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.

Ayyūb ibn al-Ḥakam al-Baṣrī — Names: Ayyūb ibn al-Ḥakam al-BaṣrīAyyūb ibn al-Ḥakam al-Baṣrī, known as al-Kasrawī, unidentified sourceURI: https://usaybia.net/person/595
Ayyūb al-Ruhāwī (Job of Edessa) al-Abrash — Names: Ayyūb al-Ruhāwī (Job of Edessa) al-AbrashAyyūb, known as al-AbrashAyyūb al-Ruhāwī (Job of Edessa) al-Abrash, Syriac polymath, Christian physician and translator of Galen (d. ca. 835)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/596
al-Azdī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Abū l-Muṭahhar — Names: al-Azdī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Abū l-Muṭahharal-Azdī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Abū l-Muṭahhar, 4th–5th/10th–11th-c. authorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/597
al-ʿAzīz or al-ʿAzīz bi-Allāh — Names: al-ʿAzīz or al-ʿAzīz bi-Allāhal-ʿAzīz or al-ʿAzīz bi-Allāh, fifth Fatimid caliph (`reg.` 364–385/975–96)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/598
al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn — Names: al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīnal-ʿAzīz ibn al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn (`reg.` 589– 595/1193–1198), son of Ṣalāḥ al-DīnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/599
al-ʿAbbās ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-ʿAbbās ibn Muḥammadal-ʿAbbās ibn Muḥammad, brother of al-ManṣūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/6
Abū l-ʿAbbās ibn al-Rashīd — Names: Abū l-ʿAbbās ibn al-RashīdAbū l-ʿAbbās ibn al-Rashīd, ?son of Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/60
al-Azraq — Names: al-Azraqal-Azraq, secretary of Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/600
ʿAzūr ibn al-Ṭayyib al-Baladī al-Yahūdī — Names: ʿAzūr ibn al-Ṭayyib al-Baladī al-YahūdīʿAzūr ibn al-Ṭayyib al-Baladī al-YahūdīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/601
Bābak — Names: BābakBābak, head of the Persian Khurramī religious and social movement, rebel against caliphs al-Maʾmūn and al-Muʿtaṣim (d. 223/838)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/602
al-Badīʿ ʿAbd al-Razzāq ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Khiḍr al-ʿĀmirī, Abū l-Qāsim — Names: al-Badīʿ ʿAbd al-Razzāq ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Khiḍr al-ʿĀmirī, Abū l-Qāsimal-Badīʿ ʿAbd al-Razzāq ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Khiḍr al-ʿĀmirī, Abū l-Qāsim, poet of unknown dateURI: https://usaybia.net/person/603
Badīʿ al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Manṣūr ibn Abī l-Qāsim ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Dāʾim al-Wāsiṭī — Names: Badīʿ al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Manṣūr ibn Abī l-Qāsim ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Dāʾim al-WāsiṭīBadīʿ al Dīn Abū l Fatḥ Manṣūr ibn Abī l Qāsim ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al Dāʾim al Wāsiṭī known as Ibn Sawād...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/604
al-Badīʿ (`or` Badīʿ al-Zamān) al-Asṭurlābī, Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad — Names: al-Badīʿ (`or` Badīʿ al-Zamān) al-Asṭurlābī, Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmadal-Badīʿ al-Aṣṭurlābī (Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad al-Baghdādī)al-Badīʿ (`or` Badīʿ al-Zamān) al-Asṭurlābī, Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad, physician and poet (d. 534/1139)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/605
Badīʿ al-Zamān al-Hamadhānī — Names: Badīʿ al-Zamān al-HamadhānīBadīʿ al-Zamān al-Hamadhānī (d. 398/1008), originator of the genre of `maqāmah`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/606
al-Badīhī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Badīhī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammadal-Badīhī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad, 4th/10th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/607
Badr al-Dīn Abū l-ʿIzz Yūsuf ibn Makkī — Names: Badr al-Dīn Abū l-ʿIzz Yūsuf ibn MakkīBadr al-Dīn Abū l-ʿIzz Yūsuf ibn Makkī, known as Ibn al-SinjārīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/608
Badr al-Dīn ibn Qāḍī Baʿlabakk — Names: Badr al-Dīn ibn Qāḍī BaʿlabakkBadr al-Dīn ibn Qāḍī Baʿlabakk, physician, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/609
Abū l-ʿAbbās ibn Wāḍiḥ al-Yaʿqūbī — Names: Abū l-ʿAbbās ibn Wāḍiḥ al-YaʿqūbīAbū l-ʿAbbās ibn Wāḍiḥ al-Yaʿqūbī, 3rd/9th-c. polymathURI: https://usaybia.net/person/61
Badr al-Dīn Luʾluʾ (Badr al-Dīn Abū l-Faḍāʾil al-Malik al-Raḥīm) — Names: Badr al-Dīn Luʾluʾ (Badr al-Dīn Abū l-Faḍāʾil al-Malik al-Raḥīm)Badr al Dīn Luʾluʾ Badr al Dīn Abū l Faḍāʾil al Malik al Raḥīm freedman who became regent of Mosul in 607 1210 1211...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/610
Badr al-Muʿtaḍidī — Names: Badr al-MuʿtaḍidīBadr al-Muʿtaḍidī, commander-in-chief of al-MuʿtaḍidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/611
al-Bahāʾ — Names: al-Bahāʾal-Bahāʾ, musicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/612
Bahāʾ al-Dīn — Names: Bahāʾ al-DīnBahāʾ al-DīnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/613
Bahāʾ al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Sāʿātī — Names: Bahāʾ al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-SāʿātīBahāʾ al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Sāʿātī, poet, brother of physician Fakhr al-Dīn RiḍwānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/614
Bahāʾ al-Dīn Abū l-Thanāʾ Maḥmūd ibn Abī l-Faḍl Manṣūr ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Ismāʿīl al-Ṭabarī al-Makhzūmī — Names: Bahāʾ al-Dīn Abū l-Thanāʾ Maḥmūd ibn Abī l-Faḍl Manṣūr ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Ismāʿīl al-Ṭabarī al-MakhzūmīBahāʾ al-Dīn Abū l-Thanāʾ Maḥmūd ibn Abī l-Faḍl Manṣūr ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Ismāʿīl al-Ṭabarī al-Makhzūmī, judge and physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/615
Bahāʾ al-Dīn Ibn Shaddād — Names: Bahāʾ al-Dīn Ibn ShaddādBahāʾ al-Dīn Ibn Shaddād (d. 632/1234– 1235), military judge and biographer of Ṣalāḥ al-DīnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/616

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.