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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.

Results (2415)

Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn/Saladin, Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb, al-Malik al-Nāṣir — Names: Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn/Saladin, Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb, al-Malik al-NāṣirṢalāḥ al-Dīn/Saladin, Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb, al-Malik al-Nāṣir, Ayyubid monarch (532–589/1138–1193)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1981
Salāmah ibn Muʿattib — Names: Salāmah ibn MuʿattibSalāmah ibn Muʿattib, one of the ancestors of the Banū Kunnah subtribeURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1982
Salāmah ibn Raḥmūn (Abū l-Khayr Salāmah ibn Mubārak ibn Raḥmūn) — Names: Salāmah ibn Raḥmūn (Abū l-Khayr Salāmah ibn Mubārak ibn Raḥmūn)Salāmah ibn RaḥmūnSalāmah ibn Raḥmūn (Abū l-Khayr Salāmah ibn Mubārak ibn Raḥmūn), Jewish Egyptian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1983
Ṣāliḥ ibn Bahlah al-Hindī — Names: Ṣāliḥ ibn Bahlah al-HindīṢāliḥ ibn Bahlah al-Hindī, Indian physician in household of Hārūn al-Rashīd, perhaps descendant of Bhela author of the `Saṃhitā`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1984
Ṣāliḥ ibn al-Rashīd — Names: Ṣāliḥ ibn al-RashīdṢāliḥ ibn al-Rashīd, son of Hārūn al-Rashīd, governor of al-BaṣrahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1985
Ṣāliḥ ibn Shaykh ibn ʿAmīrah ibn Ḥayyān ibn Surāqah al-Asadī — Names: Ṣāliḥ ibn Shaykh ibn ʿAmīrah ibn Ḥayyān ibn Surāqah al-AsadīṢāliḥ ibn Shaykh ibn ʿAmīrah ibn Ḥayyān ibn Surāqah al-Asadī, patient of Ibn Māsawayh (217/832)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1986
Ṣāliḥ ibn Waṣīf — Names: Ṣāliḥ ibn WaṣīfṢāliḥ ibn Waṣīf, Turkish military captain and ruler in Samarra in the reign of al-Muhtadī (255–256/869–70)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1987
Sālim — Names: SālimSālim, eunuch `mawlā` of Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1988
Sallām al-Abrash, Abū Salamah — Names: Sallām al-Abrash, Abū SalamahSallām al-Abrash, Abū Salamah, early translator and member of Hārūn al-Rashīd’s householdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1989
Abū l-Ḥasan Hibat Allāh ibn Saʿd ibn Hibat Allāh (Rāḍī al-Dawlah Abū Naṣr ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Ṣāʾid) — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan Hibat Allāh ibn Saʿd ibn Hibat Allāh (Rāḍī al-Dawlah Abū Naṣr ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Ṣāʾid)Abū l Ḥasan Hibat Allāh ibn Saʿd ibn Hibat Allāh Rāḍī al Dawlah Abū Naṣr ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Ṣāʾid son of Amīn al...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/199
Salm — Names: SalmSalm, superintendent of the Bayt al-Ḥikmah in BaghdadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1990
Salmā — Names: SalmāSalmā, intellectual under al-MaʾmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1991
al-Salmāsī, ʿImād al-Dīn ʿUthmān ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Khalīl — Names: al-Salmāsī, ʿImād al-Dīn ʿUthmān ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Khalīlal-Salmāsī, ʿImād al-Dīn ʿUthmān ibn Ismāʿīl ibn KhalīlURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1992
Salmawayh ibn Bunān — Names: Salmawayh ibn BunānSalmawayh ibn Bunān, Christian physician of al-Muʿtaṣim, collaborator of Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq (d. 225/840)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1993
Samāʾ al-Dawlah, Abū l-Ḥasan ibn Shams al-Dawlah — Names: Samāʾ al-Dawlah, Abū l-Ḥasan ibn Shams al-DawlahSamāʾ al-Dawlah, Abū l-Ḥasan ibn Shams al-Dawlah, Būyid emir of Hamadan (`reg.` 412–414/1020–1023)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1994
Samānah — Names: SamānahSamānah, chief steward of the caliph al-WāthiqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1995
al-Samʿānī, Abū Saʿd ʿAbd al-Karīm ibn Abī Bakr Muḥammad ibn Abī l-Muẓaffar (al-)Manṣūr al-Tamīmī al-Marwazī al-Shafiʿī, Tāj al-Islām (al-Dīn) Qiwām al-Dīn — Names: al-Samʿānī, Abū Saʿd ʿAbd al-Karīm ibn Abī Bakr Muḥammad ibn Abī l-Muẓaffar (al-)Manṣūr al-Tamīmī al-Marwazī al-Shafiʿī, Tāj al-Islām (al-Dīn) Qiwām al-Dīnal Samʿānī Abū Saʿd incorrectly Saʿīd ʿAbd al Karīm ibn Abī Bakr Muḥammad ibn Abī l Muẓaffar al Manṣūr al Tamīmī al Marwazī al...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1996
al-Samarqandī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Bahrām ibn Muḥammad al-Qalānisī — Names: al-Samarqandī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Bahrām ibn Muḥammad al-QalānisīBadr al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Qalānisī al-Samarqandīal-Samarqandī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Bahrām ibn Muḥammad al-Qalānisī, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1997
al-Samarqandī, Najīb al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar — Names: al-Samarqandī, Najīb al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿUmarNajīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandīal-Samarqandī, Najīb al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar, physician in HeratURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1998
al-Samawʾal — Names: al-Samawʾalal-Samawʾal, pre-Islamic Jewish poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1999
al-ʿAbbās — Names: al-ʿAbbāsal-ʿAbbās, unidentified agent of Ibrāhīm ibn al-AghlabURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2
ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak — Names: ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-MubārakʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/20
Abū l-Ḥasan ibn al-Āmidī — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan ibn al-ĀmidīAbū l-Ḥasan ibn al-Āmidī, shaykh of al-Mubashshir ibn FātikURI: https://usaybia.net/person/200
al-Samawʾal ibn Yaḥyā ibn ʿAbbās al-Maghribī — Names: al-Samawʾal ibn Yaḥyā ibn ʿAbbās al-Maghribīal-Samawʾalal-Samawʾal ibn Yaḥyā ibn ʿAbbās al-Maghribī, mathematician (d. 570/1174)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2000
al-Ṣanawbarī, Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Ṣanawbarī, Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Muḥammadal-Ṣanawbarī, Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, poet (d. 334/945)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2001

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.