn Mūsā al-Ushūnī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/837
Hārūn ibn Sulaymān ibn al-Manṣūr — Names: Hārūn ibn Sulaymān ibn al-ManṣūrHārūn ibn Sulaymān ibn al-Manṣūr, friend of the physician Yūḥannā ibn MāsawayhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/838
Hārūn ibn Suwāratagin — Names: Hārūn ibn SuwārataginHārūn ibn Suwāratagin, Turkish officerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/839
Hārūn ibn ʿAzūz ‘the Monk’ — Names: Hārūn ibn ʿAzūz ‘the Monk’Hārūn ibn ʿAzūz ‘the Monk’, chronographerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/836

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.