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)

Najm al-Dīn Abū l-Ghanāʾim Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Muʿallim al-Hurthī — Names: Najm al-Dīn Abū l-Ghanāʾim Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Muʿallim al-HurthīNajm al-Dīn Abū l-Ghanāʾim Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Muʿallim al-Hurthī, poet of WāsiṭURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1730
al-Nāshiʾ al-Akbar, Abū l-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mālik al-Anbārī — Names: al-Nāshiʾ al-Akbar, Abū l-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mālik al-Anbārīal Nāshiʾ al Akbar Abū l ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mālik al Anbārī also known as Ibn Shirshīr d...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1743
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
Abū l-Ghawth ibn Niḥrīr al-Munayḥī — Names: Abū l-Ghawth ibn Niḥrīr al-MunayḥīAbū l-Ghawth ibn Niḥrīr al-Munayḥī, 4th– 5th/10th–11th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/178
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
Abū l-Ḥakam ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Muẓaffar ibn ʿAbd Allāh — Names: Abū l-Ḥakam ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Muẓaffar ibn ʿAbd AllāhAbū l-ḤakamAbū l-Ḥakam ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Muẓaffar ibn ʿAbd Allāh, physician and poet (d. 549/1155)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/186
al-Qāḍī al-Jalīs Abū l-Maʿālī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Jabbāb (`or` al-Ḥabbāb) — Names: al-Qāḍī al-Jalīs Abū l-Maʿālī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Jabbāb (`or` al-Ḥabbāb)al-Qāḍī al-Jalīs Abū l-Maʿālī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Jabbāb (`or` al-Ḥabbāb), poet (d. 561/1166)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1861
Rabīʿah al-Raqqī — Names: Rabīʿah al-RaqqīRabīʿah al-Raqqī, poet under Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1894
Saḥbān — Names: SaḥbānSaḥbān, legendary orator and poet of the tribe of WāʾilURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1954
al-Samawʾal — Names: al-Samawʾalal-Samawʾal, pre-Islamic Jewish poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1999
al-Ṣanawbarī, Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Ṣanawbarī, Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Muḥammadal-Ṣanawbarī, Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, poet (d. 334/945)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2001
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
al-Sayyid al-Naqīb al-Kāmil Ibn al-Sharīf al-Jalīl — Names: al-Sayyid al-Naqīb al-Kāmil Ibn al-Sharīf al-Jalīlal-Sayyid al-Naqīb al-Kāmil Ibn al-Sharīf al-Jalīl, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2021
al-Shabānsī, Qāsim ibn Muḥammad al-Qurashī al-Marwānī — Names: al-Shabānsī, Qāsim ibn Muḥammad al-Qurashī al-Marwānīal-Shabānsī, Qāsim ibn Muḥammad al-Qurashī al-Marwānī, Cordovan physician and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2033
Shaftar — Names: ShaftarShaftar, nickname of poet Abū l-Maʿālī al-SulamīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2039
al-Shāghūrī, Shihāb al-Dīn Fityān ibn ʿAlī — Names: al-Shāghūrī, Shihāb al-Dīn Fityān ibn ʿAlīal-Shāghūrī, Shihāb al-Dīn Fityān ibn ʿAlī, poet (d. 615/1218)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2041
Shams al-ʿArab al-Baghdādī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Nafīs ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Wahbān — Names: Shams al-ʿArab al-Baghdādī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Nafīs ibn Hibat Allāh ibn WahbānShams al-ʿArab al-Baghdādī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Nafīs ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Wahbān, poet and `muḥaddith` (d. 622/1225)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2047
Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar — Names: Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmarSharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar, 7th/13th-c. `kātib` and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2065
Shibl al-Dawlah Abū l-Hayjāʾ Muqātil ibn ʿAṭiyyah — Names: Shibl al-Dawlah Abū l-Hayjāʾ Muqātil ibn ʿAṭiyyahShibl al-Dawlah Abū l-Hayjāʾ Muqātil ibn ʿAṭiyyah, poet (d. 505/1111)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2079
Shukr ibn Abī l-Futūḥ al-ʿAlawī al-Ḥasanī — Names: Shukr ibn Abī l-Futūḥ al-ʿAlawī al-ḤasanīShukr ibn Abī l-Futūḥ al-ʿAlawī al-Ḥasanī, emir of Mecca, poet (d. 453/1061)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2100
Sibṭ ibn al-Taʿāwīdhī — Names: Sibṭ ibn al-TaʿāwīdhīSibṭ ibn al-Taʿāwīdhī, poet (d. 584/1188)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2104
Ṭāhir ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Yaḥyā al-Makhzūmī al-Baṣrī, Abū Muḥammad — Names: Ṭāhir ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Yaḥyā al-Makhzūmī al-Baṣrī, Abū MuḥammadṬāhir ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Yaḥyā al-Makhzūmī al-Baṣrī, Abū Muḥammad, late 4th/10th or early 5th/11th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2172
Ṭarafah — Names: ṬarafahṬarafah, pre-Islamic poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2184
al-Thaʿālibī, Abū Manṣūr ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Thaʿālibī, Abū Manṣūr ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammadal-Thaʿālibī, Abū Manṣūr ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammad, anthologist and poet (d. 429/1038)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2194
al-Ṭufayl — Names: al-Ṭufaylal-Ṭufayl, father of ʿĀmir ibn al-Ṭufayl, tribal hero and poet (d. ca. 10/632)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2243

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.