Index of Persons

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    "?" 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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    al-Yabrūdī, Abū l-Faraj Jirjīs [Jūrjis] ibn Yuḥannā ibn Sahl ibn Ibrahīm — Names: al-Yabrūdī, Abū l-Faraj Jirjīs [Jūrjis] ibn Yuḥannā ibn Sahl ibn Ibrahīmal-Yabrūdīal-Yabrūdī, Abū l-Faraj Jirjīs [Jūrjis] ibn Yuḥannā ibn Sahl ibn Ibrahīm, Christian physician from Damascus (d. ca. 450/1058)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2295
    al-Yabrūdī, Abū l-Faraj Jirjīs [Jūrjis] ibn Yuḥannā ibn Sahl ibn Ibrahīm — Names: al-Yabrūdī, Abū l-Faraj Jirjīs [Jūrjis] ibn Yuḥannā ibn Sahl ibn Ibrahīmal-Yabrūdīal-Yabrūdī, Abū l-Faraj Jirjīs [Jūrjis] ibn Yuḥannā ibn Sahl ibn Ibrahīm, Christian physician from Damascus (d. ca. 450/1058)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2295
    Yabūlūs — Names: YabūlūsYabūlūs, unidentified Roman kingURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2296
    Yaḥyā al-Marwazī — Names: Yaḥyā al-MarwazīYaḥyā al-Marwazī (? = Abū Yaḥyā al-Marwazī), teacher of Abū Bishr MattāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2306
    Yaḥyā ibn Abī Ḥakīm al-Ḥallājī — Names: Yaḥyā ibn Abī Ḥakīm al-Ḥallājīal-ḤallājīYaḥyā ibn Abī Ḥakīm al-Ḥallājī, personal physician of the caliph al-MuʿtaḍidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2297
    Yaḥyā ibn Abī Manṣūr — Names: Yaḥyā ibn Abī ManṣūrYaḥyā ibn Abī Manṣūr, astronomer (d. 216/ 832)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2298
    Yaḥyā ibn al-Biṭrīq — Names: Yaḥyā ibn al-BiṭrīqYaḥyā ibn al-Biṭrīq, translator of philosophical works and medical author (d. ca. 200/815)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2300
    Yaḥyā ibn Isḥāq — Names: Yaḥyā ibn IsḥāqYaḥyā ibn Isḥāq, physician in al-Andalus (active 300/912)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2301
    Yaḥyā ibn Khālid ibn Barmak — Names: Yaḥyā ibn Khālid ibn BarmakYaḥyā ibn Khālid ibn Barmak, member of the Barmakid family (d. 190/806)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2302
    Yaḥyā ibn Māsawayh — Names: Yaḥyā ibn MāsawayhYaḥyā ibn Māsawayh, 11th-c. writer on pharmacologyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2303
    Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd ibn Yaḥyā (Abū l-Faraj al-Anṭākī) — Names: Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd ibn Yaḥyā (Abū l-Faraj al-Anṭākī)Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd ibn Yaḥyā also known as Abū l Faraj al Anṭākī Christian physician and historian continuator of Saʿīd ibn al Biṭrīq ca...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2304
    Yaḥyā ibn Yaḥyā — Names: Yaḥyā ibn YaḥyāYaḥyā ibn Yaḥyā, Known as Ibn al-SamīnahYaḥyā ibn Yaḥyā, known as Ibn al-Samīnah, physician from Cordova (d. 315/927)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2305
    Yaḥyā ibn Yaḥyā — Names: Yaḥyā ibn YaḥyāYaḥyā ibn Yaḥyā, Known as Ibn al-SamīnahYaḥyā ibn Yaḥyā, known as Ibn al-Samīnah, physician from Cordova (d. 315/927)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2305
    Yaḥyā ibn ʿAdī — Names: Yaḥyā ibn ʿAdīYaḥyā ibn ʿAdī, Christian philosopher and theologian (d. 363/974)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2299
    Yandūn — Names: YandūnYandūn, servant of al-HādīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2307
    Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī — Names: Yāqūt al-ḤamawīYāqūt al-Ḥamawī, geographer and biographerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2313
    al-Yasaʿ, Elisha — Names: al-Yasaʿ, Elishaal-Yasaʿ, Elisha, patron of translatorsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2314
    Yāsīn al-Sīmiyāʾī — Names: Yāsīn al-SīmiyāʾīYāsīn al-Sīmiyāʾī, magician Yāsir, servant of al-Maʾmūn Yazīd ibn Khālid ibn Rūmān, son of Ibn RūmānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2315
