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)

Amqat — Names: AmqatAmqat, Indian physician at court of Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/506
Anchialus — Names: AnchialusAnchialus, Empiricist physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/522
Andī — Names: AndīAndī, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/523
Andreas — Names: AndreasAndreas, personal physician of Ptolemy PhilopatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/524
Andromachus the Elder — Names: Andromachus the ElderAndromachus the Elder, personal physician of NeroURI: https://usaybia.net/person/526
Andromachus the Younger — Names: Andromachus the YoungerAndromachus the Younger, 1st-c. physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/527
Ankar — Names: AnkarAnkar, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/531
Anqīlāwus — Names: AnqīlāwusAnqīlāwus, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/533
Antimachus — Names: AntimachusAntimachus, legendary physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/536
Antipater of Halasarna Names: Antipater of HalasarnaAntipater of Halasarna, 2nd-c. AⅮ physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/538
Antipater of Maṣṣīṣā (Mopsuestia) Names: Antipater of Maṣṣīṣā (Mopsuestia)Antipater of Maṣṣīṣā (Mopsuestia), 2nd-c. AⅮ physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/539
Antiphon — Names: AntiphonAntiphon, legendary physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/540
Antyllus — Names: AntyllusAntyllus, 2nd-c. Greek physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/543
Apollonius (perh. of Alexandria, or of Citium) — Names: Apollonius (perh. of Alexandria, or of Citium)Apollonius (perh. of Alexandria, or of Citium), physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/548
ʿAbdūs the Physician — Names: ʿAbdūs the PhysicianʿAbdūsʿAbdūs the PhysicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/55
Archelaus — Names: ArchelausArchelaus, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/553
Archigenes — Names: ArchigenesArchigenes, Pneumatist physician under TrajanURI: https://usaybia.net/person/554
ʿAbdūs ibn Zayd physician — Names: ʿAbdūs ibn Zayd physicianʿAbdūs ibn ZaydʿAbdūs ibn Zayd physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/56
Arius — Names: AriusArius, nicknamed ‘the Critic’, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/567
Asʿad al-Dīn ibn Abī l-Ḥasan (Asʿad al-Dīn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī l-Ḥasan) — Names: Asʿad al-Dīn ibn Abī l-Ḥasan (Asʿad al-Dīn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī l-Ḥasan)Asʿad al-Dīn ibn Abī l-ḤasanAsʿad al Dīn ibn Abī l Ḥasan Asʿad al Dīn ʿAbd al ʿAzīz ibn Abī l Ḥasan 570 635 1174 1237 one of a...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/572
Aṣbagh ibn Yaḥyā al-Ṭabīb — Names: Aṣbagh ibn Yaḥyā al-ṬabībAṣbagh ibn Yaḥyā al-Ṭabīb, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/573
Asclepiades — Names: AsclepiadesAsclepiades, late 2nd/early 1st-c. BC physician at RomeURI: https://usaybia.net/person/574
Asclepiades the Second — Names: Asclepiades the SecondAsclepiades the Second, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/575
Asclepiads — Names: AsclepiadsAsclepiads, ancient Greek physicians claiming descent from or adherence to AsclepiusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/576
Asclepius the Second — Names: Asclepius the SecondAsclepius the Second, legendary ancient Greek physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/577

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.