Index of Persons

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    "?" 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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    Kadbānuwayh — Names: KadbānuwayhKadbānuwayh (Persian for Lady of the House), patron of Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1357
    Kāfūr al-Ikhshīdī — Names: Kāfūr al-IkhshīdīKāfūr al-Ikhshīdī, Abū-l-Misk Kāfūr, Ikhshīdid commanderURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1358
    al-Kalbī — Names: al-Kalbīal-Kalbī, Hishām, historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1359
    Kamāl al-Dīn Abū l-Qāsim ibn Abī Turāb al-Kātib al-Baghdādī — Names: Kamāl al-Dīn Abū l-Qāsim ibn Abī Turāb al-Kātib al-BaghdādīKamāl al-Dīn Abū l-Qāsim ibn Abī Turāb al-Kātib al-BaghdādīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1360
    Kamāl al-Dīn al-Ḥimṣī — Names: Kamāl al-Dīn al-ḤimṣīKamāl al-Dīn al-Ḥimṣī, pupil of Raḍī al-Dīn al-RaḥbīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1361
    Kamāl al-Dīn ibn Yūnus — Names: Kamāl al-Dīn ibn YūnusKamāl al Dīn ibn Yūnus Abū ʿImrān `or` Abū l Fatḥ Kamāl al Dīn Mūsā ibn Yūnus ibn Muḥammad al Mawṣilī mathematician and jurist...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1362
    Kamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Mīkāʾīl — Names: Kamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn MīkāʾīlKamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Mīkāʾīl, dedicatee of Fakhr al-Dīn al-RāzīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1363
    Kankah (`or` Kanakah) al-Hindī — Names: Kankah (`or` Kanakah) al-HindīKankah al-HindīKankah (`or` Kanakah) al-Hindī, Indian astrologer-astronomer (active ca. 775– 800)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1364
    Kankah (`or` Kanakah) al-Hindī — Names: Kankah (`or` Kanakah) al-HindīKankah al-HindīKankah (`or` Kanakah) al-Hindī, Indian astrologer-astronomer (active ca. 775– 800)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1364
    Kaṅkāyana — Names: KaṅkāyanaKaṅkāyana, Indian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1365
    al-Kātib al-Iṣfahānī — Names: al-Kātib al-Iṣfahānīal-Kātib al-Iṣfahānī, ʿImād al-Dīn, state secretary of Nūr al-Dīn and Saladin, anthologist (d. 597/1201)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1367
    Kawkīn — Names: KawkīnKawkīn, relation of ʿAḍud al-DawlahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1368
    Kay Bahman — Names: Kay BahmanKay Bahman, mythical Kayanian kingURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2429
    Kaykāʾūs ibn Kaykhusraw — Names: Kaykāʾūs ibn KaykhusrawKaykāʾūs ibn Kaykhusraw, al-Malik al-Ghālib, Seljuqid ruler of al-Rūm (Anatolia) (`reg.` 608–618/1211–1220)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1369
    Kayqubādh ibn Kaykhusraw ibn Qilij Arslān — Names: Kayqubādh ibn Kaykhusraw ibn Qilij ArslānKayqubādh ibn Kaykhusraw ibn Qilij Arslān, ruler of Erzerum in Anatolia (reg. 588– 593/1192–1197)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1370
    Kaysān ibn ʿUthmān ibn Kaysān — Names: Kaysān ibn ʿUthmān ibn KaysānKaysān ibn ʿUthmān ibn Kaysān, 10th-c. physician from Egypt and brother of the physician SahlānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1371
    al-Kayyāl — Names: al-Kayyālal-Kayyāl, Aḥmad ibn Zakariyyā (active 3rd/9th c.), Ismaili missionaryURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1373
    Kaʿb ibn Zuhayr — Names: Kaʿb ibn ZuhayrKaʿb ibn Zuhayr, 1st/7th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1356
    al-Khabūshānī — Names: al-Khabūshānīal-Khabūshānī, Najm al-Dīn, theologian, supporter of SaladinURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1374
    Khafīf al-Samarqandī — Names: Khafīf al-SamarqandīKhafīf al-Samarqandī, servant of al-MuʿtaḍidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1375
    Khalaf al-Ṭūlūnī — Names: Khalaf al-ṬūlūnīKhalaf al-Ṭūlūnī, Abū ʿAlī, Baghdadi physician (active 302/914)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1378
