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)

Dāwūd ibn Ḥunayn — Names: Dāwūd ibn ḤunaynDāwūd ibn Ḥunayn, physician son of Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/700
Daylam — Names: DaylamDaylam, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/704
Democrates the Second — Names: Democrates the SecondDemocrates the Second, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/706
Diocles — Names: DioclesDiocles, Dogmatic physician of late antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/713
Dioscorides the Oculist — Names: Dioscorides the OculistDioscorides the Oculist, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/721
Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yazīd — Names: Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn YazīdAbū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yazīd, Andalusian physician and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/73
Epicurus — Names: EpicurusEpicurus, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/739
Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Malik al-Thaqafī — Names: Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Malik al-ThaqafīAbū ʿAbd Allāh al-Mālik al-ThaqafīAbū ʿAbd Allāh al-Malik al-Thaqafī Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/75
Fakhr al-Dīn Riḍwān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Rustam al-Khurāsānī al-Sāʿātī — Names: Fakhr al-Dīn Riḍwān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Rustam al-Khurāsānī al-SāʿātīFakhr al-Dīn [Riḍwān] ibn al-SāʿātīFakhr al-Dīn Riḍwān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Rustam al-Khurāsānī al-Sāʿātī, physician, clock-maker and littérateurURI: https://usaybia.net/person/763
Fannūn, Abū Naṣr — Names: Fannūn, Abū NaṣrFannūn the PhysicianFannūn, Abū Naṣr, the PhysicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/764
Fatḥ al-Dīn ibn Jamāl al-Dīn ibn Abī l-Ḥawāfir — Names: Fatḥ al-Dīn ibn Jamāl al-Dīn ibn Abī l-ḤawāfirFatḥ al-Dīn ibn Jamāl al-Dīn ibn Abī l-Ḥawāfir, Egyptian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/773
Furāt ibn Shaḥāthā — Names: Furāt ibn ShaḥāthāFurāt ibn Shaḥāthā, Jewish physician serving ʿĪsā ibn Mūsā ibn MuḥammadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/781
Furius — Names: FuriusFurius, physician of antiquity, pupil of Plato the PhysicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/782
Furnus — Names: FurnusFurnus, physician of antiquity, pupil of Plato the PhysicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/783
Galen/Jālīnūs — Names: Galen/JālīnūsGalen/Jālīnūs, physician to emperors Marcus Aurelius, Commodus, Septimius SeverusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/786
Gallus of Emesa — Names: Gallus of EmesaGallus of Emesa, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/788
Gessius — Names: GessiusGessius, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/791
Ghālib — Names: GhālibGhālib, the Physician of al-MuʿtaḍidGhālib, physician of al-Muʿtaḍid (active 289/900)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/795
Ghūrus — Names: GhūrusGhūrus, the second great physician of antiquity (after Asclepius)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/799
Gorgias — Names: GorgiasGorgias, a physician of antiquity, pupil of GhūrusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/803
Gregorius — Names: GregoriusGregorius, Methodist physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/804
Ḥakam al-Dimashqī — Names: Ḥakam al-DimashqīḤakam al-Dimashqī, personal physician to MuʿāwiyahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/813
Ḥāmid ibn ʿAlī — Names: Ḥāmid ibn ʿAlīḤāmid ibn ʿAlī. Oculist. Brother of the famous physician Muhadhdhab al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʿAlīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/819
Ḥamzah ibn al-Ḥasan — Names: Ḥamzah ibn al-ḤasanḤamzah ibn al-Ḥasan, unidentified physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/821
al-Ḥaqīr al-Nāfiʿ — Names: al-Ḥaqīr al-Nāfiʿal-Ḥaqīr al-Nāfiʿ, Egyptian Jewish wound specialist (`jarāʾiḥī`) under al-ḤākimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/822

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.