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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.

Results (87)

Isḥāq ibn Sulaymān al-Isrāʾīlī — Names: Isḥāq ibn Sulaymān al-IsrāʾīlīIsḥāq ibn Sulaymān al-Isrāʾīlī, medical writer (d. 320/932 `or` 344/955)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1272
Isidore of Seville — Names: Isidore of SevilleIsidore of Seville, encyclopaedist author of `Etymologies` (d. 636)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1275
al-Jāḥiẓ — Names: al-Jāḥiẓal-Jāḥiẓ, Abū ʿUthmān ʿAmr ibn Baḥr, author of works of adab, theology, etc. (d. 255/868–869)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1306
al-Jānis (Jābis, Ḥābis?) — Names: al-Jānis (Jābis, Ḥābis?)al-Jānis (Jābis, Ḥābis?), unidentified author of a book on leadership (?)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1322
al-Jurjānī — Names: al-Jurjānīal-Jurjānī, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad (d. 482/1089), author of `al-Kināyāt`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1352
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-Kīshī — Names: al-Kīshīal-Kīshī, author of a commentary on the Hippocratic `Aphorisms`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1411
Mādhava Names: MādhavaMādhava, Indian author of the `Nidān or Nidāna`, also called `Mādhavanidāna` (active ca. ＡⅮ700)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1432
al-Manāwī — Names: al-Manāwīal-Manāwī, author of a commentary on the Hippocratic AphorismsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1499
al-Marzūqī, Abū ʿAlī Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan — Names: al-Marzūqī, Abū ʿAlī Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasanal-Marzūqī, Abū ʿAlī Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan, author of a commentary on the `Ḥamāsah` of Abū TammāmURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1528
al-Masʿūdī, Abu l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn — Names: al-Masʿūdī, Abu l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusaynal-Masʿūdī, Abu l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn, author of historical and geographical works (d. 345/956)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1542
Menelaus Names: MenelausMenelaus, Greek author on sphericsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1558
al-Mubashshir ibn Fātik, Maḥmūd al-Dawlah Abū l-Wafāʾ — Names: al-Mubashshir ibn Fātik, Maḥmūd al-Dawlah Abū l-Wafāʾal-Mubashshir ibn Fātikal-Mubashshir ibn Fātik, Maḥmūd al-Dawlah Abū l-Wafāʾ (5th/11th c.), author of `Mukhtār al-ḥikam`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1589
Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Tamīmī al-Maqdisī — Names: Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Tamīmī al-MaqdisīMuḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Tamīmī al-Maqdisī, author of `Māddat al-baqāʾ`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1613
Muḥammad ibn Sallām al-Jumaḥī — Names: Muḥammad ibn Sallām al-JumaḥīMuḥammad ibn Sallām al-Jumaḥī, traditionist and author of `Ṭabaqāt al-shuʿarā` (d. ca. 231–232/845–6)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1632
Nemesius Names: NemesiusNemesius, 4th-c. author confused with Gregory of NyssaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1764
Orosius — Names: OrosiusOrosius, late 4th/early 5th-c. author of `Historiae adversum paganos`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1792
Abū Ḥafṣ al-Kirmānī — Names: Abū Ḥafṣ al-KirmānīAbū Ḥafṣ al-Kirmānī, author of `Akhbār al- Barāmikah`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/180
Paul of Aegina — Names: Paul of AeginaPaul of Aegina, 7th-c. physician and author of `Collectiones medicae`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1801
Perictione Names: PerictionePerictione, pen-name of an author who wrote in the style of PythagorasURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1806
Pethion the Translator — Names: Pethion the TranslatorPethion the Translator, author of a lost ecclesiastical history (active 2nd half 9th c.)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1810
Porphyry — Names: PorphyryPorphyry, philosopher author of `Isagoge` (d. ca. 305)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1841
Ptolemy al-Gharīb — Names: Ptolemy al-GharībPtolemy al-Gharīb, author of the `Vita Aristotelis`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1851
Abū Ḥanīfah al-Dīnawarī — Names: Abū Ḥanīfah al-DīnawarīAbū Ḥanīfah al-Dīnawarī (d. 282–283/896), author of `K. al-Nabāt`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/188
Qudāmah ibn Jaʿfar — Names: Qudāmah ibn JaʿfarQudāmah ibn Jaʿfar, author of `Naqd al-shiʿr` (d. ca. 337/948)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1880

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.