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.

Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā al-Baladī, Abū l-ʿAbbās — Names: Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā al-Baladī, Abū l-ʿAbbāsAḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-BaladīAḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā al-Baladī, Abū l-ʿAbbāsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/432
Ibn Bakhtawayh, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿĪsā — Names: Ibn Bakhtawayh, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿĪsāIbn BakhtawayhIbn Bakhtawayh, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿĪsā, 11th c. physician from Wāsiṭ, active ca. 420/1030URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2424
al-Ḥarrānī, Yūnus ibn Aḥmad — Names: al-Ḥarrānī, Yūnus ibn Aḥmadal-Ḥarrānīal-Ḥarrānī, Yūnus ibn AḥmadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/833
Soranus — Names: SoranusSoranus, 2nd-c. Methodist physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2131
‘Galen of the Arabs’ i.e. Abū Bakr al-Rāzī — Names: ‘Galen of the Arabs’ i.e. Abū Bakr al-Rāzī‘Galen of the Arabs’ i.e. Abū Bakr al-RāzīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/787
al-Sharābī, Aḥmad ibn Hārūn — Names: al-Sharābī, Aḥmad ibn Hārūnal-Sharābī, Aḥmad ibn HārūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2064
Thessalus — Names: ThessalusThessalus, eldest son of HippocratesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2221
Orosius — Names: OrosiusOrosius, late 4th/early 5th-c. author of `Historiae adversum paganos`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1792
Abū l-Aṣbagh ʿĪsā Ibn Ḥayyawayh — Names: Abū l-Aṣbagh ʿĪsā Ibn ḤayyawayhAbū l-Aṣbagh ʿĪsā Ibn Ḥayyawayh, contemporary of Ibn JuljulURI: https://usaybia.net/person/112
Saʿīd ibn al-Umawī — Names: Saʿīd ibn al-UmawīSaʿīd ibn al-Umawī, a source for Ibn JuljulURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1976
Ardashīr (Artaxerxes) — Names: Ardashīr (Artaxerxes)Ardashīr (Artaxerxes), Persian kingURI: https://usaybia.net/person/559
ʿAlī ibn Ḥāmid — Names: ʿAlī ibn ḤāmidʿAlī ibn Ḥāmid, oculist, father of the physician Muhadhdhab al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʿAlīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/468
Ṭughril Beg — Names: Ṭughril BegṬughril Beg, founder of the Seljuq Empire (`reg.` 1037–1063)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2244
Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Khaṣībī — Names: Abū l-ʿAbbās al-KhaṣībīAbū l-ʿAbbās al-Khaṣībī, secretary and then vizier of al-MuntaṣirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/65
Abū Ghālib Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Sahl ibn Bashrān al-Naḥwī al-Wāsiṭī — Names: Abū Ghālib Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Sahl ibn Bashrān al-Naḥwī al-WāsiṭīAbū Ghālib Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Sahl ibn Bashrān al-Naḥwī al-Wāsiṭī, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/174
Najm al-Dīn Abū l-Ghanāʾim Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Muʿallim al-Hurthī — Names: Najm al-Dīn Abū l-Ghanāʾim Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Muʿallim al-HurthīNajm al-Dīn Abū l-Ghanāʾim Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Muʿallim al-Hurthī, poet of WāsiṭURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1730
Shādhān, Abū Saʿīd Shādhān ibn Baḥr — Names: Shādhān, Abū Saʿīd Shādhān ibn BaḥrShādhān, Abū Saʿīd Shādhān ibn Baḥr, student of Abū MaʿsharURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2036
Yūsuf al-Naṣrānī — Names: Yūsuf al-NaṣrānīYūsuf al-Naṣrānī, Christian physician and patriarch of Jerusalem 981–983URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2345
Furius — Names: FuriusFurius, physician of antiquity, pupil of Plato the PhysicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/782
Abū Yaḥyā — Names: Abū YaḥyāAbū Yaḥyā, source of an anecdote about the court of the caliph al-MutawakkilURI: https://usaybia.net/person/383
Bunān al-Raṣāṣī — Names: Bunān al-RaṣāṣīBunān al-Raṣāṣī, chief servant of al-MuʿtaḍidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/661
Plutarch of Chaeronea — Names: Plutarch of ChaeroneaPlutarch of Chaeronea (ca. 45–120)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1834
Abū l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn Sulaymān, Ibn al-Ṣayrafī — Names: Abū l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn Sulaymān, Ibn al-ṢayrafīAbū l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn Sulaymān, Ibn al-Ṣayrafī, Fatimid official (d. 532/1147)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/310
Kayqubādh ibn Kaykhusraw ibn Qilij Arslān — Names: Kayqubādh ibn Kaykhusraw ibn Qilij ArslānKayqubādh ibn Kaykhusraw ibn Qilij Arslān, ruler of Erzerum in Anatolia (reg. 588– 593/1192–1197)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1370
al-Muttaqī — Names: al-Muttaqīal-Muttaqī, Abbasid caliph (`reg.` 329– 333/940–44)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1707

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.