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    "ʿAbdishoʿ I"  
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    "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 (19)

    Abū ʿAlī ibn Mawṣilāyā — Names: Abū ʿAlī ibn MawṣilāyāAbū ʿAlī ibn Mawṣilāyā, secretary of Abū l-Qāsim al-MaghribīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/102
    Abū l-Aṣbagh ʿĪsā ibn Aḥmad al-Rāzī — Names: Abū l-Aṣbagh ʿĪsā ibn Aḥmad al-RāzīAbū l-Aṣbagh ʿĪsā ibn Aḥmad al-Rāzī (d. 379/989), Andalusī historian and secretary of al-Ḥakam ⅠⅠURI: https://usaybia.net/person/111
    Ibn Ṭalḥah al-Kātib al-Baghdādī — Names: Ibn Ṭalḥah al-Kātib al-BaghdādīIbn Ṭalḥah al-Kātib al-Baghdādī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Ḥamzah, secretary to the Ḥājib of the Bāb al-Nūbī (d. 599/1202–1203)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1132
    ʿĪsā ibn Yūnus — Names: ʿĪsā ibn YūnusʿĪsā ibn Yūnus, the Secretary and the AccountantʿĪsā ibn Yūnus ‘the secretary and accountant’ (`al-kātib al-ḥāsib`), patron of translatorsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1254
    Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm — Names: Isḥāq ibn IbrāhīmIsḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm, secretary to Ibn ṬūlūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1259
    al-Kātib al-Iṣfahānī — Names: al-Kātib al-Iṣfahānīal-Kātib al-Iṣfahānī, ʿImād al-Dīn, state secretary of Nūr al-Dīn and Saladin, anthologist (d. 597/1201)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1367
    Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Muqaffaʿ — Names: Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-MuqaffaʿMuḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Muqaffaʿ, son of Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ and secretary to al-ManṣūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1604
    Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-Malik — Names: Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-MalikMūsā ibn ʿAbd al-Malik, secretary to the caliph al-Mutawakkil (`reg.` 232–247/847– 61)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1671
    Abū l-Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn AḥmadAbū l-Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, secretary to Abū Ghānim al-ʿAbbāsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/207
    Abū Muḥammad Badr ibn Abī l-Iṣbaʿ — Names: Abū Muḥammad Badr ibn Abī l-IṣbaʿAbū Muḥammad Badr ibn Abī l-Iṣbaʿ, ‘the secretary’URI: https://usaybia.net/person/282
    Abū Muḥammad al-Ṣilḥī — Names: Abū Muḥammad al-ṢilḥīAbū Muḥammad al-Ṣilḥī, secretary to al-Muṭīʿ li-AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/290
    ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd al-Kātib (ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn Yaḥyā ibn Saʿd) — Names: ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd al-Kātib (ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn Yaḥyā ibn Saʿd)ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd al-Kātib (ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn Yaḥyā ibn Saʿd, d. 132/750), secretary to Marwān ⅠⅠURI: https://usaybia.net/person/31
    Abū Saʿīd ʿUthmān al-Dimashqī — Names: Abū Saʿīd ʿUthmān al-DimashqīAbū Saʿīd ʿUthmān al Dimashqī translator perhaps identical with Abū ʿUthmān Saʿīd ibn Yaʿqūb al Dimashqī Abū Saʿīd Wahb ibn Ibrāhīm secretary to al...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/341
    ʿAlī ibn Yaḥyā — Names: ʿAlī ibn YaḥyāʿAlī ibn Yaḥyā, known as Ibn al-MunajjimʿAlī ibn Yaḥyā, known as Ibn al-Munajjim, secretary, companion of al-Maʾmūn, patron of Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/483
    al-Azraq — Names: al-Azraqal-Azraq, secretary of Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/600
    Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Khaṣībī — Names: Abū l-ʿAbbās al-KhaṣībīAbū l-ʿAbbās al-Khaṣībī, secretary and then vizier of al-MuntaṣirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/65
    Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Dāwūd ibn al-Jarrāḥ — Names: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Dāwūd ibn al-JarrāḥAbū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Dāwūd ibn al-Jarrāḥ, secretary of several Abbāsid caliphs (d. 296/908)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/80
    Hilāl ibn al-Muḥassin ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ṣābiʾ — Names: Hilāl ibn al-Muḥassin ibn Ibrāhīm al-ṢābiʾHilāl ibn al-Muḥassin ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ṣābiʾ, secretary and historian under the Būyids (d. 448/1056)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/883
    Ibn al-Anbārī, Sadīd al-Dawlah Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm — Names: Ibn al-Anbārī, Sadīd al-Dawlah Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-KarīmIbn al-Anbārī, Sadīd al-Dawlah Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm, `kātib al-inshāʾ` in Baghdad chancery (d. 558/1162– 1163)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/934

      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.