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.

Results (492)

Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yazīd — Names: Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn YazīdAbū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yazīd, Andalusian physician and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/73
Sophus — Names: SophusSophus, Dogmatic physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2130
Marinus — Names: MarinusMarinus, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1515
al-Tamīmī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Saʿīd — Names: al-Tamīmī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Saʿīdal-Tamīmīal-Tamīmī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Saʿīd, 10th-c. physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2181
Abū Bishr — Names: Abū BishrAbū Bishr, ‘the Physician to Rulers’Abū Bishr, `ṭabīb al-ʿaẓīmiyyah`, physician in Egypt under al-ḤākimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/143
Zeno of Cyprus Names: Zeno of CyprusZeno of Cyprus, 4th-c. AⅮ Greek physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2374
Zakariyyā ibn al-Ṭayfūrī — Names: Zakariyyā ibn al-ṬayfūrīZakariyyā ibn al-Ṭayfūrī, physician on campaign with al-Afshīn in 222/837URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2355
Melissus — Names: MelissusMelissus, Empiricist physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1554
ʿAbd al-Muʾmin ibn ʿAbd al-Munʿim — Names: ʿAbd al-Muʾmin ibn ʿAbd al-MunʿimʿAbd al-Muʾmin ibn ʿAbd al-Munʿim, Damascene physician, served Ayyubid ruler al-Malik al-AshrafURI: https://usaybia.net/person/37
Yazīd ibn Rūmān al-Naṣrānī al-Andalusī — Names: Yazīd ibn Rūmān al-Naṣrānī al-AndalusīYazīd ibn Rūmān al-Naṣrānī al-Andalusī, Christian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2320
Kaṅkāyana — Names: KaṅkāyanaKaṅkāyana, Indian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1365
Mēnas — Names: MēnasMēnas, legendary Greek physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1557
Abū l-Qāsim Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Baḥr — Names: Abū l-Qāsim Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn BaḥrAbū l-Qāsim Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Baḥr, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/309
ʿAbd Allāh al-Ṭayfūrī — Names: ʿAbd Allāh al-ṬayfūrīʿAbd Allāh al-Ṭayfūrī, Christian physician to al-HādīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/12
Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Faḍl (= Ibn al-Qaṭṭān) — Names: Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Faḍl (= Ibn al-Qaṭṭān)Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-FaḍlAbū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Faḍl (= Ibn al-Qaṭṭān), poet and physician (d. 558/1163)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/316
Andromachus the Elder — Names: Andromachus the ElderAndromachus the Elder, personal physician of NeroURI: https://usaybia.net/person/526
Abū l-Ṣalt Umayyah ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī l-Ṣalt al-Andalusī al-Ishbīlī — Names: Abū l-Ṣalt Umayyah ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī l-Ṣalt al-Andalusī al-IshbīlīAbū l-Ṣalt Umayyah ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīzAbū l-Ṣalt Umayyah ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī l-Ṣalt al-Andalusī al-Ishbīlī, physician and poet (d. 528/1134)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/346
Ibn Abī l-Ashʿath, Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad — Names: Ibn Abī l-Ashʿath, Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn MuḥammadIbn Abī l-Ashʿath, Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, Persian physician active in Mosul (d. ca. 360/970)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/916
Ibn Uthrudī — Names: Ibn UthrudīʿAlī ibn Hibat Allāh ibn UthrudīIbn Uthrudī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Hibat Allāh ibn ʿAlī, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1158
Ibn al-Khayyāṭ — Names: Ibn al-KhayyāṭIbn al-Khayyāṭ, Abū Bakr Yaḥyā ibn Aḥmad, Andalusian physician (d. 447/1055–1056)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1032
Severus — Names: SeverusSeverus, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2031
Praxagoras — Names: PraxagorasPraxagoras, late 4th-c. Hippocratic physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1844
ʿAwn Allāh ibn Mūsā ibn al-ʿĀzār al-Israʾīlī — Names: ʿAwn Allāh ibn Mūsā ibn al-ʿĀzār al-IsraʾīlīʿAwn Allāh ibn Mūsā ibn al-ʿĀzār al-Israʾīlī, physician in the service of al-Muʿizz liDīn Allāh (d. 363/973)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/591
ʿAfīf ibn Sukkarah — Names: ʿAfīf ibn SukkarahʿAfīf ibn Sukkarah, Jewish physician from Aleppo (active 584/1188)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/409
Timaeus of Tarsus — Names: Timaeus of TarsusTimaeus of Tarsus, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2231

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.