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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

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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)

Yazīd ibn Yūḥannā ibn Abī Khālid — Names: Yazīd ibn Yūḥannā ibn Abī KhālidYazīd ibn Yūḥannā ibn Abī Khālid, known as Yazīd Būr, personal physician to al-Maʾmūn and then Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn al-MahdīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2321
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
Yūḥannā ibn Māsawayh — Names: Yūḥannā ibn MāsawayhYūḥannā ibn Māsawayh, Christian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2326
Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm al-Dānī — Names: Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm al-DānīAbū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm al-Dānī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/233
Yūsuf known as al-Sāhir — Names: Yūsuf known as al-Sāhiral-SāhirYūsuf known as al-Sāhir, physician in the time of the caliph al-MuktafīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2332
Yūsuf al-Baṣrī — Names: Yūsuf al-BaṣrīYūsuf al-Baṣrī, known as ‘the Short’, physician accompanying Abū DulafURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2333
Yūsuf ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥasdāy — Names: Yūsuf ibn Aḥmad ibn ḤasdāyAbū Jaʿfar Yūsuf ibn Aḥmad ibn ḤasdāyYūsuf ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥasdāy, Abū Jaʿfar, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2335
Yūsuf ibn Iṣṭifan — Names: Yūsuf ibn IṣṭifanYūsuf ibn Iṣṭifan, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2338
Yūsuf ibn Ṣalībā — Names: Yūsuf ibn ṢalībāYūsuf ibn Ṣalībā, physician accompanying Abū DulafURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2339
Yūsuf ibn Yazdād — Names: Yūsuf ibn YazdādYūsuf ibn Yazdād, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2341
Yūsuf al-Isrāʾīlī, Abū al-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn Yaḥyā ibn Isḥāq al-Sabtī al-Maghribī — Names: Yūsuf al-Isrāʾīlī, Abū al-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn Yaḥyā ibn Isḥāq al-Sabtī al-MaghribīAbū l-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf al-IsrāʾīlīYūsuf al-Isrāʾīlī, Abū al-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn Yaḥyā ibn Isḥāq al-Sabtī al-Maghribī, Jewish physician often known as Ibn Shamʿūn (d. 1227)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2342
Yūsuf al-Khūrī `or` al-Qass, Abū Yaʿqūb ibn Yūsuf ibn ʿĪsā — Names: Yūsuf al-Khūrī `or` al-Qass, Abū Yaʿqūb ibn Yūsuf ibn ʿĪsāYūsuf the TranslatorYūsuf al Khūrī `or` al Qass the priest Abū Yaʿqūb ibn Yūsuf ibn ʿĪsā known as Yūsuf the Translator the Physician and the Sleepless...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2343
Yūsuf al-Naṣrānī — Names: Yūsuf al-NaṣrānīYūsuf al-Naṣrānī, Christian physician and patriarch of Jerusalem 981–983URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2345
Yūsuf al-Wāsiṭī — Names: Yūsuf al-WāsiṭīYūsuf al-Wāsiṭī, 4th/10th-c. Baghdadi physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2346
Ẓāfir ibn Tamīm — Names: Ẓāfir ibn TamīmẒāfir ibn Tamīm, physician, presumably of Ibn al-ʿAynzarbīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2349
Zāhid al-ʿUlamāʾ, Abū Saʿīd Manṣūr ibn ʿĪsā — Names: Zāhid al-ʿUlamāʾ, Abū Saʿīd Manṣūr ibn ʿĪsāZāhid al-ʿUlamāʾ (Abū Saʿīd Manṣūr ibn ʿĪsā)Zāhid al-ʿUlamāʾ, Abū Saʿīd Manṣūr ibn ʿĪsā, physician of Naṣr al-Dawlah and brother of Elias of NisibisURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2350
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
Zankal — Names: ZankalZankal, Indian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2358
Zarayāyal — Names: ZarayāyalZarayāyal, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2361
Zayn al-Dīn al-Ḥāfiẓī, Sulaymān — Names: Zayn al-Dīn al-Ḥāfiẓī, SulaymānZayn al-Dīn al-ḤāfiẓīZayn al-Dīn al-Ḥāfiẓī, Sulaymān, physician in Aleppo and Damascus under the AyyubidsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2367
Zaynab — Names: ZaynabZaynab, the Physician of the Banū AwdZaynab, female physician of the Banū AwdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2371
Zeno of Cyprus Names: Zeno of CyprusZeno of Cyprus, 4th-c. ＡⅮ Greek physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2374
Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Ḥassān — Names: Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn ḤassānAbū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Ḥassān, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/239
al-Sharīf Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl — Names: al-Sharīf Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīlal-Sharīf Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl, physician in service of ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad Khwārazm ShāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2390
Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan — Names: Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-ḤasanAbū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan, unidentified physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2398

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.