    Yazīd ibn Mazyad — Names: Yazīd ibn MazyadYazīd ibn Mazyad, chieftain of Zāʾidah clanURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2316
    Yazīd ibn Muqbil — Names: Yazīd ibn MuqbilYazīd ibn Muqbil, a rider in the courier service of Iraq in the time of the caliph al-MaʾmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2318
    Yazīd ibn Muʿāwiyah ibn Abī Sufyān — Names: Yazīd ibn Muʿāwiyah ibn Abī SufyānYazīd ibn Muʿāwiyah ibn Abī Sufyān, the second Umayyad caliph (`reg.` 64/684– 685)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2317
    Yazīd ibn Rūmān al-Naṣrānī al-Andalusī — Names: Yazīd ibn Rūmān al-Naṣrānī al-AndalusīYazīd ibn Rūmān al-Naṣrānī al-Andalusī, Christian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2320
    Yazīd ibn Rūmān, Abū Rawḥ al-Madanī — Names: Yazīd ibn Rūmān, Abū Rawḥ al-MadanīYazīd ibn Rūmān, Abū Rawḥ al-Madanī, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2319
    Yazīd ibn Yūḥannā ibn Abī Khālid — Names: Yazīd ibn Yūḥannā ibn Abī KhālidYazīd ibn Yūḥannā ibn Abī Khālid, known as Yazīd Būr, personal physician to al-Maʾmūn and then Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn al-MahdīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2321
    Yaʿqūb — Names: YaʿqūbYaʿqūb, superintendent of Baghdad hospitalURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2309
    Yaʿqūb (Jacob) — Names: Yaʿqūb (Jacob)Yaʿqūb (Jacob)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2308
    Yaʿqūb al-Sīrāfī Ibn Māhān — Names: Yaʿqūb al-Sīrāfī Ibn MāhānIbn MāhānYaʿqūb al-Sīrāfī Ibn Māhān, physician and author of a work on medical mattersURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2311
    al-Kindī, Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥaq — Names: al-Kindī, Yaʿqūb ibn IsḥaqYaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq al-Kindīal-Kindī, Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥaq, philosopher (ca. 185–252/801–866)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1408
    Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq ibn Mūsā ibn al-ʿĀzār al-Israʾīlī — Names: Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq ibn Mūsā ibn al-ʿĀzār al-IsraʾīlīYaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq ibn Mūsā ibn al-ʿĀzār al-Israʾīlī, physician in the service of al-Muʿizz li-Dīn AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2310
    Yaʿqūb of Edessa — Names: Yaʿqūb of EdessaAyyūb al-Ruhāwī (Ayyūb of Edessa)Yaʿqūb of EdessaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2437
    al-Yaʿqūbī — Names: al-Yaʿqūbīal-Yaʿqūbī, geographer and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2312
    Yūḥannā ibn Bukhtīshūʿ — Names: Yūḥannā ibn BukhtīshūʿYūḥannā ibn Bukhtīshūʿ, Christian physician, collaborator of Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq (d. ca. 912)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2323
    Yūḥannā ibn Fātilah — Names: Yūḥannā ibn FātilahYūḥannā ibn FātilahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2324
    Yūḥannā ibn Ḥaylān — Names: Yūḥannā ibn ḤaylānYūḥannā ibn Ḥaylān, Christian philosopher (d. during caliphate of al-Muqtadir)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2325
    Yūḥannā ibn Māsawayh — Names: Yūḥannā ibn MāsawayhYūḥannā ibn Māsawayh, Christian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2326
    Yūḥannā ibn Sahl — Names: Yūḥannā ibn SahlYūḥannā ibn Sahl, son of Sahl al-KawsajURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2327
    Yūḥannā ibn Sarābiyūn — Names: Yūḥannā ibn SarābiyūnYūḥannā ibn Sarābiyūn, medical author probably later 3rd/9th c.URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2328
    Yūḥannā ibn ʿAbd al-Masīḥ, Abū ʿAlī — Names: Yūḥannā ibn ʿAbd al-Masīḥ, Abū ʿAlīYūḥannā ibn ʿAbd al-Masīḥ, Abū ʿAlī, friend of al-Faḍl ibn Jarīr al-TakrītīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2322
    Yūnus ibn Ḥabīb — Names: Yūnus ibn ḤabībYūnus ibn Ḥabīb, poet and critic (d. 182/798)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2329
