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 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
ʿAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Yūsuf al-Baghdādī — Names: ʿAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Yūsuf al-BaghdādīMuwaffaq al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-BaghdādīIbn al-LabbādʿAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Yūsuf al-Baghdādī, philosopher and physician, also known as Ibn al-Labbād (557–629/1162–1231)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/32
Abū Sahl al-Masīḥī — Names: Abū Sahl al-MasīḥīAbū Sahl al-Masīḥī, Christian physician (d. 401/1010)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/334
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
ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Abjar al-Kinānī — Names: ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Abjar al-KinānīʿAbd al-Malik ibn Abjar al-Kinānī, physician of ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz (`reg.` 99–101/717–720)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/34
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
Abū Shākir ibn Abī Sulaymān — Names: Abū Shākir ibn Abī SulaymānAbū Shākir ibn Abī Sulaymān, Christian physician of Egypt (d. 613/1216)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/349
Abū Sulaymān Dāwūd ibn Abī l-Munā ibn Abī Fānah — Names: Abū Sulaymān Dāwūd ibn Abī l-Munā ibn Abī FānahAbū Sulaymān Dāwūd ibn Abī l-Munā ibn Abī Fānah, Christian physician from Jerusalem serving FatimidsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/356
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
Abū ʿUthmān Saʿīd ibn Yaʿqūb al-Dimashqī — Names: Abū ʿUthmān Saʿīd ibn Yaʿqūb al-DimashqīAbū ʿUthmān Saʿīd ibn Yaʿqūb al-Dimashqī, translator and physician of ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā (active 302/924–925)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/379
Abū Yaḥyā ibn Qāsim al-Ishbīlī — Names: Abū Yaḥyā ibn Qāsim al-IshbīlīAbū Yaḥyā ibn Qāsim al-Ishbīlī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/384
Acron of Agrigento — Names: Acron of AgrigentoAcron of Agrigento, prominent Empiricist physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/397
ʿAfīf ibn Sukkarah — Names: ʿAfīf ibn SukkarahʿAfīf ibn Sukkarah, Jewish physician from Aleppo (active 584/1188)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/409
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Isḥāq ibn al-Haytham — Names: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Isḥāq ibn al-HaythamʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Isḥāq ibn al-Haytham, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/41
Agathinus — Names: AgathinusAgathinus, 1st-c. physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/415
Aḥmad ibn Ḥakīm ibn Ḥafṣūn — Names: Aḥmad ibn Ḥakīm ibn ḤafṣūnAḥmad ibn Ḥakīm ibn Ḥafṣūn, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/425
Aḥmad ibn Saʿd — Names: Aḥmad ibn SaʿdAḥmad ibn Saʿd, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/436
ʿAlam al-Dīn Abū Naṣr — Names: ʿAlam al-Dīn Abū NaṣrʿAlam al-Dīn Abū Naṣr, brother of Muhadhdhab al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Abī Ḥulayqah, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/450
Alexander of Tralles — Names: Alexander of TrallesAlexander of Tralles, physician of late antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/457
Alexandrians — Names: AlexandriansAlexandrians, late-antique physicians responsible for systematizing and summarizing Galen (curriculum of the Sixteen Books of Galen)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/458
ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Baks, Abū l-Ḥasan — Names: ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Baks, Abū l-ḤasanAbū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm ibn BaksʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Baks, Abū l-Ḥasan, physician at ʿAḍudī Hospital (d. 394/1003–1004)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/470
ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban al-Ṭabarī — Names: ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban al-ṬabarīIbn Rabban al-ṬabarīʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban al-Ṭabarī, 3rd/9th-c. physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/479
ʿAlī ibn Sulaymān — Names: ʿAlī ibn SulaymānʿAlī ibn Sulaymān, physician-astrologer under the FatimidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/480
Amīn al-Dawlah Abū l-Ḥasan ibn Ghazāl ibn Abī Saʿīd — Names: Amīn al-Dawlah Abū l-Ḥasan ibn Ghazāl ibn Abī SaʿīdAmīn al-DawlahAmīn al-Dawlah Abū l-Ḥasan ibn Ghazāl ibn Abī Saʿīd, vizier and physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/497
ʿAbd Yashūʿ ibn Naṣr — Names: ʿAbd Yashūʿ ibn NaṣrʿAbd Yashūʿ ibn Naṣr, physician of al-HādīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/50

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.