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

Hipparchus — Names: HipparchusHipparchus, student of AristotleURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2506
Hippocrates — Names: HippocratesHippocrates, Greek physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/886
Hippocrates of Gerasa — Names: Hippocrates of GerasaHippocrates of Gerasa, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/887
Hippolytus Names: HippolytusHippolytus, 3rd-c. theologianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/888
Hishām I al-Riḍā — Names: Hishām I al-RiḍāHishām I al-Riḍā, emir of al-Andalus in 172– 180/788–796URI: https://usaybia.net/person/889
Hishām ⅠⅠ al-Muʾayyad bi-Allāh — Names: Hishām ⅠⅠ al-Muʾayyad bi-AllāhHishām ⅠⅠ al-Muʾayyad bi-Allāh, caliph in al-Andalus in 365–399/976–1009 and 400–403/1010–1013URI: https://usaybia.net/person/890
Homer — Names: HomerHomerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/891
Ḥubaysh ibn Ḥasan al-Dimashqī — Names: Ḥubaysh ibn Ḥasan al-DimashqīḤubaysh al-AʿsamḤubaysh ibn Ḥasan al-Dimashqī, translator nephew of Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/892
Hūd — Names: HūdHūd, pre-Islamic Arab prophetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/893
Ḥujjat al-Dīn Marwān ibn ʿAlī ibn Salāmah al-Fanakī — Names: Ḥujjat al-Dīn Marwān ibn ʿAlī ibn Salāmah al-FanakīḤujjat al-Dīn Marwān ibn ʿAlī ibn Salāmah al-Fanakī, vizier (d. after 550/1155)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/894
Hūlākū (Hūlāgū, Hülegü) — Names: Hūlākū (Hūlāgū, Hülegü)Hūlākū (Hūlāgū, Hülegü), Mongol conqueror, grandson of Genghis Khan (d. 663/1265)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/895
Humām al-Dīn al-ʿAbdī, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Naṣr — Names: Humām al-Dīn al-ʿAbdī, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn NaṣrHumām al-Dīn al-ʿAbdī, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Naṣr, poet (d. 596/1199)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/896
Ḥumayd al-Ṭāʾī — Names: Ḥumayd al-ṬāʾīḤumayd al-Ṭāʾī, known as al-Ṭūsī, Abbasid general of al-MaʾmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/897
Ḥunayn ibn Balūʿ al-ʿIbādī — Names: Ḥunayn ibn Balūʿ al-ʿIbādīḤunayn ibn Balūʿ al-ʿIbādī, a composer and singer of the Umayyad eraURI: https://usaybia.net/person/898
Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq, Abū Zayd Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-ʿIbādī — Names: Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq, Abū Zayd Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-ʿIbādīḤunayn ibn IsḥāqḤunayn ibn Isḥāq, Abū Zayd Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-ʿIbādī, Christian physician and translator (192– 260/808–873)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/899
Ḥusām al-Dawlah — Names: Ḥusām al-DawlahḤusām al-Dawlah, Ḥamdanid prince ruling Mosul, 4th/10th-c.URI: https://usaybia.net/person/900
al-Ḥusayn al-Khādim — Names: al-Ḥusayn al-Khādimal-Ḥusayn al-Khādim, eunuch serving al-MaʾmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/905
al-Ḥusayn ibn Fahm — Names: al-Ḥusayn ibn Fahmal-Ḥusayn ibn Fahm, a source for the historian Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Thābit al-Khaṭīb al-BaghdādīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/903
Ḥusayn ibn Kharmīn — Names: Ḥusayn ibn KharmīnḤusayn ibn Kharmīn, known as Ibn Kharmīl, ruler of HeratURI: https://usaybia.net/person/904
al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh — Names: al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāhal-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh, grandfather of Abū ʿAlī al-QiyānīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/901
al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭalib — Names: al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭalibal-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī ṬalibURI: https://usaybia.net/person/902
al-Ḥuwayzī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Abū l-ʿAbbās ‘al-ʿAbbāsī — Names: al-Ḥuwayzī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Abū l-ʿAbbās ‘al-ʿAbbāsīal-Ḥuwayzī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Abū l-ʿAbbās ‘al-ʿAbbāsī’, administrator in Baghdad of uncertain dateURI: https://usaybia.net/person/906
al-Huzaymī al-Abīwardī, Abū Naṣr — Names: al-Huzaymī al-Abīwardī, Abū Naṣral-Huzaymī al-Abīwardī, Abū Naṣr, 4th/10thc. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/907
Hypsicles — Names: HypsiclesHypsicles, Greek mathematician and astronomer (d. 120BC)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/908
Iamblichus — Names: IamblichusIamblichus, Syrian Neoplatonist philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/909

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.