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Eudemus — Names: EudemusEudemus, 2nd-c. Peripatetic philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/744
Euphanes — Names: EuphanesEuphanes, Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/750
Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī, Ibn Khaṭīb al-Rayy — Names: Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī, Ibn Khaṭīb al-RayyIbn Khaṭīb al-Rayy (Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī)Fakhr al Dīn al Rāzī Ibn Khaṭīb al Rayy The Son of the Preacher of Rayy philosopher and theologian author of the monumental Qurʾanic...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/762
al-Fārābī, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Ūzlūgh ibn Ṭarkhān — Names: al-Fārābī, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Ūzlūgh ibn ṬarkhānAbū Naṣr al-Fārābīal-Fārābī, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Ūzlūgh ibn Ṭarkhān, philosopher and scholar of music (ca. 256–338/870–950)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/765
Favorinus of Arelate Names: Favorinus of ArelateFavorinus of Arelate, 2nd-c. ＡⅮ Roman philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/775
al-Ghazālī, Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī — Names: al-Ghazālī, Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad al-Ṭūsīal-Ghazālī, Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (d. 505/1111), philosopher and theologianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/797
Glaucon — Names: GlauconGlaucon, philosopher friend and dedicatee of GalenURI: https://usaybia.net/person/800
Heraclitus — Names: HeraclitusHeraclitus, Presocratic Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/870
Hippolytus Names: HippolytusHippolytus, 3rd-c. theologianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/888
Iamblichus — Names: IamblichusIamblichus, Syrian Neoplatonist philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/909
Ibn Bājjah, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn al-Ṣāʾigh — Names: Ibn Bājjah, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn al-ṢāʾighIbn BājjahIbn Bājjah, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn al-Ṣāʾigh, Andalusian philosopher and physician (d. 533/1139)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/943

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.