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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  
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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.

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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)

Yūḥannā ibn Bukhtīshūʿ — Names: Yūḥannā ibn BukhtīshūʿYūḥannā ibn Bukhtīshūʿ, Christian physician, collaborator of Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq (d. ca. 912)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2323
Modestus — Names: ModestusModestus, physician of antiquity, pupil of GhūrusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1577
ʿĪsā — Names: ʿĪsāʿĪsā, known as Abū QurayshʿĪsā, known as Abū Quraysh, apothecary and personal physician to al-MahdīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1234
Ibn Uthrudī — Names: Ibn UthrudīAbū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn UthrudīIbn Uthrudī, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1155
al-Yabrūdī, Abū l-Faraj Jirjīs [Jūrjis] ibn Yuḥannā ibn Sahl ibn Ibrahīm — Names: al-Yabrūdī, Abū l-Faraj Jirjīs [Jūrjis] ibn Yuḥannā ibn Sahl ibn Ibrahīmal-Yabrūdīal-Yabrūdī, Abū l-Faraj Jirjīs [Jūrjis] ibn Yuḥannā ibn Sahl ibn Ibrahīm, Christian physician from Damascus (d. ca. 450/1058)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2295
Stephanus — Names: StephanusStephanus, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2134
Chaldaeans al-Kashkarī (or al-Kaskarī) — Names: Chaldaeans al-Kashkarī (or al-Kaskarī)Chaldaeans al-Kashkarī (or al-Kaskarī), Yaʿqūb, 4th/10thc. physician in BaghdadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1366
ʿĪsā ‘the Muslim’ — Names: ʿĪsā ‘the Muslim’ʿĪsā ‘the Muslim’, early 3rd/9th-c. physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1233
Ibn al-Tilmīdh — Names: Ibn al-TilmīdhIbn al-Tilmīdh, Raḍī al-Dawlah Abū Naṣr ibn Hibat Allāh (ibn) Ṣāʿid, physician son of (Amīn al-Dawlah) ibn al-TilmīdhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1141
Abū Muḥammad ibn Abī Jaʿfar — Names: Abū Muḥammad ibn Abī JaʿfarAbū Muḥammad ibn Abī Jaʿfar, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/286
Yaḥyā ibn Yaḥyā — Names: Yaḥyā ibn YaḥyāYaḥyā ibn Yaḥyā, Known as Ibn al-SamīnahYaḥyā ibn Yaḥyā, known as Ibn al-Samīnah, physician from Cordova (d. 315/927)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2305
Marwān ibn Janāḥ — Names: Marwān ibn JanāḥMarwān ibn Janāḥ, Andalusian physician and philologistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1522
al-Qumrī (or al-Qamarī), Abū Manṣūr al-Ḥasan ibn Nūḥ al-Qumrī (or al-Qamarī) — Names: al-Qumrī (or al-Qamarī), Abū Manṣūr al-Ḥasan ibn Nūḥ al-Qumrī (or al-Qamarī)Abū Manṣūr al-Ḥasan ibn Nūḥ al-Qamarī (or, al-Qumrī)al-Qumrī (or al-Qamarī), Abū Manṣūr al-Ḥasan ibn Nūḥ al-Qumrī (or al-Qamarī), Persian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1883
Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm al-Dānī — Names: Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm al-DānīAbū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm al-Dānī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/233
Sukkarah al-Ḥalabī — Names: Sukkarah al-ḤalabīSukkarah al-Ḥalabī, Jewish physician under al-Malik al-ʿĀdilURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2145
Muwaffaq al-Dīn ibn al-Ṣaraf — Names: Muwaffaq al-Dīn ibn al-ṢarafMuwaffaq al-Dīn ibn al-Ṣaraf, physician at the al-Nūrī hospitalURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1715
Ghūrus — Names: GhūrusGhūrus, the second great physician of antiquity (after Asclepius)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/799
ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Maslamah al-Bājī — Names: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Maslamah al-BājīʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Maslamah al-Bājī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/29
Yūsuf ibn Yazdād — Names: Yūsuf ibn YazdādYūsuf ibn Yazdād, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2341
Māsawayh Abū Yūḥannā — Names: Māsawayh Abū YūḥannāMāsawayh Abū YuḥannāMāsawayh Abū Yūḥannā, physician in the service of Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1531
Theodotus — Names: TheodotusTheodotus, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2216
Saʿdūn — Names: SaʿdūnSaʿdūn, son-in-law of Ghālib the physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1948
ʿĪsā ibn ʿAlī — Names: ʿĪsā ibn ʿAlīʿĪsā ibn ʿAlī, student of Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq, physician to al-Muʿtamid ʿalā AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1237
Abū Saʿīd ibn Abī Sulaymān — Names: Abū Saʿīd ibn Abī SulaymānAbū Saʿīd ibn Abī Sulaymān, al-Muhadhdhab, Christian physician in Egypt (d. ca. 613/1216)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/338
Ibn Uthāl — Names: Ibn UthālIbn Uthāl, Christian of Damascus, personal physician to MuʿāwiyahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1154

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.