    Yūsuf al-Baṣrī — Names: Yūsuf al-BaṣrīYūsuf al-Baṣrī, known as ‘the Short’, physician accompanying Abū DulafURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2333
    Yūsuf al-Isrāʾīlī, Abū al-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn Yaḥyā ibn Isḥāq al-Sabtī al-Maghribī — Names: Yūsuf al-Isrāʾīlī, Abū al-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn Yaḥyā ibn Isḥāq al-Sabtī al-MaghribīAbū l-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf al-IsrāʾīlīYūsuf al-Isrāʾīlī, Abū al-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn Yaḥyā ibn Isḥāq al-Sabtī al-Maghribī, Jewish physician often known as Ibn Shamʿūn (d. 1227)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2342
    Yūsuf al-Khūrī `or` al-Qass, Abū Yaʿqūb ibn Yūsuf ibn ʿĪsā — Names: Yūsuf al-Khūrī `or` al-Qass, Abū Yaʿqūb ibn Yūsuf ibn ʿĪsāYūsuf the TranslatorYūsuf al Khūrī `or` al Qass the priest Abū Yaʿqūb ibn Yūsuf ibn ʿĪsā known as Yūsuf the Translator the Physician and the Sleepless...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2343
    Yūsuf al-Naṣrānī — Names: Yūsuf al-NaṣrānīYūsuf al-Naṣrānī, Christian physician and patriarch of Jerusalem 981–983URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2345
    Yūsuf al-Wāsiṭī — Names: Yūsuf al-WāsiṭīYūsuf al-Wāsiṭī, 4th/10th-c. Baghdadi physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2346
    Yūsuf Ⅰ, Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf — Names: Yūsuf Ⅰ, Abū Yaʿqūb YūsufYūsuf Ⅰ, Abū Yaʿqūb YūsufURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2331
    Yūsuf ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥasdāy — Names: Yūsuf ibn Aḥmad ibn ḤasdāyAbū Jaʿfar Yūsuf ibn Aḥmad ibn ḤasdāyYūsuf ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥasdāy, Abū Jaʿfar, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2335
    Yūsuf ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Muslim — Names: Yūsuf ibn Hibat Allāh ibn MuslimYūsuf ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Muslim, unidentified poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2336
    Yūsuf ibn Ibrāhīm — Names: Yūsuf ibn IbrāhīmYūsuf ibn Ibrāhīm, `mawlā` of Ibrāhīm ibn al-MahdīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2337
    Yūsuf ibn Iṣṭifan — Names: Yūsuf ibn IṣṭifanYūsuf ibn Iṣṭifan, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2338
    Yūsuf ibn Ṣalībā — Names: Yūsuf ibn ṢalībāYūsuf ibn Ṣalībā, physician accompanying Abū DulafURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2339
    Yūsuf ibn Yazdād — Names: Yūsuf ibn YazdādYūsuf ibn Yazdād, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2341
    Yūsuf ibn Yaʿqūb — Names: Yūsuf ibn YaʿqūbYūsuf ibn Yaʿqūb, student of al-RāzīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2340
    Yūsuf ⅠⅠ, Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf al-Mustanṣir — Names: Yūsuf ⅠⅠ, Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf al-MustanṣirYūsuf ⅠⅠ, Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf al-Mustanṣir, Almohad ruler (`reg.` 610–621/1213– 1224)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2334
    Yūsuf known as al-Sāhir — Names: Yūsuf known as al-Sāhiral-SāhirYūsuf known as al-Sāhir, physician in the time of the caliph al-MuktafīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2332
    Yūsuf Laqwah — Names: Yūsuf LaqwahYūsuf Laqwah, alchemist associate of al-MaʾmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2344
    Yūsuf al-Khūrī `or` al-Qass, Abū Yaʿqūb ibn Yūsuf ibn ʿĪsā — Names: Yūsuf al-Khūrī `or` al-Qass, Abū Yaʿqūb ibn Yūsuf ibn ʿĪsāYūsuf the TranslatorYūsuf al Khūrī `or` al Qass the priest Abū Yaʿqūb ibn Yūsuf ibn ʿĪsā known as Yūsuf the Translator the Physician and the Sleepless...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2343
    Yūsuf, Joseph — Names: Yūsuf, JosephYūsuf, JosephURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2330

      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.