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.

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Dexippus — Names: DexippusDexippus, disciple of HippocratesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/709
Dhū l-Kifl — Names: Dhū l-KiflDhū l-Kifl, mentioned in the QurʾanURI: https://usaybia.net/person/710
Dhū l-Rummah — Names: Dhū l-RummahDhū l-Rummah, poet (d. 117/735–736)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/711
Dhū Yazan — Names: Dhū YazanDhū Yazan, pre-islamic Yemenite maker of spearsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/712
al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Najm al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Shāh Ghāzī Malik Shāh — Names: al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Najm al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Shāh Ghāzī Malik Shāhal-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Najm al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Shāh Ghāzī Malik Shāh, son of Ṭughril BegURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1729
al-Dīn ibn al-Zubayr al-Qāḍī al-Makīn Abū l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn — Names: al-Dīn ibn al-Zubayr al-Qāḍī al-Makīn Abū l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusaynal-Dīn ibn al-Zubayr al-Qāḍī al-Makīn Abū l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn, unidentifiedURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1862
Diocles — Names: DioclesDiocles, Dogmatic physician of late antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/713
Diocles — Names: DioclesDiocles, 3rd–2nd-c. BC mathematician and geometerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/714
Diogenes — Names: DiogenesDiogenes, Greek Cynic philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/715
Diogenes — Names: DiogenesDiogenes, nutritionist of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/716
Diogenes Laërtius — Names: Diogenes LaërtiusDiogenes Laërtius, 3rd-c. AⅮ biographer of Greek philosophersURI: https://usaybia.net/person/717
Dionysius — Names: DionysiusDionysius, tyrant of SicilyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/718
Dionysus — Names: DionysusDionysus – Greek god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wineURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2418
Diophantus — Names: DiophantusDiophantusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/719
Dioscorides — Names: DioscoridesDioscorides, Greek pharmacologist (d. ca. 90)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/720
Dioscorides the Oculist — Names: Dioscorides the OculistDioscorides the Oculist, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/721
Dioscorides the Younger — Names: Dioscorides the YoungerDioscorides the Younger, 2nd-c. AⅮ grammarianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/722
Dioscorus — Names: DioscorusDioscorus, mid-5th-c. Patriarch of AlexandriaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/723
Dioteles — Names: DiotelesDioteles, friend of AristotleURI: https://usaybia.net/person/724
Domitian — Names: DomitianDomitian, 1st-c. Roman emperorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/728
Dracon — Names: DraconDracon, son of HippocratesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/729
Dubays ibn Ṣadaqah — Names: Dubays ibn ṢadaqahDubays ibn Ṣadaqah, Mazyadid ruler (`reg.` 501–529/1108–1135)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/730
al-Dunaysirī Durrī — Names: al-Dunaysirī Durrīal-Dunaysirī Durrī, a slave `or` servantURI: https://usaybia.net/person/731

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.