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    "Jacob+Bishop"~2  
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    Results (17)

    Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Mūsā — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn MūsāIbrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Mūsā, the SecretaryIbrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Mūsā, ‘the Secretary’ (`al-kātib`), 3rd/9th-c. patron of Greek-to-Arabic translatorsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1201
    ʿĪsā ibn Yūnus — Names: ʿĪsā ibn YūnusʿĪsā ibn Yūnus, the Secretary and the AccountantʿĪsā ibn Yūnus ‘the secretary and accountant’ (`al-kātib al-ḥāsib`), patron of translatorsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1254
    Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd — Names: Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿUbaydAbū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd, patron of Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/133
    Kadbānuwayh — Names: KadbānuwayhKadbānuwayh (Persian for Lady of the House), patron of Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1357
    al-Ḥasanī Muḥammad ibn Mūsā, Abū Jaʿfar al-Munajjim — Names: al-Ḥasanī Muḥammad ibn Mūsā, Abū Jaʿfar al-MunajjimMuḥammad ibn Mūsā the Astrologeral-Ḥasanī Muḥammad ibn Mūsā, Abū Jaʿfar al-Munajjim (‘the astrologer’), son of Mūsā ibn Shākir, patron of Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1627
    Muḥammad ibn Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-Malik — Names: Muḥammad ibn Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-MalikMuḥammad ibn Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al Malik patron of translators perhaps = Abū ʿImrān Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al Malik ibn Hishām al Iṣbahānī high...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1628
    ʿAbd Allāh ibn Isḥāq — Names: ʿAbd Allāh ibn IsḥāqʿAbd Allāh ibn Isḥāq, 3rd/9th-c. patron of translatorsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/19
    Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Ḥusaynī — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-ḤusaynīAbū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Ḥusaynī, patron of Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/196
    Sanḥārīb — Names: SanḥārībSanḥārīb, Armenian ruler and patron of Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (active late 9th–early 10th-c.)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2003
    Tādurā al-Usquf (Tādurī the Bishop), Theodore of Karkh Guddan — Names: Tādurā al-Usquf (Tādurī the Bishop), Theodore of Karkh GuddanTādurā al-usquf (Theodore the Bishop)Tādurā al-Usquf (Tādurī the Bishop), Theodore of Karkh Guddan, patron of letters, associate of Sergius of Rēsh ʿAynāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2170
    al-Yasaʿ, Elisha — Names: al-Yasaʿ, Elishaal-Yasaʿ, Elisha, patron of translatorsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2314
    Abū Muḥammad al-Shīrāzī — Names: Abū Muḥammad al-ShīrāzīAbū Muḥammad al-Shīrāzī, patron of Ibn Sīnā at JurjānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/289
    al-Abrash Abū Ṣāliḥ Manṣūr ibn Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad ibn Asad al-Sāmānī — Names: al-Abrash Abū Ṣāliḥ Manṣūr ibn Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad ibn Asad al-Sāmānīal-Abrash Abū Ṣāliḥ Manṣūr ibn Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad ibn Asad al-Sāmānī (d. 302/915), patron of al-RāzīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/343
    Aḥmad ibn al-Muʿtaṣim, Abū l-ʿAbbās — Names: Aḥmad ibn al-Muʿtaṣim, Abū l-ʿAbbāsAḥmad ibn al-Muʿtaṣim, Abū l-ʿAbbās, Abbasid prince and patron of al-KindīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/434
    al-ʿAlawī — Names: al-ʿAlawīal-ʿAlawī, patron of Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/451
    ʿAlī, known as al-Fayyūm — Names: ʿAlī, known as al-FayyūmʿAlī, known as al-Fayyūm, Christian patron of translators including Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq, governor of the Egyptian district of FayyūmURI: https://usaybia.net/person/461
    Abū Aḥmad Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fārisī — Names: Abū Aḥmad Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-FārisīAbū Aḥmad Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fārisī, patron of Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/89

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      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.