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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Ibn al-Baladī, Sharaf al-Dīn — Names: Ibn al-Baladī, Sharaf al-DīnIbn al-Baladī, Sharaf al-Dīn, vizier under al-MustanjidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/946
Ibn al-Barakhshī, Abū Ṭāhir Muwaffaq al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-ʿAbbās — Names: Ibn al-Barakhshī, Abū Ṭāhir Muwaffaq al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-ʿAbbāsAbū Ṭāhir ibn al-BarakhshīIbn al-Barakhshī, Abū Ṭāhir Muwaffaq al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-ʿAbbās, physician and littérateur from Wāsiṭ (d. after 560/1165)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/948
Ibn al-Baṭṭī, Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Bāqī ibn Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Baghdādī — Names: Ibn al-Baṭṭī, Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Bāqī ibn Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-BaghdādīIbn al Baṭṭī Abū l Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al Bāqī ibn Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al Baghdādī Hadith scholar chief traditionist of Iraq `musnid...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/953
Ibn al-Bawwāb — Names: Ibn al-BawwābIbn al-Bawwāb, famous calligrapher (d. 413/1022)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/954
Ibn al-Bayṭār, Ḍiyāʾ al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Mālaqī al-Nabātī — Names: Ibn al-Bayṭār, Ḍiyāʾ al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Mālaqī al-NabātīḌiyāʾ al-Dīn ibn al-BayṭārIbn al-Bayṭār, Ḍiyāʾ al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Mālaqī al-Nabātī, Andalusian pharmacologist (d. 646/1248)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/955
Ibn al-Biṭrīq — Names: Ibn al-BiṭrīqIbn al-Biṭrīq, translator of Greek into Arabic under al-MaʾmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/956
Ibn al-Budhūkh al-Qalaʿī, Abū Jaʿfar ʿUmar ibn ʿAlī — Names: Ibn al-Budhūkh al-Qalaʿī, Abū Jaʿfar ʿUmar ibn ʿAlīIbn al-Budhūkh al-Qalaʿī, Abū Jaʿfar ʿUmar ibn ʿAlī, Maghribī physician working in DamascusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/957
Ibn al-Būrī, Muwaffaq al-Dīn — Names: Ibn al-Būrī, Muwaffaq al-DīnIbn al-Būrī, Muwaffaq al-Dīn, Christian scribeURI: https://usaybia.net/person/959
Ibn al-Dahhān Wajīh al-Dīn al-Wāsiṭī Ibn Dahn (`or` Ibn Dhan) the Indian — Names: Ibn al-Dahhān Wajīh al-Dīn al-Wāsiṭī Ibn Dahn (`or` Ibn Dhan) the IndianIbn al-Dahhān Wajīh al-Dīn al-Wāsiṭī Ibn Dahn (`or` Ibn Dhan) the Indian, translator of Sanskrit medical texts and head of Baghdad hospitalURI: https://usaybia.net/person/963
Ibn al-Dahhān, Fakhr al-Dīn (also Abū Shujāʿ) — Names: Ibn al-Dahhān, Fakhr al-Dīn (also Abū Shujāʿ)Ibn al-Dahhān, Fakhr al-Dīn (also Abū Shujāʿ), Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Baghdādī, astronomer (d. 590/1194)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/962
Ibn al-Dāyah — Names: Ibn al-DāyahIbn al Dāyah Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf ibn Ibrāhīm d between 330 941 and 340 951 Ṭūlūnid historian and son of Yūsuf ibn...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/966
Ibn al-Dāyah — Names: Ibn al-DāyahIbn al Dāyah Abū l Ḥasan Yūsuf ibn Ibrāhīm al Ḥāsib courtier and assistant to Ibrāhīm ibn al Mahdī author of `Akhbār al atibbāʾ`...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/967
Ibn al-Dayjūr — Names: Ibn al-DayjūrIbn al-Dayjūr, Egyptian teacher of musicURI: https://usaybia.net/person/968
Ibn al-Dhahabī — Names: Ibn al-DhahabīIbn al-Dhahabī, Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Azdī, 5th/11thc. Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/969
Ibn al-Dubaythī al-Wāsiṭī — Names: Ibn al-Dubaythī al-WāsiṭīIbn al-Dubaythī al-Wāsiṭī, al-Ḥāfiẓ Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd ibn Yaḥyā, historian (d. 637/1239)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/972
Ibn al-Furāt — Names: Ibn al-FurātIbn al-Furāt, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Mūsā ibn al-Ḥasan (d. 312/924), vizier to al-MuqtadirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/981
Ibn al-Habbāriyyah — Names: Ibn al-HabbāriyyahIbn al-Habbāriyyah, al-Sharīf Abū Yaʿlā Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ, poet (d. 504/1110– 1111 `or` 509/1116)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/984
Ibn al-Ḥājib — Names: Ibn al-ḤājibMuhadhdhab al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn al-ḤājibIbn al-Ḥājib, Muhadhdhab al-Dīn Aḥmad, Damascene physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/985
Ibn al-Ḥajjāj — Names: Ibn al-ḤajjājIbn al-Ḥajjāj, Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn, poet (d. 391/1001)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/986
Ibn al-Ḥallāʾ al-Mursī — Names: Ibn al-Ḥallāʾ al-MursīIbn al-Ḥallāʾ al-Mursī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/987
Ibn al-Haytham — Names: Ibn al-HaythamAbū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-HaythamIbn al-Haytham, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham, mathematician, writer on optics (d. 430/1039)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/997
Ibn al-Imām — Names: Ibn al-ImāmIbn al-Imām, Abū l-ḤasanʿAlī ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīzURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1005
Ibn al-Jabbāb — Names: Ibn al-JabbābIbn al-Jabbāb, al-Qāḍī al-Jalīs ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Ḥusayn, poet (d. 561/1166)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1008
Ibn al-Jammālah — Names: Ibn al-JammālahIbn al-Jammālah, copyist of Ibn al-MuṭrānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1011
Ibn al-Jazzār — Names: Ibn al-JazzārIbn al-Jazzār, Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Abī Khālid, 4th/10th-c. physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1013

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.