    Khalaf ibn Khalīfah — Names: Khalaf ibn KhalīfahKhalaf ibn Khalīfah, poet (possibly Khalaf ibn Khalīfah ibn Ṣāʿid, d. 181/797–780)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1377
    Khalaf ibn ʿAbbās al-Zahrāwī — Names: Khalaf ibn ʿAbbās al-ZahrāwīKhalaf ibn ʿAbbās al-Zahrāwī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1376
    Khālid — Names: KhālidKhālid, clan of the Jaʿfar ibn KilābURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1379
    Khālid ibn al-Muhājir ibn Khālid ibn al-Walīd — Names: Khālid ibn al-Muhājir ibn Khālid ibn al-WalīdKhālid ibn al-Muhājir ibn Khālid ibn al-Walīd, nobleman under MuʿāwiyahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1380
    Khālid ibn al-Walīd — Names: Khālid ibn al-WalīdKhālid ibn al-Walīd, commander (d. 21/642)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1383
    Khālid ibn Ṣafwān ibn al-Ahtam al-Tamīmī — Names: Khālid ibn Ṣafwān ibn al-Ahtam al-TamīmīKhālid ibn Ṣafwān ibn al-Ahtam al-Tamīmī, transmitter, noted for his eloquence (d. 135/752)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1381
    Khālid ibn Shahriyār — Names: Khālid ibn ShahriyārKhālid ibn Shahriyār, Khorasanian prince (active 141/758–759)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1382
    Ibn Rūmān al-Naṣrānī — Names: Ibn Rūmān al-NaṣrānīKhālid ibn Yazīd ibn Rūmān al-NaṣrānīIbn Rūmān al-Naṣrānī, Khālid ibn YazīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1094
    al-Khalīl ibn Aḥmad — Names: al-Khalīl ibn Aḥmadal-Khalīl ibn Aḥmad, Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Farāhīdī al-Azdī, lexicographer, grammarian (d. 175/791)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1385
    al-Khansāʾ — Names: al-Khansāʾal-Khansāʾ, poetess (d. after 24/644)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1386
    al-Khāqānī — Names: al-Khāqānīal-Khāqānī, Abū l-Qāsim ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad (d. 314/926–927), vizier under al-MuqtadirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1387
    Kharijites — Names: KharijitesKharijitesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1388
    Kharshā — Names: KharshāKharshā, slave-girl of Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1389
    Khaṣīb al-Naṣrānī — Names: Khaṣīb al-NaṣrānīKhaṣībKhaṣīb al-Naṣrānī, 2nd/8th-c. Christian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1390
    Khaṣīb al-Naṣrānī — Names: Khaṣīb al-NaṣrānīKhaṣībKhaṣīb al-Naṣrānī, 2nd/8th-c. Christian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1390
    Khaṣīb al-Naṣrānī — Names: Khaṣīb al-NaṣrānīKhaṣībKhaṣīb al-Naṣrānī, 2nd/8th-c. Christian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1390
    al-Khaṣībī — Names: al-Khaṣībīal-Khaṣībī, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Khaṣīb (d. 328/940), vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1391
    al-Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī, Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Thābit — Names: al-Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī, Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Thābital-Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī, Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Thābit (d. 463/1071), author of `Tārīkh Baghdād`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1392
    al-Khaṭīb al-Dawlaʿī — Names: al-Khaṭīb al-Dawlaʿīal-Khaṭīb al-Dawlaʿī, preacher and student of law (d. 598/1202)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1393
    al-Khaṭṭābī — Names: al-Khaṭṭābīal-Khaṭṭābī, Ḥamd ibn Muḥammad, traditionist (d. ca. 388/998)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1394
    Khayrūn ibn Rābiṭah — Names: Khayrūn ibn RābiṭahKhayrūn ibn Rābiṭah, translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1395
    Khayyām — Names: KhayyāmKhayyām, ʿUmar (Omar), Persian poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1396
    al-Khayzurān bint ʿAṭāʾ al-Jurashiyyah — Names: al-Khayzurān bint ʿAṭāʾ al-Jurashiyyahal-Khayzurān bint ʿAṭāʾ al-Jurashiyyah, wife of al-MahdīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1397
