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Occupationcommander (16) chief (1) poet (1) musician (1)

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    Results (16)

    Ibn Khanbash al-Yūnānī — Names: Ibn Khanbash al-YūnānīIbn Khanbash al-Yūnānī, Ibrāhīm (name occurs also as Ibn Ḥanbash, Ibn al-Ḥabashī, Ibn Ḥubaysh), commander of the Fatimid armyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1029
    Ibn Rāʾiq — Names: Ibn RāʾiqIbn Rāʾiq, military commander (d. 330/942)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1089
    ʿĪsā ibn Māhān — Names: ʿĪsā ibn MāhānʿĪsā ibn Māhān, guard commander under al-Mahdī and Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1244
    Kāfūr al-Ikhshīdī — Names: Kāfūr al-IkhshīdīKāfūr al-Ikhshīdī, Abū-l-Misk Kāfūr, Ikhshīdid commanderURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1358
    Khālid ibn al-Walīd — Names: Khālid ibn al-WalīdKhālid ibn al-Walīd, commander (d. 21/642)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1383
    al-Malik al-Afḍal Shahanshāh ibn Amīr al-Juyūsh — Names: al-Malik al-Afḍal Shahanshāh ibn Amīr al-Juyūshal-Malik al-Afḍal Shahanshāh ibn Amīr al-Juyūsh (d. 515/1121), Fatimid commanderURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1455
    Abū Dulaf al-Qāsim ibn ʿĪsā ibn Idrīs — Names: Abū Dulaf al-Qāsim ibn ʿĪsā ibn IdrīsAbū Dulaf al-Qāsim ibn ʿĪsā ibn Idrīs, 2nd– 3rd/8th–9th-c. commander, poet and musicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/148
    al-Muhājir ibn Khālid ibn al-Walīd — Names: al-Muhājir ibn Khālid ibn al-Walīdal-Muhājir ibn Khālid ibn al-Walīd, son of the celebrated commander Khālid ibn al-WalīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1598
    Nicanor of Stagira — Names: Nicanor of StagiraNicanor of Stagira, commander under Alexander the GreatURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1768
    Ṭāhir ibn al-Ḥusayn, Abū l-Ṭayyib — Names: Ṭāhir ibn al-Ḥusayn, Abū l-ṬayyibṬāhir ibn al-Ḥusayn, Abū l-Ṭayyib, commander under al-Maʾmūn, founder of the Ṭāhirid dynasty of governors of KhorasanURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2171
    Tāsh Farrāsh — Names: Tāsh FarrāshTāsh Farrāsh, commander in chief of the Ghaznavid troopsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2186
    Waṣīf the Turk — Names: Waṣīf the TurkWaṣīf the Turk, commander under al-MuʿtaṣimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2290
    Badr al-Muʿtaḍidī — Names: Badr al-MuʿtaḍidīBadr al-Muʿtaḍidī, commander-in-chief of al-MuʿtaḍidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/611
    Bajkam, Abū l-Ḥasan (`recte` Abū l-Ḥusayn) — Names: Bajkam, Abū l-Ḥasan (`recte` Abū l-Ḥusayn)Bajkam, Abū l-Ḥasan (`recte` Abū l-Ḥusayn), military commander (d. 319/941)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/619
    Harthamah ibn Aʿyan — Names: Harthamah ibn AʿyanHarthamah ibn Aʿyan, surnamed ‘the unfortunate’ (`al-mashʾūm`), commander under al-ManṣūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/835
    Ibn Ḥamdān — Names: Ibn ḤamdānIbn Ḥamdān, Naṣīr al-Dawlah Abū ʿAlī l-Ḥusayn ibn Abī ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn Ḥamdān, 11th-c. commander under al-MustanṣirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/992

      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.