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)

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
Soranus — Names: SoranusSoranus, 2nd-c. Methodist physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2131
Yūsuf al-Naṣrānī — Names: Yūsuf al-NaṣrānīYūsuf al-Naṣrānī, Christian physician and patriarch of Jerusalem 981–983URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2345
Furius — Names: FuriusFurius, physician of antiquity, pupil of Plato the PhysicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/782
Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Khalaf ibn ʿAsākir al-Dārimī — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Khalaf ibn ʿAsākir al-DārimīAbū l-Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Khalaf ibn ʿAsākir al-Dārimī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/191
Alexander of Tralles — Names: Alexander of TrallesAlexander of Tralles, physician of late antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/457
Muḥammad ibn Thawāb — Names: Muḥammad ibn ThawābMuḥammad ibn Thawāb al-MawṣilīMuḥammad ibn Thawāb, known as Abū l-Thallāj (?Abū l-Falāḥ), Iraqi physician, disciple of Ibn Abī l-AshʿathURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1638
Ḥasan the physician — Names: Ḥasan the physicianḤasan the physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/842
Paulus — Names: PaulusPaulus, physician of antiquity, pupil of GhūrusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1802
Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Ṣāʿid ibn al-Ḥasan — Names: Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Ṣāʿid ibn al-ḤasanAbū l-ʿAlāʾ Ṣāʿid ibn al-Ḥasan, physician in al-Raḥbah (d, 464/1072)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/94
Saʿīd ibn Tawfīl, Abū ʿUthmān — Names: Saʿīd ibn Tawfīl, Abū ʿUthmānSaʿīd ibn TawfīlSaʿīd ibn Tawfīl, Abū ʿUthmān, Christian physician in the service of Aḥmad ibn ṬūlūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1975
Abū l-ʿAlāʾ ibn Abī Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Ḥassān — Names: Abū l-ʿAlāʾ ibn Abī Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn ḤassānAbū l-ʿAlāʾ ibn Abī Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Ḥassān, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/90
Khalaf al-Ṭūlūnī — Names: Khalaf al-ṬūlūnīKhalaf al-Ṭūlūnī, Abū ʿAlī, Baghdadi physician (active 302/914)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1378
Abū Manṣūr al-Naṣrānī — Names: Abū Manṣūr al-NaṣrānīAbū Manṣūr al-Naṣrānī, Christian physician under Ṣalāḥ al-DīnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/269
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
Rajāʾ the physician of Khorasan — Names: Rajāʾ the physician of KhorasanRajāʾ the physician of KhorasanURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1906
al-Sharīf Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥasanī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh — Names: al-Sharīf Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥasanī, Abū ʿAbd Allāhal-Sharīf Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥasanīal-Sharīf Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥasanī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2076
Jārī — Names: JārīJārī, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1324
Ibn al-Nafīs — Names: Ibn al-NafīsIbn al-Nafīs, ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Abī l-Ḥazm al-Qurashī (or al-Qarashī) (d. 687/1288), physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1074
Abū l-Maʿālī ibn Tammām — Names: Abū l-Maʿālī ibn TammāmAbū l-Maʿālī ibn Tammām, physician of SaladinURI: https://usaybia.net/person/261
Masīḥ ibn Ḥakam — Names: Masīḥ ibn ḤakamMasīḥ ibn Ḥakam, physician at the court of Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1535
Sulaymān Abū Bakr ibn Tāj — Names: Sulaymān Abū Bakr ibn TājSulaymān Abū Bakr ibn Tāj, physician in al-Andalus (active 310/922)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2148
Ibn Juljul — Names: Ibn JuljulIbn Juljul, Abū Dāwūd Sulaymān ibn Ḥassān al-Andalusī, physician, author of `Ṭabaqāt al-aṭibbāʾ wa-l-ḥukamāʾ` (d. after 384/954)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1016
Ibn Ṣāḥib al-Ṣalāh — Names: Ibn Ṣāḥib al-ṢalāhIbn Ṣāḥib al-Ṣalāh, Abū al-Qāsim Hishām ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, unidentified Sevillian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1105
Ibn Maʿshar `al-ṭabīb` — Names: Ibn Maʿshar `al-ṭabīb`Ibn Maʿshar the PhysicianIbn Maʿshar `al-ṭabīb`, physician to al-Ḥākim in EgyptURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1046

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.