Index of Persons

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    returns results which contain either "Gewargis" or "Giwargis".

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    "*" can be inserted as a variant for multiple characters or a truncated word.

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    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.

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    Appending the character "~" after a word returns results for words that are close but not exact matches.

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    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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    Jabhar — Names: JabharJabhar, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1295
    Jābir ibn Ḥayyān — Names: Jābir ibn ḤayyānJābir ibn Ḥayyān, Abū Mūsā ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Kūfī (Geber), alchemist (d. ca. 200/810)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1296
    al-Sukkarī, Jābir ibn Manṣūr — Names: al-Sukkarī, Jābir ibn ManṣūrJābir ibn Manṣūr al-Sukkarīal-Sukkarī, Jābir ibn Manṣūr, pupil of Ibn Abī l-Ashʿath and Muḥammad ibn ThawwābURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2141
    al-Sukkarī, Jābir ibn Mawhūb — Names: al-Sukkarī, Jābir ibn MawhūbJābir ibn Mawhūbal-Sukkarī, Jābir ibn Mawhūb, physician son of Mawhūb ibn ẒāfirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2142
    Jacob Baradaeus Names: Jacob BaradaeusJacob Baradaeus, 6th-c. bishop of EdessaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1297
    al-Jāḥiẓ — Names: al-Jāḥiẓal-Jāḥiẓ, Abū ʿUthmān ʿAmr ibn Baḥr, author of works of adab, theology, etc. (d. 255/868–869)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1306
    al-Jahshiyārī — Names: al-Jahshiyārīal-Jahshiyārī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh, 4th/10th-c. man of letters, historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1308
    Jaḥẓah — Names: JaḥẓahJaḥẓah, Aḥmad ibn Jaʿfar al-Barmakī, courtier, man of letters, poet (d. 324/936)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1307
    Jalāl al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn Nubātah — Names: Jalāl al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn NubātahJalāl al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn Nubātah, al-Ṣāḥib, unidentified high officialURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1309
    Jalāl al-Dīn al-Baghdādī — Names: Jalāl al-Dīn al-BaghdādīJalāl al-Dīn al-Baghdādī, al-Qāḍī, pupil of Kamāl al-Dīn ibn YūnusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1310
    Jalāl al-Dīn ibn Ṣadaqah — Names: Jalāl al-Dīn ibn ṢadaqahJalāl al-Dīn ibn Ṣadaqah, al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī, vizier under al-MustarshidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1311
    Jalāl al-Dīn Khwārazmshāh — Names: Jalāl al-Dīn KhwārazmshāhJalāl al-Dīn Khwārazmshāh, (`reg.` 617– 628/1220–1231) last ruler of the Khwārazm-shāhsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1312
    al-Jamāl (Jamāl al-Dīn) — Names: al-Jamāl (Jamāl al-Dīn)al-Jamāl (Jamāl al-Dīn), unidentified subject of a love epigram by al-DunaysirīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2427
    Jamāl al-Dawlah Abū l-Ghanāʾim — Names: Jamāl al-Dawlah Abū l-GhanāʾimJamāl al-Dawlah Abū l-GhanāʾimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1313
    Jamāl al-Dīn (Ibn al-Jammālah) — Names: Jamāl al-Dīn (Ibn al-Jammālah)Jamāl al-Dīn (Ibn al-Jammālah), copyist serving Ibn al-MuṭrānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1314
    Jamāl al-Dīn al-Ḥarastānī — Names: Jamāl al-Dīn al-ḤarastānīJamāl al-Dīn al-Ḥarastānī, judgeURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1316
    Ibn Abī l-Ḥawāfir, Jamāl al-Dīn (al-Shaykh al-Imām al-ʿĀlim Abū ʿAmr ʿUthmān ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAqīl al-Qaysī, also known as Ibn Abī l-Ḥawāfir) — Names: Ibn Abī l-Ḥawāfir, Jamāl al-Dīn (al-Shaykh al-Imām al-ʿĀlim Abū ʿAmr ʿUthmān ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAqīl al-Qaysī, also known as Ibn Abī l-Ḥawāfir)Jamāl al-Dīn ibn Abī l-ḤawāfirIbn Abī l Ḥawāfir Jamāl al Dīn al Shaykh al Imām al ʿĀlim Abū ʿAmr ʿUthmān ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAqīl al...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/920
    Jamāl al-Dīn ʿUthmān — Names: Jamāl al-Dīn ʿUthmānJamāl al-Dīn ibn al-RaḥbīJamāl al-Dīn ʿUthmān (d. 658/1258)), physician brother of Sharaf al-Dīn ibn al-RaḥbīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1318
    Jamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Āmidī — Names: Jamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad al-ĀmidīJamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Āmidī, son of Sayf al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Abī ʿAlī al-ĀmidīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1317
    Jamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Laṭīf — Names: Jamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-LaṭīfJamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Laṭīf, notable from BaghdadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1315
    Ibn Uthrudī — Names: Ibn UthrudīJamāl al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn UthrudīIbn Uthrudī, Jamāl al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Abī l-Ghanāʾim Saʿīd ibn ʿAlī ibn Hibat Allāh ibn ʿAlī, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1160
    Jamāl al-Dīn ʿUthmān — Names: Jamāl al-Dīn ʿUthmānJamāl al-Dīn ibn al-RaḥbīJamāl al-Dīn ʿUthmān (d. 658/1258)), physician brother of Sharaf al-Dīn ibn al-RaḥbīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1318
    Jamāl al-Dīn ʿUthmān ibn Aḥmad — Names: Jamāl al-Dīn ʿUthmān ibn AḥmadJamāl al-Dīn ʿUthmān ibn Aḥmad, grandson of physician Jamāl al-Dīn ibn Abī l-ḤawāfirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1319
    Jamīl ibn Maʿmar — Names: Jamīl ibn MaʿmarJamīl ibn Maʿmar, poet-lover (d. 82/701)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1320
    Janān — Names: JanānJanān, slave-girl loved by Abū NuwāsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1321
    al-Jānis (Jābis, Ḥābis?) — Names: al-Jānis (Jābis, Ḥābis?)al-Jānis (Jābis, Ḥābis?), unidentified author of a book on leadership (?)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1322
    al-Jannābī al-Qarmaṭī — Names: al-Jannābī al-Qarmaṭīal-Jannābī al-Qarmaṭī, Abū Ṭāhir Sulaymān, leader of Qarmaṭians (d. 332/943–944)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1323
    Jārī — Names: JārīJārī, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1324
    Jarīr al-Ṭabīb — Names: Jarīr al-ṬabībJarīr al-ṬabībURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1325
    al-Jarīrī — Names: al-Jarīrīal-Jarīrī, Muʿāfā ibn Zakariyyā, littérateur (d. 390/1000)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1326
    Jarjah ibn Zakariyyā — Names: Jarjah ibn ZakariyyāJarjah ibn Zakariyyā, 3rd/9th-c. Nubian chieftainURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1327
    al-Jawād — Names: al-Jawādal-Jawād, Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī Jamāl al-Dīn al-Iṣfahānī (d. 574/1178), vizier under the ZangidsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1328
    Jawād al-Ṭabīb al-Naṣrānī — Names: Jawād al-Ṭabīb al-NaṣrānīJawād al-Ṭabīb al-Naṣrānī (the Christian Physician)Jawād al-Ṭabīb al-Naṣrānī (the Christian Physician) (3rd/9th c.)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1329
    Jawād al-Ṭabīb al-Naṣrānī — Names: Jawād al-Ṭabīb al-NaṣrānīJawād al-Ṭabīb al-Naṣrānī (the Christian Physician)Jawād al-Ṭabīb al-Naṣrānī (the Christian Physician) (3rd/9th c.)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1329
    al-Jawālīqī — Names: al-Jawālīqīal-Jawālīqī, Abū Manṣūr Mawhūb ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Khiḍr (d. 539/1144), lexicographer and traditionalistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1330
    Jawdar (`or` Jawdhar) — Names: Jawdar (`or` Jawdhar)JawdarJawdar (`or` Jawdhar), otherwise unrecorded Indian scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1331
    Jawdar (`or` Jawdhar) — Names: Jawdar (`or` Jawdhar)JawdarJawdar (`or` Jawdhar), otherwise unrecorded Indian scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1331
    al-Jawharī — Names: al-Jawharīal-Jawharī, Abū Naṣr Ismāʿīl ibn Ḥammād (d. 393/1002 `or` 398/1007), 10th-c. lexicographerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1332
    al-Jawharī — Names: al-Jawharīal-Jawharī, al-ʿAbbās ibn Saʿīd, astronomer under al-MaʾmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1333
    Jawzah — Names: JawzahJawzah, servant of Khwand Khātūn, wife of Muwaffaq al-Dīn ibn al-MuṭrānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1334
    al-Jazūlī — Names: al-Jazūlīal-Jazūlī, Abū Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz (d. between 606/1209 and 616/1219), grammarianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1335
    Jaʿdah bint al-Ashʿath ibn Qays — Names: Jaʿdah bint al-Ashʿath ibn QaysJaʿdah bint al-Ashʿath ibn Qays, conspirator under MuʿāwiyahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1299
    Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad — Names: Jaʿfar ibn MuḥammadJaʿfar ibn Muḥammad, last Imam recognized by both Twelver and Ismaili Shi’is (d. 148/765)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1302
    Jaʿfar ibn Mūsā — Names: Jaʿfar ibn MūsāJaʿfar ibn Mūsā, son of al-HādīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1303
