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)

Ibn al-Tilmīdh — Names: Ibn al-TilmīdhAbū l-Faraj ibn al-TilmīdhIbn al Tilmīdh Muʿtamad al Mulk Abū l Faraj Yaḥyā ibn Ṣāʿid ibn Yaḥyā physician and poet d 559 1164 according to Yāqūt but...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1140
Abū l-ʿAtāhiyah — Names: Abū l-ʿAtāhiyahAbū l-ʿAtāhiyah, poet (d. 211/826)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/115
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
Ibn Wakīʿ al-Tinnīsī — Names: Ibn Wakīʿ al-TinnīsīIbn Wakīʿ al-Tinnīsī, ʿAlī ibn Wakīʿ al-Tinnīsī, poet and critic (d. 393/1003)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1163
Ibn al-Zayyāt — Names: Ibn al-ZayyātMuḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn al-ZayyātIbn al-Zayyāt, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik, Abbasid vizier and poet (d. 243/847)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1168
Ibn al-Zubayr — Names: Ibn al-ZubayrIbn al-Zubayr, al-Qāḍī al-Muhadhdhab al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Zubayr, poet (d. 561/1166)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1170
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
Idrīs ibn ʿAbd Allāh Ibn al-Yamān al-Andalusī — Names: Idrīs ibn ʿAbd Allāh Ibn al-Yamān al-AndalusīIdrīs ibn ʿAbd Allāh Ibn al-Yamān al-Andalusī, poet (d. 470/1077–1078)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1214
Imruʾ al-Qays — Names: Imruʾ al-QaysImruʾ al-Qays, a Bedouin (not the homonymous poet)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1227
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
Abū Bakr ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan al-Quhistānī — Names: Abū Bakr ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan al-QuhistānīAbū Bakr ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan al-Quhistānī, poet (ca. 435/1043), ?author of lines ascribed to Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/123
ʿĪsā ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā ibn Dāwūd ibn al-Jarrāḥ — Names: ʿĪsā ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā ibn Dāwūd ibn al-JarrāḥʿĪsā ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā ibn Dāwūd ibn al-Jarrāḥ, Abū l-Qāsim, poet (d. 391/1001)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1238
Abū Bakr al-Khālidī — Names: Abū Bakr al-KhālidīAbū Bakr al-Khālidī, 4th/10th-c. poet and man of letters, brother of Abū ʿUthmān al-KhālidīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/128
ʿIzz al-Dīn al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Ghanawī al-Rāfiḍī al-Irbilī al-Ḍarīr — Names: ʿIzz al-Dīn al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Ghanawī al-Rāfiḍī al-Irbilī al-ḌarīrʿIzz al Dīn al Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al Ghanawī al Rāfiḍī al Irbilī al Ḍarīr d 660 1262 poet philosopher teacher of...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1294
Jaḥẓah — Names: JaḥẓahJaḥẓah, Aḥmad ibn Jaʿfar al-Barmakī, courtier, man of letters, poet (d. 324/936)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1307
Jamīl ibn Maʿmar — Names: Jamīl ibn MaʿmarJamīl ibn Maʿmar, poet-lover (d. 82/701)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1320
al-Jilyānī — Names: al-JilyānīḤakīm al-Zamān ʿAbd al-Munʿim al-Jilyānīal Jilyānī Ḥakīm al Zamān Abū l Faḍl ʿAbd al Munʿim ibn ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ḥassān al Ghassānī al Andalusī physician ophthalmologist...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1339
al-Juwaynī — Names: al-Juwaynīal Juwaynī Abū ʿAlī al Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm al Juwaynī al Kātib known as Ibn al Luʿaybah poet d in Cairo 586...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1355
Kaʿb ibn Zuhayr — Names: Kaʿb ibn ZuhayrKaʿb ibn Zuhayr, 1st/7th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1356
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
Abū Bakr al-Khālidī — Names: Abū Bakr al-KhālidīAbū Bakr al-Khālidī, a poet and man of letters, known together with his brother Abū ʿUthmān al-Khālidī as al-Khālidiyyān (d. 380/990)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1384
al-Khansāʾ — Names: al-Khansāʾal-Khansāʾ, poetess (d. after 24/644)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1386
Khayyām — Names: KhayyāmKhayyām, ʿUmar (Omar), Persian poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1396
al-Khuraymī — Names: al-Khuraymīal-Khuraymī, Abu Yaʿqūb Isḥāq ibn Ḥassān, poet (d. 214/829)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1402
al-Kumayt ibn Maʿrūf al-Asadī — Names: al-Kumayt ibn Maʿrūf al-Asadīal-Kumayt ibn Maʿrūf al-Asadī (d. ca. 100/ 718), poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1414

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.