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 Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam the Astrologer — Names: Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam the AstrologerAbū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam the Astrologer, mathematician (active 3rd–4th/9th–10th c.)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/251
Gorgias — Names: GorgiasGorgias, a physician of antiquity, pupil of GhūrusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/803
Rūsā (`or` Rūshī `or` Zūsī) — Names: Rūsā (`or` Rūshī `or` Zūsī)Rūsā (`or` Rūshī `or` Zūsī), female Indian medical authorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1930
Ibn al-Ḥājib — Names: Ibn al-ḤājibMuhadhdhab al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn al-ḤājibIbn al-Ḥājib, Muhadhdhab al-Dīn Aḥmad, Damascene physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/985
al-Ashʿath ibn Qays ibn Maʿdī Karib — Names: al-Ashʿath ibn Qays ibn Maʿdī Karibal-Ashʿath ibn Qays ibn Maʿdī Karib, chieftain of clan Kindah (d. 40/661)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/578
Hishām I al-Riḍā — Names: Hishām I al-RiḍāHishām I al-Riḍā, emir of al-Andalus in 172– 180/788–796URI: https://usaybia.net/person/889
al-Ḥarrānī, ʿUmar ibn Yūnus ibn Aḥmad — Names: al-Ḥarrānī, ʿUmar ibn Yūnus ibn AḥmadAḥmad and ʿUmar, the Sons of Yūnus ibn Aḥmad al-Ḥarrānīal-Ḥarrānī, ʿUmar ibn Yūnus ibn AḥmadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/832
Ḥātim al-Ṭāʾī — Names: Ḥātim al-ṬāʾīḤātim al-Ṭāʾī – pre-Islamic poet proverbial for his generosityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/865
Aristippus the Elder — Names: Aristippus the ElderAristippus the Elder, student of Socrates and founder of the Cyrenaic school of philosophyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/561
Perdiccas — Names: PerdiccasPerdiccas, 5th-c. BC king of MacedoniaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1804
Sahl ibn Jubayr — Names: Sahl ibn JubayrSahl ibn Jubayr, early 3rd/9th-c. physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1956
Ibn al-Munajjim — Names: Ibn al-MunajjimIbn al-Munajjim, Abū ʿĪsāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1060
al-Malik al-Ẓāhir Ghāzī ibn Yūsuf — Names: al-Malik al-Ẓāhir Ghāzī ibn Yūsufal-Malik al-Ẓāhir Ghāzī ibn Yūsuf, Ayyubid ruler of Aleppo (d. 613/1216)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1495
Ibn Zuhr — Names: Ibn ZuhrAbū Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥafīd Abī Bakr ibn ZuhrIbn Zuhr, Abū Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥafīd Abī Bakr Muḥammad ibn Abī Marwān ʿAbd al-Malik, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1174
Abū ʿAbd Allāh ʿĪsā ibn Hibat Allāh ibn al-Naqqāsh — Names: Abū ʿAbd Allāh ʿĪsā ibn Hibat Allāh ibn al-NaqqāshAbū ʿAbd Allāh ʿĪsā ibn Hibat Allāh ibn al-Naqqāsh, father of Muhadhdhab al-Dīn ibn al-NaqqāshURI: https://usaybia.net/person/74
Nasṭās ibn Jurayj — Names: Nasṭās ibn JurayjNasṭās ibn Jurayj – Christian physician practised during the reign of al-Ikhshīd ibn ṬughjURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1758
Ibn al-Yasaʿ — Names: Ibn al-YasaʿIbn al-Yasaʿ, Abū Yaḥyā al-Yasaʿ ibn ʿĪsā ibn Ḥazm, Fatimid historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1167
Ibn al-Ḥajjāj — Names: Ibn al-ḤajjājIbn al-Ḥajjāj, Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn, poet (d. 391/1001)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/986
Ibn Thawābah — Names: Ibn ThawābahIbn Thawābah, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, jurist (d. 277/890–891)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1137
Saʿīd ibn Ṣāliḥ — Names: Saʿīd ibn ṢāliḥSaʿīd ibn Ṣāliḥ, chamberlain of al-MutawakkilURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1973
Muḍar ibn Nizār ibn Maʿadd ibn ʿAdnān — Names: Muḍar ibn Nizār ibn Maʿadd ibn ʿAdnānMuḍar ibn Nizār ibn Maʿadd ibn ʿAdnān, ancestor of one of the main branches of the ‘Northern Arabs’URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1590
Abū Dhuʾayb al-Hudhalī — Names: Abū Dhuʾayb al-HudhalīAbū Dhuʾayb al-Hudhalī, poet (d. ca. 26/647)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/147
Polemon — Names: PolemonPolemon, 2nd-c. Greek noblemanURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1836
Shahriyār — Names: ShahriyārShahriyār, Khorasanian prince and rebel (d. 141/758–759)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2046
Dionysus — Names: DionysusDionysus – Greek god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wineURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2418

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.