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 (173)

Naṣr ibn Manṣūr ibn Bassām — Names: Naṣr ibn Manṣūr ibn BassāmNaṣr ibn Manṣūr ibn Bassām, grandfather of 3rd/9th-c. poet Ibn BassāmURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1757
Ibn al-Naḥḥās — Names: Ibn al-NaḥḥāsIbn al-Naḥḥās, Muwaffaq al-Dīn Hibat Allāh Abū l-Qāsim ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Kātib, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1075
Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Qarrābī — Names: Abū l-ʿAbbās al-QarrābīAbū l-ʿAbbās al-Qarrābī, Almohad poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/67
al-Badīʿ ʿAbd al-Razzāq ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Khiḍr al-ʿĀmirī, Abū l-Qāsim — Names: al-Badīʿ ʿAbd al-Razzāq ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Khiḍr al-ʿĀmirī, Abū l-Qāsimal-Badīʿ ʿAbd al-Razzāq ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Khiḍr al-ʿĀmirī, Abū l-Qāsim, poet of unknown dateURI: https://usaybia.net/person/603
Ibn Maṭrūḥ — Names: Ibn MaṭrūḥIbn Maṭrūḥ Abū l Ḥasan Yaḥyā ibn ʿĪsā ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al Ḥusayn Jamāl al Dīn poet and high official under Ayyubids vizier of...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1048
Abū Yaʿqūb al-Khuraymī, Isḥāq ibn Ḥassān — Names: Abū Yaʿqūb al-Khuraymī, Isḥāq ibn ḤassānAbū Yaʿqūb al-Khuraymī, Isḥāq ibn Ḥassān, poet courtier of Hārūn al-Rashīd and al-Amīn (d. 214/829)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/386
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
al-Irbilī — Names: al-Irbilīal-Irbilī, ʿIzz al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan [= al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad] al-Ghanawī al-Ḍarīr, poet (d. 660/1262)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1229
Bahāʾ al-Dīn ibn Nafādah — Names: Bahāʾ al-Dīn ibn NafādahBahāʾ al-Dīn ibn Nafādah? = `adīb` and poet Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Ibn NafādahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2412
Ibn ʿUnayn — Names: Ibn ʿUnaynIbn ʿUnayn, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Naṣr (`or` Naṣr Allāh) ibn al-Ḥasan, Damascene poet (d. 630/1233)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1151
Khalaf ibn Khalīfah — Names: Khalaf ibn KhalīfahKhalaf ibn Khalīfah, poet (possibly Khalaf ibn Khalīfah ibn Ṣāʿid, d. 181/797–780)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1377
Sayf al-Dīn al-Mushidd Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar ibn Qizil — Names: Sayf al-Dīn al-Mushidd Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar ibn QizilSayf al-Dīn al-Mushidd Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar ibn Qizil, emir and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2018
Rabīʿah al-Raqqī — Names: Rabīʿah al-RaqqīRabīʿah al-Raqqī, poet under Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1894
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
al-Akhṭal, Ghiyāth ibn Ghawth — Names: al-Akhṭal, Ghiyāth ibn Ghawthal-Akhṭal, Ghiyāth ibn Ghawth, Umayyad poet (d. ca. 92/710)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/443
Ibn Mandawayh — Names: Ibn MandawayhIbn Mandawayh, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, poet, father of Ibn Mandawayh al-IṣfahānīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2439
Abū l-Ḥakam ibn Ghalindū — Names: Abū l-Ḥakam ibn GhalindūAbū l-Ḥakam ibn Ghalindū (son of Galindo), Andalusian physician and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/185
Kaʿb ibn Zuhayr — Names: Kaʿb ibn ZuhayrKaʿb ibn Zuhayr, 1st/7th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1356
Ibn Hāniʾ al-Andalusī — Names: Ibn Hāniʾ al-AndalusīIbn Hāniʾ al-Andalusī, poet (d. ca. 362/973)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/995
Ibn Zuhr — Names: Ibn Zuhral-Ḥafīd (the grandson) Abū Bakr ibn ZuhrIbn Zuhr, al-Ḥafīd Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Abī Marwān ibn Abī l-ʿAlāʾ, Andalusian physician and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1175
Ibn Diḥyah — Names: Ibn DiḥyahIbn Diḥyah (d. 633/1235), Andalusian poet and anthologistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/970
Abū l-Waḥsh Wuḥaysh al-Asadī Sabʿ ibn Khalaf — Names: Abū l-Waḥsh Wuḥaysh al-Asadī Sabʿ ibn KhalafAbū l-Waḥsh Wuḥaysh al-Asadī Sabʿ ibn Khalaf, poet (d. 579/1184)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/380
Humām al-Dīn al-ʿAbdī, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Naṣr — Names: Humām al-Dīn al-ʿAbdī, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn NaṣrHumām al-Dīn al-ʿAbdī, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Naṣr, poet (d. 596/1199)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/896
al-Nābighah al-Dhubyānī — Names: al-Nābighah al-Dhubyānīal-Nābighah al-Dhubyānī, pre-Islamic poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2431
Ibn Jakkīnā (Jakīnā, Ḥakīnā), al-Ḥasan b. Aḥmad b. Muḥammad — Names: Ibn Jakkīnā (Jakīnā, Ḥakīnā), al-Ḥasan b. Aḥmad b. MuḥammadIbn Jakkīnā (Jakīnā, Ḥakīnā), al-Ḥasan b. Aḥmad b. Muḥammad, 6th/12th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1010

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.