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-Muʿtazz — Names: Ibn al-MuʿtazzIbn al-Muʿtazz, ʿAbd Allāh, Abbasid prince and poet (d. 296/908)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1069
Ibn al-Nabbāsh — Names: Ibn al-NabbāshIbn al-Nabbāsh, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ḥāmid al-Bijāʾī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1072
Ibn al-Nadīm — Names: Ibn al-NadīmIbn al-Nadīm, Abū l-Faraj Muḥammad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb Ishāq, known as al-Warrāq al-Baghdādī, author of the `Fihrist`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1073
Ibn al-Nafīs — Names: Ibn al-NafīsIbn al-Nafīs, ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Abī l-Ḥazm al-Qurashī (or al-Qarashī) (d. 687/1288), physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1074
Ibn al-Naḥḥās — Names: Ibn al-NaḥḥāsIbn al-Naḥḥās, Muwaffaq al-Dīn Hibat Allāh Abū l-Qāsim ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Kātib, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1075
Ibn al-Qabīḍī — Names: Ibn al-QabīḍīIbn al-Qabīḍī, Muḥammad ibn Abī l-Wafāʾ ibn Aḥmad al-ʿUmarī (active 610/1213), poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1078
Ibn al-Qāsim — Names: Ibn al-QāsimIbn al-Qāsim, son of Abū Dulaf and tax collector under al-MuʿtaṣimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1081
Ibn al-Qaysarānī — Names: Ibn al-QaysarānīIbn al-Qaysarānī, Muḥammad ibn Naṣr ibn Dāghir, poet (d. 548/1154)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1083
Ibn al-Qifṭī — Names: Ibn al-QifṭīIbn al Qifṭī Jamāl al Dīn Abū l Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Yūsuf ibn Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAbd al Wāḥid al Shaybānī vizier and biographer author...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1085
Ibn al-Quff — Names: Ibn al-QuffIbn al-Quff, Muwaffaq al-Dīn Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq, Christian physician (d. 685/1286)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1086
Ibn al-Rāwandī — Names: Ibn al-RāwandīIbn al Rāwandī Abū l Ḥusayn Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā b Isḥāq b start 3rd 9th c follower then critic of Muʿtazilism and the prophecy...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1092
Ibn al-Rūmiyyah — Names: Ibn al-RūmiyyahAbū l-ʿAbbās ibn al-RūmiyyahIbn al-Rūmiyyah, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Mufarrij al-Nabātī, expert in botanyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1095
Ibn al-Ṣaffār — Names: Ibn al-ṢaffārIbn al-Ṣaffār, Abū l-Qāsim Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1102
Ibn al-Ṣaffār al-Mutaṭabbib — Names: Ibn al-Ṣaffār al-MutaṭabbibIbn al-Ṣaffār al-Mutaṭabbib, Abū Jaʿfar ibn ʿAbd Allāh, student of Ibn KhaldūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1103
Ibn al-Ṣalāḥ — Names: Ibn al-ṢalāḥIbn al-Ṣalāḥ, Najm al-Dīn Abū l-Futūḥ Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Sarī, philosopher, astronomer, physician (d. 540/1145 `or` 548/1153)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1109
Ibn al-Ṣalāḥ al-Shahrazūrī — Names: Ibn al-Ṣalāḥ al-ShahrazūrīIbn al-Ṣalāḥ al-Shahrazūrī (d. 643/1225), Hadith scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1110
Ibn al-Samḥ al-Baghdādī — Names: Ibn al-Samḥ al-BaghdādīIbn al-SamḥIbn al-Samḥ al-Baghdādī, Abū l-Qāsim Aṣbagh ibn Muḥammad, Christian commentator on Aristotle (d. 418/1027)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1112
Ibn al-Samḥ al-Baghdādī — Names: Ibn al-Samḥ al-BaghdādīIbn al-SamḥIbn al-Samḥ al-Baghdādī, Abū l-Qāsim Aṣbagh ibn Muḥammad, Christian commentator on Aristotle (d. 418/1027)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1112
Ibn al-Sarrāj — Names: Ibn al-SarrājIbn al-Sarrāj, author of `K. al-Uṣūl`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1114
Ibn al-Ṣāʾigh al-ʿAntarī — Names: Ibn al-Ṣāʾigh al-ʿAntarīal-ʿAntarī (Ibn al-Ṣāʾigh)Ibn al-Ṣāʾigh al-ʿAntarī, Abū l-Muʾayyad Muḥammad ibn al-Mujallī (d. ca. 560/ 1165)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1108
Ibn al-Sāʿī — Names: Ibn al-SāʿīIbn al-Sāʿī, Tāj al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Anjab, 7th/13thc. historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1107
Ibn al-Shajarī — Names: Ibn al-ShajarīIbn al-Shajarī, scholar, teacher of al-Khaṭīb al-TibrīzīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1117
Ibn al-Shanāʿah — Names: Ibn al-ShanāʿahIbn al-Shanāʿah, unidentified Andalusī mathematicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1119
Ibn al-Sharīf al-Jalīl — Names: Ibn al-Sharīf al-JalīlIbn al-Sharīf al-Jalīl, al-Sayyid al-Naqīb al-Kāmil, author of panegyric on Amīn al-Dawlah Ibn al-TilmīdhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1120
Ibn al-Shaṭajayrī — Names: Ibn al-ShaṭajayrīIbn al-Shaṭajayrī, Ḥabīb ibn Aḥmad, Andalusī poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1121

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.