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.

Saʿīd — Names: SaʿīdSaʿīd, grandfather of al-TamīmīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1959
Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Ḥusaynī — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-ḤusaynīAbū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Ḥusaynī, patron of Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/196
Ṣāʿid al-Andalusī (al-Qāḍī Ṣāʿid), Abū l-Qāsim Ṣāʿid ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Taghlibī al-Andalusī — Names: Ṣāʿid al-Andalusī (al-Qāḍī Ṣāʿid), Abū l-Qāsim Ṣāʿid ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Taghlibī al-AndalusīṢāʿid al Andalusī al Qāḍī Ṣāʿid Abū l Qāsim Ṣāʿid ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al Raḥmān al Taghlibī al Andalusī author of `Ṭabaqāt al...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1960
Saʿīd al-Dawlah Abū l-Fakhr — Names: Saʿīd al-Dawlah Abū l-FakhrSaʿīd al-Dawlah Abū l-Fakhr, Egyptian physician, son of Abū l-Barakāt ibn ShaʿyāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1961
Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, Abū ʿUthmān ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad — Names: Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, Abū ʿUthmān ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn MuḥammadSaʿīd ibn ʿAbd RabbihSaʿīd ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, Abū ʿUthmān ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn MuḥammadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1962
Ṣāʿid ibn ʿAbdūs, Abū Manṣūr — Names: Ṣāʿid ibn ʿAbdūs, Abū ManṣūrṢāʿid ibn ʿAbdūs, Abū Manṣūr, physician contemporary with Ibn al-ṬayyibURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1963
Ṣāʿid ibn Bishr ibn ʿAbdūs — Names: Ṣāʿid ibn Bishr ibn ʿAbdūsṢāʿid ibn Bishr ibn ʿAbdūsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1964
Saʿīd ibn al-Biṭrīq (Eutychius) — Names: Saʿīd ibn al-Biṭrīq (Eutychius)Saʿīd ibn al Biṭrīq Eutychius physician patriarch of Alexandria historian author of `K al tārīkh al majmūʿ alā l taḥqīq wa l taṣdīq` `Naẓm...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1965
Saʿīd ibn Fatḥūn al-Saraqusṭī — Names: Saʿīd ibn Fatḥūn al-SaraqusṭīSaʿīd ibn Fatḥūn al-Saraqusṭī, contemporary of Ibn al-KattānīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1966
Saʿīd ibn Ghālib — Names: Saʿīd ibn GhālibAbū ʿUthmān Saʿīd ibn GhālibSaʿīd ibn Ghālib, son of Ghālib the physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1967
Ṣāʿid ibn al-Ḥasan al-Rabaʿī al-Baghdādī — Names: Ṣāʿid ibn al-Ḥasan al-Rabaʿī al-BaghdādīṢāʿid ibn al-Ḥasan al-Rabaʿī al-Baghdādī (d. 417/1026), philologist ＡⅠ.1nURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1968
Saʿīd ibn Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn, Abū l-Ḥasan — Names: Saʿīd ibn Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn, Abū l-ḤasanSaʿīd ibn Hibat AllāhSaʿīd ibn Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn, Abū l-Ḥasan, 5th/11th-c. physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1969
Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Madāʾinī — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-MadāʾinīAbū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Madāʾinī, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/197
Saʿīd ibn Isḥāq al-Naṣrānī — Names: Saʿīd ibn Isḥāq al-NaṣrānīSaʿīd ibn Isḥāq al-Naṣrānī, chronicler under Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1970
Saʿīd ibn Jubayr — Names: Saʿīd ibn JubayrSaʿīd ibn Jubayr, 1st/7th-c. legal scholar from KufahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1971
Ṣāʿid ibn Makhlad, Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, Dhū l-Wizāratayn — Names: Ṣāʿid ibn Makhlad, Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, Dhū l-WizārataynṢāʿid ibn Makhlad, Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, Dhū l-Wizāratayn, `kātib` to al-Muwaffaq and vizier to al-Muʿtamid (d. 276/889)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1972
Saʿīd ibn Ṣāliḥ — Names: Saʿīd ibn ṢāliḥSaʿīd ibn Ṣāliḥ, chamberlain of al-MutawakkilURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1973
Saʿīd ibn Salm ibn Qutaybah ibn Muslim — Names: Saʿīd ibn Salm ibn Qutaybah ibn MuslimSaʿīd ibn Salm ibn Qutaybah ibn Muslim, chieftain of Zāʾidah clanURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1974
Saʿīd ibn Tawfīl, Abū ʿUthmān — Names: Saʿīd ibn Tawfīl, Abū ʿUthmānSaʿīd ibn TawfīlSaʿīd ibn Tawfīl, Abū ʿUthmān, Christian physician in the service of Aḥmad ibn ṬūlūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1975
Saʿīd ibn al-Umawī — Names: Saʿīd ibn al-UmawīSaʿīd ibn al-Umawī, a source for Ibn JuljulURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1976
Saʿīd ibn Yaʿqūb al-Dimashqī al-Sakhāwī — Names: Saʿīd ibn Yaʿqūb al-Dimashqī al-SakhāwīSaʿīd ibn Yaʿqūb al-Dimashqī al-Sakhāwī, ʿAlam al-Dīn, grammarian and `muqriʾ`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1977
Ṣakih — Names: ṢakihṢakih, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1978
Ṣakhr — Names: ṢakhrṢakhr, brother of al-KhansāʾURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1979
Abū l-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan al-BaṣrīAbū l-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī (? = Abū l-Ḥusayn al-Baṣrī, Muʿtazilite theologian)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/198
Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad Yāghī Siyān — Names: Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad Yāghī SiyānṢalāḥ al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad Yāghī Siyān, 13th-c. emir of HamaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1980

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.