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.

al-Kindī, Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥaq — Names: al-Kindī, Yaʿqūb ibn IsḥaqYaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq al-Kindīal-Kindī, Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥaq, philosopher (ca. 185–252/801–866)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1408
Ibn Habal (`or` Hubal) — Names: Ibn Habal (`or` Hubal)Shams al-Dīn [ibn Muhadhdhab al-Dīn] ibn HabalIbn Habal `or` Hubal Shams al Dīn Abū l ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muhadhdhab al Dīn Abī l Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī physician...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/983
Sharaf al-Dīn Yūsuf al-Baghdādī — Names: Sharaf al-Dīn Yūsuf al-BaghdādīSharaf al-Dīn Yūsuf al-Baghdādī, son of ʿAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Yūsuf al-BaghdādīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2069
Rashīd al-Dīn ibn al-Ṣūrī — Names: Rashīd al-Dīn ibn al-ṢūrīRashīd al-Dīn ibn al-Ṣūrī, physician, botanist and pharmacologist, student of ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādi (573–639/1177–1242)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1914
Sufyān ibn Saʿīd al-Thawrī — Names: Sufyān ibn Saʿīd al-ThawrīSufyān ibn Saʿīd al-Thawrī, 8th-c. Hadith scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2137
ʿAbd al-Malik al-Bājī — Names: ʿAbd al-Malik al-BājīʿAbd al-Malik al-Bājī, father of Abū Marwān al-BājīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/33
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
ʿĪsā — Names: ʿĪsāʿĪsā, expert in jurisprudence, brother of Majd al-Dīn Abū Bakr ibn al-DāyahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1230
Abū Zakkār — Names: Abū ZakkārAbū Zakkār, singer under Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/389
Abū Simāk al-Asadī — Names: Abū Simāk al-AsadīAbū Simāk al-Asadī, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/352
Muwaffaq al-Dīn al-Minfākh, Abū l-Faḍl Asʿad ibn Ḥulwān — Names: Muwaffaq al-Dīn al-Minfākh, Abū l-Faḍl Asʿad ibn ḤulwānMuwaffaq al-Dīn al-MinfākhMuwaffaq al-Dīn al-Minfākh, Abū l-Faḍl Asʿad ibn Ḥulwān, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1714
Leon — Names: LeonLeon, pupil of HippocratesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1424
Ḥarb ibn Muḥammad — Names: Ḥarb ibn MuḥammadḤarb ibn Muḥammad, unidentifiedURI: https://usaybia.net/person/824
Isḥāq ibn Mūsā — Names: Isḥāq ibn MūsāIsḥāq ibn Mūsā, physician (d. 363/973) and son of Mūsā ibn al-ʿĀzārURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1265
Ṭayfūr — Names: ṬayfūrṬayfūr father of the literary man and historian Abū l Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Abī Ṭāhir Ṭayfūr claimed to be the brother of al Khayzurān...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2190
Abū l-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Abī Ṭāhir Ṭayfūr — Names: Abū l-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Abī Ṭāhir ṬayfūrAbū l-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Abī Ṭāhir Ṭayfūr, literary man and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/151
Ibn Abī Dāʾūd — Names: Ibn Abī DāʾūdIbn Abī Dāʾūd, probably an error for Ibn Abī DuʾādURI: https://usaybia.net/person/918
Ismāʿīl ibn Mūsā — Names: Ismāʿīl ibn MūsāIsmāʿīl ibn Mūsā, son of al-HādīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1280
Ibn al-ʿAmīd, Abū l-Faḍl Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad — Names: Ibn al-ʿAmīd, Abū l-Faḍl Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn MuḥammadIbn al-ʿAmīd, Abū l-Faḍl Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad (d. 360/970), vizier and man of lettersURI: https://usaybia.net/person/933
al-Fārābī, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Ūzlūgh ibn Ṭarkhān — Names: al-Fārābī, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Ūzlūgh ibn ṬarkhānAbū Naṣr al-Fārābīal-Fārābī, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Ūzlūgh ibn Ṭarkhān, philosopher and scholar of music (ca. 256–338/870–950)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/765
Tyrrhenus — Names: TyrrhenusTyrrhenus, brother of PythagorasURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2250
Farīd al-Dīn Dāmādh — Names: Farīd al-Dīn DāmādhFarīd al-Dīn Dāmādh, scholar in NishapurURI: https://usaybia.net/person/769
Muḥammad ibn Hārūn ibn Makhlad ‘Kubbah al-Kātib’ — Names: Muḥammad ibn Hārūn ibn Makhlad ‘Kubbah al-Kātib’Muḥammad ibn Hārūn ibn Makhlad ‘Kubbah al-Kātib’, 3rd/9th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1616
Fakhr al-Dīn Riḍwān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Rustam al-Khurāsānī al-Sāʿātī — Names: Fakhr al-Dīn Riḍwān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Rustam al-Khurāsānī al-SāʿātīFakhr al-Dīn [Riḍwān] ibn al-SāʿātīFakhr al-Dīn Riḍwān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Rustam al-Khurāsānī al-Sāʿātī, physician, clock-maker and littérateurURI: https://usaybia.net/person/763
Abū Saʿd Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Jabbār ibn Aḥmad ibn Abī l-Qāsim al-Ṣayrafī al-Baghdādī — Names: Abū Saʿd Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Jabbār ibn Aḥmad ibn Abī l-Qāsim al-Ṣayrafī al-BaghdādīAbū Saʿd Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Jabbār ibn Aḥmad ibn Abī l-Qāsim al-Ṣayrafī al-Baghdādī, transmitter (d. 517/1123–1124)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/332

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.