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 (94)

al-Mustaʿīn bi-Allāh, Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Hūd — Names: al-Mustaʿīn bi-Allāh, Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Hūdal-Mustaʿīn bi-Allāh, Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Hūd, ruler of the `tāʾifah` of Saragossa (`reg.` 478–503/1085–1110)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1685
al-Muʿtaḍid bi-Allāh Abī ʿAmr ʿAbbād ibn ʿAbbād — Names: al-Muʿtaḍid bi-Allāh Abī ʿAmr ʿAbbād ibn ʿAbbādal-Muʿtaḍid bi-Allāh Abī ʿAmr ʿAbbād ibn ʿAbbād, ruler of the `tāʾifah` of Seville (`reg.` 433–460/1042–1069)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1693
al-Muẓaffar, ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Abī ʿĀmir — Names: al-Muẓaffar, ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Abī ʿĀmiral-Muẓaffar, ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Abī ʿĀmir, chamberlain of al-Ḥakam ⅠⅠ and `de facto` ruler of al-Andalus in 392–399/1002– 1008URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1718
al-Nāṣir — Names: al-Nāṣiral-Nāṣir, unidentified rulerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1746
Naṣīr al-Dawlah ibn Marwān — Names: Naṣīr al-Dawlah ibn MarwānNaṣīr al-Dawlah ibn Marwān, Marwānid ruler of Diyār Bakr (d. 489/1096)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1749
Naṣr al-Dawlah Aḥmad ibn Marwān — Names: Naṣr al-Dawlah Aḥmad ibn MarwānNaṣr al-Dawlah Aḥmad ibn Marwān, Marwānid ruler of Mayyāfāriqīn and Diyār Bakr (`reg.` 401–453/1010–1060–1)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1756
Nūr al-Dīn ibn Jamāl al-Dīn ibn Artaq `or` Artuq — Names: Nūr al-Dīn ibn Jamāl al-Dīn ibn Artaq `or` ArtuqNūr al-Dīn ibn Jamāl al-Dīn ibn Artaq `or` Artuq, ruler of ḤīnīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1786
Nuṣrat al-Dīn ibn Jahān Pahlawān ibn Shams al-Dīn Eldigüz Names: Nuṣrat al-Dīn ibn Jahān Pahlawān ibn Shams al-Dīn EldigüzNuṣrat al-Dīn ibn Jahān Pahlawān ibn Shams al-Dīn Eldigüz, ruler of Azerbaijan (d. 582/1186)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1788
Phalaris Names: PhalarisPhalaris, 6th-c. BC tyrant of Akragas (the modern Agrigento) in SicilyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1815
Philadelphus — Names: PhiladelphusPhiladelphus, Ptolemy ⅠⅠ Philadelphus, ruler of Egypt 283–46BCURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1818
Polycrates — Names: PolycratesPolycrates, tyrant of SamosURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1840
Ṣadaqah ibn Manṣūr ibn Dubays al-Asadī, Sayf al-Dawlah — Names: Ṣadaqah ibn Manṣūr ibn Dubays al-Asadī, Sayf al-DawlahṢadaqah ibn Manṣūr ibn Dubays al-Asadī, Sayf al-Dawlah, Mazyadid ruler of al-Ḥillah (`reg.` 479–501/1086–1108)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1944
Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn/Saladin, Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb, al-Malik al-Nāṣir — Names: Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn/Saladin, Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb, al-Malik al-NāṣirṢalāḥ al-Dīn/Saladin, Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb, al-Malik al-Nāṣir, Ayyubid monarch (532–589/1138–1193)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1981
Ṣāliḥ ibn Waṣīf — Names: Ṣāliḥ ibn WaṣīfṢāliḥ ibn Waṣīf, Turkish military captain and ruler in Samarra in the reign of al-Muhtadī (255–256/869–70)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1987
Sanḥārīb — Names: SanḥārībSanḥārīb, Armenian ruler and patron of Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (active late 9th–early 10th-c.)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2003
Sanjar, Aḥmad ibn Malikshāh — Names: Sanjar, Aḥmad ibn MalikshāhSanjar, Aḥmad ibn Malikshāh, Seljuq ruler (`reg.` 490–552/1118–1157)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2006
Abū l-Ḥasan ibn Hūd — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan ibn HūdAbū l-Ḥasan ibn Hūd, ʿAḍūd al-Dawlah, Hūdī ruler in Murcia and SevilleURI: https://usaybia.net/person/202
Seleucus — Names: SeleucusSeleucus, founder of the Seleucid empireURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2024
Shihāb al-Dīn al-Ghūrī (Muḥammad ibn Sām Ⅰ, Shihāb al-Dīn, Muʿizz al-Dīn al-Ghūrī) — Names: Shihāb al-Dīn al-Ghūrī (Muḥammad ibn Sām Ⅰ, Shihāb al-Dīn, Muʿizz al-Dīn al-Ghūrī)Shihāb al Dīn al Ghūrī Muḥammad ibn Sām Ⅰ Shihāb al Dīn Muʿizz al Dīn al Ghūrī sultan of Ghūrid empire with his brother...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2084
Sulaymān ibn al-Ḥakam ibn Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh — Names: Sulaymān ibn al-Ḥakam ibn Nāṣir li-Dīn AllāhSulaymān ibn al-Ḥakam ibn Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Umayyad ruler of al-Andalus (`reg.` 400/1009–1010 and 403–407/1013–1016)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2153
Timurtāsh ibn Najm al-Dīn Il-Ghāzī, Ḥuṣām al-Dīn — Names: Timurtāsh ibn Najm al-Dīn Il-Ghāzī, Ḥuṣām al-DīnTimurtāsh ibn Najm al-Dīn Il-Ghāzī, Ḥuṣām al-Dīn (reg. 516–548/1122–1154), Artuqid rulerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2237
Tubbaʿ — Names: TubbaʿTubbaʿ, rulers of pre-Islamic YemenURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2242
Ṭughril Beg — Names: Ṭughril BegṬughril Beg, founder of the Seljuq Empire (`reg.` 1037–1063)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2244
Abū Isḥāq ibn Hūd Sharaf al-Dawlah — Names: Abū Isḥāq ibn Hūd Sharaf al-DawlahAbū Isḥāq ibn Hūd Sharaf al-Dawlah, Hūdī ruler in Murcia and SevilleURI: https://usaybia.net/person/231
Yūsuf Ⅰ, Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf — Names: Yūsuf Ⅰ, Abū Yaʿqūb YūsufYūsuf Ⅰ, Abū Yaʿqūb YūsufURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2331

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.