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)

ʿAwn Allāh ibn Mūsā ibn al-ʿĀzār al-Israʾīlī — Names: ʿAwn Allāh ibn Mūsā ibn al-ʿĀzār al-IsraʾīlīʿAwn Allāh ibn Mūsā ibn al-ʿĀzār al-Israʾīlī, physician in the service of al-Muʿizz liDīn Allāh (d. 363/973)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/591
Aʿyan ibn Aʿyan — Names: Aʿyan ibn AʿyanAʿyan ibn Aʿyan, Egyptian physician (d. 385/995)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/594
Ayyūb al-Ruhāwī (Job of Edessa) al-Abrash — Names: Ayyūb al-Ruhāwī (Job of Edessa) al-AbrashAyyūb, known as al-AbrashAyyūb al-Ruhāwī (Job of Edessa) al-Abrash, Syriac polymath, Christian physician and translator of Galen (d. ca. 835)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/596
al-Badīʿ (`or` Badīʿ al-Zamān) al-Asṭurlābī, Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad — Names: al-Badīʿ (`or` Badīʿ al-Zamān) al-Asṭurlābī, Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmadal-Badīʿ al-Aṣṭurlābī (Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad al-Baghdādī)al-Badīʿ (`or` Badīʿ al-Zamān) al-Asṭurlābī, Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad, physician and poet (d. 534/1139)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/605
Badr al-Dīn ibn Qāḍī Baʿlabakk — Names: Badr al-Dīn ibn Qāḍī BaʿlabakkBadr al-Dīn ibn Qāḍī Baʿlabakk, physician, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/609
Bahāʾ al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Sāʿātī — Names: Bahāʾ al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-SāʿātīBahāʾ al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Sāʿātī, poet, brother of physician Fakhr al-Dīn RiḍwānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/614
Bahāʾ al-Dīn Abū l-Thanāʾ Maḥmūd ibn Abī l-Faḍl Manṣūr ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Ismāʿīl al-Ṭabarī al-Makhzūmī — Names: Bahāʾ al-Dīn Abū l-Thanāʾ Maḥmūd ibn Abī l-Faḍl Manṣūr ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Ismāʿīl al-Ṭabarī al-MakhzūmīBahāʾ al-Dīn Abū l-Thanāʾ Maḥmūd ibn Abī l-Faḍl Manṣūr ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Ismāʿīl al-Ṭabarī al-Makhzūmī, judge and physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/615
Bākahr — Names: BākahrBākahr, an otherwise unrecorded Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/620
al-Bālisī — Names: al-Bālisīal-Bālisī, physician during Ikshidid dynasty (active 355/966)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/624
Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Jayyānī — Names: Abū l-ʿAbbās al-JayyānīAbū l-ʿAbbās al-Jayyānī, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/63
Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Kanbanārī — Names: Abū l-ʿAbbās al-KanbanārīAbū l-ʿAbbās al-Kanbanārī, Aḥmad ibn Abī ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/64
al-Bayyāsī (`or` al-Bayāsī), Amīn al-Dīn Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyā ibn Ismāʿīl al-Andalusī — Names: al-Bayyāsī (`or` al-Bayāsī), Amīn al-Dīn Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyā ibn Ismāʿīl al-AndalusīAbū Zakariyyā Yaḥyā al-Bayyāsīal Bayyāsī `or` al Bayāsī Amīn al Dīn Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyā ibn Ismāʿīl al Andalusī Egyptian physician in Damascus teacher of Asʿad al Dīn...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/642
Bukhtīshūʿ ibn Jibrīl — Names: Bukhtīshūʿ ibn JibrīlBukhtīshūʿ ibn Jibrīl, member of family of Christian physicians (d. 257/870)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/656
Bukhtīshūʿ ibn Jūrjis — Names: Bukhtīshūʿ ibn JūrjisBukhtīshūʿ ibn Jūrjis, physician to Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/657
Bukhtīshūʿ ibn Yūḥannā — Names: Bukhtīshūʿ ibn YūḥannāBukhtīshūʿ ibn Yūḥannā, physician to al-Muqtadir bi-Allāh and al-Rāḍī bi-AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/658
Bulmuẓaffar ibn Muʿarrif (Bulmuẓaffar Naṣr ibn Maḥmūd ibn al-Muʿarrif) — Names: Bulmuẓaffar ibn Muʿarrif (Bulmuẓaffar Naṣr ibn Maḥmūd ibn al-Muʿarrif)Bulmuẓaffar ibn MuʿarrifBulmuẓaffar ibn Muʿarrif (Bulmuẓaffar Naṣr ibn Maḥmūd ibn al-Muʿarrif), Egyptian physician and poet (active 534/1140)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/659
Būlus ibn Ḥanūn — Names: Būlus ibn ḤanūnBūlus ibn Ḥanūn, physician in entourage of Abū DulafURI: https://usaybia.net/person/660
Caraka (also Sharak, Sīrk, or Jarak) — Names: Caraka (also Sharak, Sīrk, or Jarak)Caraka (also Sharak, Sīrk, or Jarak)– Indian physician, author of `Carakasaṃhitā`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/670
Cassius the Egyptian — Names: Cassius the EgyptianCassius the Egyptian, 5th-c. AⅮ physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/671
Chrysermus — Names: ChrysermusChrysermus, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/673
Crito — Names: CritoCrito, court physician of the emperor TrajanURI: https://usaybia.net/person/683
Dāhir — Names: DāhirDāhir, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/688
Dāniyāl the Physician — Names: Dāniyāl the PhysicianDāniyāl the Physician, physician in service of Muʿīzz al-DawlahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/693
Dāwūd ibn Daylam — Names: Dāwūd ibn DaylamDāwūd ibn Daylam, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/699
Dāwūd ibn Ḥunayn — Names: Dāwūd ibn ḤunaynDāwūd ibn Ḥunayn, physician son of Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/700

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.