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Occupationpolymath (9) physician (1) Qurʾanic commentator (1) historian (1) translator (1)

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    Results (9)

    Ibn Qutaybah al-Dīnawarī — Names: Ibn Qutaybah al-DīnawarīIbn Qutaybah al-Dīnawarī, Islamic polymath (213–276/828–89)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1088
    Mālik ibn Wuhayb al-Ishbīlī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh — Names: Mālik ibn Wuhayb al-Ishbīlī, Abū ʿAbd AllāhMālik ibn Wuhayb al-Ishbīlī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh, Sevillian polymath (d. 252/1130)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1469
    al-Suyūṭī, Jalāl al-Dīn — Names: al-Suyūṭī, Jalāl al-Dīnal-Suyūṭī, Jalāl al-Dīn (d. 911/1505), Egyptian polymath ＡⅠ.3URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2165
    al-Ṭabarī, Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr Ṭabarī — Names: al-Ṭabarī, Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr Ṭabarīal-Ṭabarī, Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr Ṭabarī, polymath historian and Qurʾanic commentator (d. 310/923)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2168
    Yaʿqūb of Edessa — Names: Yaʿqūb of EdessaAyyūb al-Ruhāwī (Ayyūb of Edessa)Yaʿqūb of EdessaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2437
    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
    Abū l-ʿAbbās ibn Wāḍiḥ al-Yaʿqūbī — Names: Abū l-ʿAbbās ibn Wāḍiḥ al-YaʿqūbīAbū l-ʿAbbās ibn Wāḍiḥ al-Yaʿqūbī, 3rd/9th-c. polymathURI: https://usaybia.net/person/61
    al-Bīrūnī, Abū l-Rayḥān — Names: al-Bīrūnī, Abū l-RayḥānAbū r-Raiḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-BīrūnīAbū l-Rayḥān al-Bīrūnīal-Bīrūnīal-Bīrūnī, Abū l-Rayḥān, polymath (d. ca. 442/1050)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/645
    Ḥayyawayh Ibn Ḥazm — Names: Ḥayyawayh Ibn ḤazmḤayyawayh Ibn Ḥazm (d. 456/1064), Andalusī polymathURI: https://usaybia.net/person/998

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      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.