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.

Ibn al-Khaḍir al-Ḥalabī — Names: Ibn al-Khaḍir al-ḤalabīIbn al-Khaḍir al-Ḥalabī, Muhadhdhab al-Dīn Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm, known as al-Suṭayl, poet (d. 655/1257)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1025
Jamāl al-Dawlah Abū l-Ghanāʾim — Names: Jamāl al-Dawlah Abū l-GhanāʾimJamāl al-Dawlah Abū l-GhanāʾimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1313
Badr al-Muʿtaḍidī — Names: Badr al-MuʿtaḍidīBadr al-Muʿtaḍidī, commander-in-chief of al-MuʿtaḍidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/611
Abū l-Ghiṭrīf al-Biṭrīq — Names: Abū l-Ghiṭrīf al-BiṭrīqAbū l-Ghiṭrīf al-Biṭrīq, patriarch of ArmeniaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/179
ʿĪsā ibn Māhān — Names: ʿĪsā ibn MāhānʿĪsā ibn Māhān, guard commander under al-Mahdī and Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1244
ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī — Names: ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlīʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī, uncle of caliphs al-Saffāḥ and al-ManṣūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/15
ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Zubayr — Names: ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ZubayrʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Zubayr, prominent opponent of the Umayyad caliphsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/27
Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl — Names: Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn IsmāʿīlIsḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl, known as Bayḍ al-baghl, associate of Yūsuf ibn Ibrāhīm (Ibn al-Dāyah)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1261
ʿAntar(ah) ibn Shaddād al-ʿAbsī — Names: ʿAntar(ah) ibn Shaddād al-ʿAbsīʿAntar(ah) ibn Shaddād al-ʿAbsī, pre-Islamic poet, hero of popular epicURI: https://usaybia.net/person/534
Janān — Names: JanānJanān, slave-girl loved by Abū NuwāsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1321
Qaṣīr — Names: QaṣīrQaṣīr, counsellor of Jadhīmah, pre-Islamic king of al-ḤīrahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1869
al-Maryamī — Names: al-Maryamīal-Maryamī, probably the 3rd/9th-c. Egyptian poet al-Qāsim ibn Yaḥyā al-MaryamīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1525
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
al-Zahrāwī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Sulaymān — Names: al-Zahrāwī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn SulaymānAbū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Sulaymān al-Zahrāwīal-Zahrāwī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn SulaymānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2352
ʿAlī ibn Yūsuf ibn Tāshufīn — Names: ʿAlī ibn Yūsuf ibn TāshufīnʿAlī ibn Yūsuf ibn Tāshufīn, Almoravid ruler (reg. 500–537/1107–1142)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/484
Aristotle — Names: AristotleAristotle, Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/565
al-Maydānī, Abū l-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Maydānī, Abū l-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Muḥammadal-Maydānī, Abū l-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, philologist (d. 518/1124)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1548
ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUmayr — Names: ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUmayrʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUmayr, unidentifiedURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2392
Abū Muḥammad al-Shadhūnī — Names: Abū Muḥammad al-ShadhūnīAbū Muḥammad al-Shadhūnī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/288
Yūḥannā ibn Māsawayh — Names: Yūḥannā ibn MāsawayhYūḥannā ibn Māsawayh, Christian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2326
al-Ḥārithī — Names: al-Ḥārithīal-Ḥārithī, unidentified poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/830
ʿAzūr ibn al-Ṭayyib al-Baladī al-Yahūdī — Names: ʿAzūr ibn al-Ṭayyib al-Baladī al-YahūdīʿAzūr ibn al-Ṭayyib al-Baladī al-YahūdīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/601
Muʾayyid al-Dīn — Names: Muʾayyid al-DīnMuʾayyid al-Dīn, the son of Ibn al-Ṣāʾigh al-ʿAntarīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1583
Muwaffaq al-Dīn Abū l-Khayr — Names: Muwaffaq al-Dīn Abū l-KhayrMuwaffaq al-Dīn Abū l-Khayr, brother of Muhadhdhab al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Abī Ḥulayqah, oculistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1711
Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq — Names: Muḥammad ibn IsḥāqMuḥammad ibn Isḥāq, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1620

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.