    Jaʿfar ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khālid ibn Barmak — Names: Jaʿfar ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khālid ibn BarmakJaʿfar ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khālid ibn Barmak, vizier and sponsor of Indian science (d. 187/803)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1304
    Jaʿfar ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣaqlabī — Names: Jaʿfar ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-ṢaqlabīJaʿfar ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣaqlabī, chamberlain of al-Ḥakam ⅠⅠURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1300
    Jaʿfar, al-Khalīfah — Names: Jaʿfar, al-KhalīfahJaʿfar, al-Khalīfah unidentifiedURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1305
    Jibrīl ‘the oculist’ — Names: Jibrīl ‘the oculist’Jibrīl, ‘the oculist of al-Maʾmūn’Jibrīl ‘the oculist’, oculist to al-MaʾmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1336
    Jibrīl ibn Bukhtīshūʿ — Names: Jibrīl ibn BukhtīshūʿJibrīl ibn Bukhtīshūʿ, Christian physician serving Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1337
    Jibrīl ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Bukhtīshūʿ — Names: Jibrīl ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn BukhtīshūʿJibrīl ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn BukhtīshūʿURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1338
    Jibrīl ‘the oculist’ — Names: Jibrīl ‘the oculist’Jibrīl, ‘the oculist of al-Maʾmūn’Jibrīl ‘the oculist’, oculist to al-MaʾmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1336
    al-Jilyānī — Names: al-JilyānīḤakīm al-Zamān ʿAbd al-Munʿim al-Jilyānīal Jilyānī Ḥakīm al Zamān Abū l Faḍl ʿAbd al Munʿim ibn ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ḥassān al Ghassānī al Andalusī physician ophthalmologist...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1339
    Jirāb al-Dawlah — Names: Jirāb al-DawlahJirāb al-Dawlah, musician and wit under al-MuqtadirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1341
    Jirjis — Names: JirjisJirjis, 5th/11th-c. Christian physician in CairoURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1342
    Jirjis al-Faylasūf — Names: Jirjis al-FaylasūfJirjis al-Faylasūf, unidentified lampoonistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1343
    John — Names: JohnJohn, mid 5th-c. Patriarch of AntiochURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1345
    John Philoponus — Names: John PhiloponusJohn Philoponus, Neoplatonist Christian philosopher (ca. 490–575)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2385
    John the Baptist — Names: John the BaptistJohn the BaptistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1346
    John the Grammarian/Yaḥyā al-Naḥwī — Names: John the Grammarian/Yaḥyā al-NaḥwīJohn the Grammarian Yaḥyā al Naḥwī conflation of John Philoponus ca 490 575 and one or more unidentified late antique medical writers alleged contemporary...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2428
    Joseph ibn Shimʿon — Names: Joseph ibn ShimʿonJoseph ibn Shimʿon, student of MaimonidesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1344
    Jubal son of Lamech son of Methuselah (Yūfāl ibn Lāmakh ibn Matūshālakh) — Names: Jubal son of Lamech son of Methuselah (Yūfāl ibn Lāmakh ibn Matūshālakh)Jubal son of Lamech son of Methuselah (Yūfāl ibn Lāmakh ibn Matūshālakh)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1347
    Julian the Apostate Names: Julian the ApostateJulian the ApostateURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1348
    Julius Gaius Caesar — Names: Julius Gaius CaesarJulius Gaius Caesar, Roman general and dictatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1349
    al-Junayd ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Junayd ibn Muḥammadal-Junayd ibn Muḥammad, celebrated Sufi (d. 298/910)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1350
    Jurayj ibn al-Ṭabbākh — Names: Jurayj ibn al-ṬabbākhJurayj ibn al-Ṭabbākh, unidentified physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1351
    al-Jurjānī — Names: al-Jurjānīal-Jurjānī, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad (d. 482/1089), author of `al-Kināyāt`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1352
    Jūrjis ibn Jibrīl — Names: Jūrjis ibn JibrīlJūrjis ibn Jibrīl, first of the Christian Bukhtīshūʿ family of physiciansURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1353
    Jūrjis ibn Mīkhāʾīl — Names: Jūrjis ibn MīkhāʾīlJūrjis ibn MīkhāʾīlURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1354
    al-Juwaynī — Names: al-Juwaynīal Juwaynī Abū ʿAlī al Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm al Juwaynī al Kātib known as Ibn al Luʿaybah poet d in Cairo 586...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1355

      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.