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 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
Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Sābiq — Names: Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn SābiqAbū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Sābiq, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/240
Ṣafī al-Dīn ibn Shukr Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Isḥāq al-Madīnī — Names: Ṣafī al-Dīn ibn Shukr Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Isḥāq al-MadīnīṢafī al-Dīn ibn Shukr Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Isḥāq al-Madīnī, unidentified physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2400
Abū Jaʿfar ibn al-Ghazāl — Names: Abū Jaʿfar ibn al-GhazālAbū Jaʿfar ibn al-Ghazāl, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/241
al-Asʿad al-Maḥallī, Asʿad al-Dīn Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq — Names: al-Asʿad al-Maḥallī, Asʿad al-Dīn Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥāqal-Asʿad al-Maḥallīal-Asʿad al-Maḥallī, Asʿad al-Dīn Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq, 13th-c. Jewish physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2410
Abū Jaʿfar ibn Hārūn al-Turjālī — Names: Abū Jaʿfar ibn Hārūn al-TurjālīAbū Jaʿfar ibn Hārūn al-Turjālī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/242
Ibn Bakhtawayh, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿĪsā — Names: Ibn Bakhtawayh, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿĪsāIbn BakhtawayhIbn Bakhtawayh, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿĪsā, 11th c. physician from Wāsiṭ, active ca. 420/1030URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2424
Abū Jaʿfar ibn Khamīs al-Ṭulayṭulī — Names: Abū Jaʿfar ibn Khamīs al-ṬulayṭulīAbū Jaʿfar ibn Khamīs al-Ṭulayṭulī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/243
Saʿdūn — Names: SaʿdūnSaʿdūn, brother of Dānīl, brother-in-law of Saʿīd ibn Ghālib, physician to al-MuʿtaḍidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2441
Abū Jaʿfar al-Dhahabī — Names: Abū Jaʿfar al-DhahabīAbū Jaʿfar al-Dhahabī, Aḥmad ibn Jurayj, physician (d. 600/1203–1204)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/245
Abū l-Karam — Names: Abū l-KaramAbū l-Karam, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/252
Abū l-Khaṭṭāb Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī Ṭālib — Names: Abū l-Khaṭṭāb Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī ṬālibAbū l-KhaṭṭābAbū l-Khaṭṭāb Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī Ṭālib, Iraqi physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/254
Abū l-Khayr al-Masīḥī — Names: Abū l-Khayr al-MasīḥīAbū l-Khayr al-Masīḥī, physician to caliph al-Nāṣir li-Dīn AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/258
Abū l-Maʿālī ibn Tammām — Names: Abū l-Maʿālī ibn TammāmAbū l-Maʿālī ibn Tammām, physician of SaladinURI: https://usaybia.net/person/261
Abū Māhir Mūsā ibn Yūsuf ibn Sayyār — Names: Abū Māhir Mūsā ibn Yūsuf ibn SayyārAbū Māhir Mūsā ibn Yūsuf ibn Sayyār, Iraqi physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/262
Abū l-Majd ibn Abī l-Ḥakam — Names: Abū l-Majd ibn Abī l-ḤakamAbū l-Majd ibn Abī l-Ḥakam, physician, astronomer, geometricianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/263
Abū Manṣūr al-Naṣrānī — Names: Abū Manṣūr al-NaṣrānīAbū Manṣūr al-Naṣrānī, Christian physician under Ṣalāḥ al-DīnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/269
Abū Muḥammad ibn Abī Jaʿfar — Names: Abū Muḥammad ibn Abī JaʿfarAbū Muḥammad ibn Abī Jaʿfar, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/286
Abū Muḥammad al-Shadhūnī — Names: Abū Muḥammad al-ShadhūnīAbū Muḥammad al-Shadhūnī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/288
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
Abū Muslim Muḥammad ibn Baḥr — Names: Abū Muslim Muḥammad ibn BaḥrAbū Muslim Muḥammad ibn Baḥr, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/293
Abū l-Najm (al-Naṣrānī), ibn Abī Ghālib ibn Fahd ibn Manṣūr ibn Wahb ibn Qays ibn Mālik — Names: Abū l-Najm (al-Naṣrānī), ibn Abī Ghālib ibn Fahd ibn Manṣūr ibn Wahb ibn Qays ibn MālikAbū l-Najm (al-Naṣrānī), ibn Abī Ghālib ibn Fahd ibn Manṣūr ibn Wahb ibn Qays ibn Mālik, Christian physician in DamascusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/296
Abū Naṣr ibn Abī Sulaymān — Names: Abū Naṣr ibn Abī SulaymānAbū Naṣr ibn Abī Sulaymān, 12th–13th-c. Christian physician of EgyptURI: https://usaybia.net/person/298
Abū Naṣr Saʿīd ibn Abī l-Khayr ibn ʿĪsā ibn al-Masīḥī — Names: Abū Naṣr Saʿīd ibn Abī l-Khayr ibn ʿĪsā ibn al-MasīḥīAbū Naṣr ibn al-MasīḥīAbū Naṣr Saʿīd ibn Abī l-Khayr ibn ʿĪsā ibn al-Masīḥī, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/305
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

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.