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.

Abū l-Qāsim Ismāʿīl ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Samarqandī — Names: Abū l-Qāsim Ismāʿīl ibn Aḥmad ibn al-SamarqandīAbū l-Qāsim Ismāʿīl ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Samarqandī, teacher of Muhadhdhab al-Dīn ibn HabalURI: https://usaybia.net/person/321
Maʿdī Karib ibn Muʿāwiyah — Names: Maʿdī Karib ibn MuʿāwiyahMaʿdī Karib ibn Muʿāwiyah, pre-Islamic chieftain of HadramautURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1433
Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Warrāq — Names: Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-WarrāqMuḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Warrāq, source quoted by Ibn al-NadīmURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1618
Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm al-Mawṣilī — Names: Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm al-MawṣilīIsḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm al-Mawṣilī, musician (d. 235/850)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1260
Ṣārim al-Dīn al-Tabnīnī — Names: Ṣārim al-Dīn al-TabnīnīṢārim al-Dīn al-Tabnīnī, Ayyubid emirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2011
Abū l-Ḥasan Yūsuf (ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ḥābis ibn al-Dāyah) — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan Yūsuf (ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ḥābis ibn al-Dāyah)Abū l-Ḥasan Yūsuf (ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ḥābis ibn al-Dāyah)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/212
Mutammim ibn Nuwayrah — Names: Mutammim ibn NuwayrahMutammim ibn Nuwayrah, 1st/7th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1697
Eunostus — Names: EunostusEunostus, brother of PythagorasURI: https://usaybia.net/person/749
Eutyches — Names: EutychesEutyches, 5th-c. Constantinopolitan archimandrite misidentified with John Philoponus/John the GrammarianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/755
Arbad ibn Rabīʿah — Names: Arbad ibn RabīʿahArbad ibn Rabīʿah, brother of the pre-Islamic poet LabīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/552
Yaḥyā ibn Māsawayh — Names: Yaḥyā ibn MāsawayhYaḥyā ibn Māsawayh, 11th-c. writer on pharmacologyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2303
Aʿyan ibn Aʿyan — Names: Aʿyan ibn AʿyanAʿyan ibn Aʿyan, Egyptian physician (d. 385/995)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/594
Alexander the Great — Names: Alexander the GreatAlexander the Great, Macedonian kingURI: https://usaybia.net/person/456
al-Malik al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Abū l-Muẓaffar Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb — Names: al-Malik al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Abū l-Muẓaffar Yūsuf ibn Ayyūbal-Malik al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Abū l-Muẓaffar Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb, Ayyubid ruler (d. 1260)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1487
Yūnus ibn Ḥabīb — Names: Yūnus ibn ḤabībYūnus ibn Ḥabīb, poet and critic (d. 182/798)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2329
Sophocles — Names: SophoclesSophocles, legendary physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2128
Ṣadaqah ibn Manṣūr ibn Dubays al-Asadī, Sayf al-Dawlah — Names: Ṣadaqah ibn Manṣūr ibn Dubays al-Asadī, Sayf al-DawlahṢadaqah ibn Manṣūr ibn Dubays al-Asadī, Sayf al-Dawlah, Mazyadid ruler of al-Ḥillah (`reg.` 479–501/1086–1108)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1944
al-Ḥasan ibn Ṣāliḥ ibn Bahlah al-Hindī — Names: al-Ḥasan ibn Ṣāliḥ ibn Bahlah al-Hindīal-Ḥasan ibn Ṣāliḥ ibn Bahlah al-HindīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/858
al-Ḥasan ibn Bishr al-Dimashqī — Names: al-Ḥasan ibn Bishr al-Dimashqīal-Ḥasan ibn Bishr al-Dimashqī, satiric poet at the court of the Fatimid caliph al-ʿAzīz bi-AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/849
Yaʿqūb of Edessa — Names: Yaʿqūb of EdessaAyyūb al-Ruhāwī (Ayyūb of Edessa)Yaʿqūb of EdessaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2437
Bar Hebraeus (Abū l-Faraj ibn al-ʿIbrī) — Names: Bar Hebraeus (Abū l-Faraj ibn al-ʿIbrī)Bar Hebraeus (Abū l-Faraj ibn al-ʿIbrī), Syriac Orthodox historian, philosopher and translator (d. 685/1286)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/634
al-Sharīf — Names: al-Sharīfal-Sharīf, Aleppan dedicatee of al-SamawʾalURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2073
Piso — Names: PisoPiso, dedicatee of GalenURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1828
Qays ibn Maʿdī Karib — Names: Qays ibn Maʿdī KaribQays ibn Maʿdī Karib, pre-Islamic chieftain of clan Kindah, ancestor of al-KindīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1874
al-Ḥarrānī, Aḥmad ibn Yūnus ibn Aḥmad — Names: al-Ḥarrānī, Aḥmad ibn Yūnus ibn Aḥmadal-Ḥarrānī, Aḥmad ibn Yūnus ibn AḥmadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/831

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.