    al-Khāzinī — Names: al-Khāzinīal-Khāzinī, 6th/12th-c. astronomerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1398
    Khudhāwayh ibn Sahl — Names: Khudhāwayh ibn SahlKhudhāwayh ibn Sahl, son of Sahl al-KawsajURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1399
    Khunad Khātūn `or` Khwand Khātūn — Names: Khunad Khātūn `or` Khwand KhātūnKhunad Khātūn `or` Khwand Khātūn, wife of SaladinURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1400
    al-Khūnajī — Names: al-KhūnajīAfḍal al-Dīn al-Khūnajīal-Khūnajī, Afḍal al-Dīn Abū l-Faḍāʾil Muḥammad ibn Nāmawar, physician, teacher of ⅠＡＵ (d. 646/1248)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1401
    al-Khuraymī — Names: al-Khuraymīal-Khuraymī, Abu Yaʿqūb Isḥāq ibn Ḥassān, poet (d. 214/829)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1402
    Khusrawshāh ibn Mubādir — Names: Khusrawshāh ibn MubādirKhusrawshāh ibn Mubādir, 4th/10th-c. king of DaylamitesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1403
    Khwārazm Shāh — Names: Khwārazm ShāhKhwārazm Shāh, Muḥammad b. Tekish ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn (ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī Khwārazm Shāh `or` Muḥammad Khwārazm Shāh) (`reg.` 596–617/1200–1220)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1405
    Khwārazmshāh Abū l-ʿAbbās Maʾmūn ibn Maʾmūn (`recte` Muḥammad) — Names: Khwārazmshāh Abū l-ʿAbbās Maʾmūn ibn Maʾmūn (`recte` Muḥammad)Khwārazmshāh Abū l-ʿAbbās Maʾmūn ibn Maʾmūn (`recte` Muḥammad), ruler of Khwārazm (d. 387/997)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1404
    al-Kindī al-Naḥwī, Tāj al-Dīn Abū l-Yumn Zayd ibn al-Ḥasan — Names: al-Kindī al-Naḥwī, Tāj al-Dīn Abū l-Yumn Zayd ibn al-Ḥasanal-Kindī al-Naḥwī, Tāj al-Dīn Abū l-Yumn Zayd ibn al-Ḥasan, grammarian and teacher of literary sciences (d. 613/1217)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1409
    al-Kindī, Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥaq — Names: al-Kindī, Yaʿqūb ibn IsḥaqYaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq al-Kindīal-Kindī, Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥaq, philosopher (ca. 185–252/801–866)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1408
    al-Kirmānī, Abū l-Ḥakam ʿAmr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī — Names: al-Kirmānī, Abū l-Ḥakam ʿAmr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlīal-Kirmānīal-Kirmānī, Abū l-Ḥakam ʿAmr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1410
    al-Kirmānī, Abū l-Ḥakam ʿAmr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī — Names: al-Kirmānī, Abū l-Ḥakam ʿAmr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlīal-Kirmānīal-Kirmānī, Abū l-Ḥakam ʿAmr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1410
    al-Kīshī — Names: al-Kīshīal-Kīshī, author of a commentary on the Hippocratic `Aphorisms`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1411
    Kisrā Anūshirwān — Names: Kisrā AnūshirwānKisrā Anūshirwān, Sasanid ruler (`reg.` 537– 579)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1413
    al-Kumayt ibn Maʿrūf al-Asadī — Names: al-Kumayt ibn Maʿrūf al-Asadīal-Kumayt ibn Maʿrūf al-Asadī (d. ca. 100/ 718), poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1414
    Kunnah bint Kusayrah of Thumālah (Azd) Names: Kunnah bint Kusayrah of Thumālah (Azd)Kunnah bint Kusayrah of Thumālah (Azd), eponymous ancestress of the Banū Kunnah subtribeURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1416
    Kushājim, Abū l-Fatḥ Maḥmūd ibn al-Ḥusayn — Names: Kushājim, Abū l-Fatḥ Maḥmūd ibn al-ḤusaynKushājim, Abū l-Fatḥ Maḥmūd ibn al-Ḥusayn, poet and prose writer (d. ca. 360/970)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1417
    Kuthayyir ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān — Names: Kuthayyir ibn ʿAbd al-RaḥmānKuthayyir ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, known as Kuthayyir ʿAzzah, 1st/7th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1419

      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.