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.

Bhela Names: BhelaBhela, author of a Sanskrit medical compendium (Saṃhitā)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/643
Binyāmīn — Names: BinyāmīnBinyāmīn, teacher of Abū Bishr Mattā ibn YūnānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/644
al-Bīrūnī, Abū l-Rayḥān — Names: al-Bīrūnī, Abū l-RayḥānAbū r-Raiḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-BīrūnīAbū l-Rayḥān al-Bīrūnīal-Bīrūnīal-Bīrūnī, Abū l-Rayḥān, polymath (d. ca. 442/1050)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/645
Bishr ibn Bīshī — Names: Bishr ibn BīshīBishr ibn Bīshī, known as Ibn ʿAnāyā al-IsrāʾīlīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/646
Bishr ibn Ḥaḍram al-Kalāʿī (?Bishr ibn Ḥiẓrim al-Kalbī) — Names: Bishr ibn Ḥaḍram al-Kalāʿī (?Bishr ibn Ḥiẓrim al-Kalbī)Bishr ibn Ḥaḍram al-Kalāʿī (?Bishr ibn Ḥiẓrim al-Kalbī)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/647
Bishr ibn al-Samaydaʿ al-Azdī — Names: Bishr ibn al-Samaydaʿ al-AzdīBishr ibn al-Samaydaʿ al-Azdī, governor of Balad under al-MuʿtaṣimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/648
al-Biṭrīq — Names: al-Biṭrīqal-Biṭrīq, Christian translator under al-ManṣūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/649
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
Boethus, Flavius — Names: Boethus, FlaviusBoethus, Flavius – 2nd-c. Roman senatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/650
Bonus Names: BonusBonus, disciple of HippocratesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/651
Bradua, Ti. Claudius Bradua Regillus Atticus — Names: Bradua, Ti. Claudius Bradua Regillus AtticusBradua, Ti. Claudius Bradua Regillus Atticus, Roman consulURI: https://usaybia.net/person/652
al-Buḥturī — Names: al-Buḥturīal-Buḥturī, poet (d. 284/897)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/653
al-Buḥturī — Names: al-Buḥturīal-BuḥturīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/654
al-Bukhārī, Muḥammad — Names: al-Bukhārī, Muḥammadal-Bukhārī, Muḥammad, compiler of one of the canonical collections of Hadith (`al- Ṣaḥīḥ`)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/655
Bukhtīshūʿ ibn Jibrīl — Names: Bukhtīshūʿ ibn JibrīlBukhtīshūʿ ibn Jibrīl, member of family of Christian physicians (d. 257/870)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/656
Bukhtīshūʿ ibn Jūrjis — Names: Bukhtīshūʿ ibn JūrjisBukhtīshūʿ ibn Jūrjis, physician to Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/657
Bukhtīshūʿ ibn Yūḥannā — Names: Bukhtīshūʿ ibn YūḥannāBukhtīshūʿ ibn Yūḥannā, physician to al-Muqtadir bi-Allāh and al-Rāḍī bi-AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/658
Bulmuẓaffar ibn Muʿarrif (Bulmuẓaffar Naṣr ibn Maḥmūd ibn al-Muʿarrif) — Names: Bulmuẓaffar ibn Muʿarrif (Bulmuẓaffar Naṣr ibn Maḥmūd ibn al-Muʿarrif)Bulmuẓaffar ibn MuʿarrifBulmuẓaffar ibn Muʿarrif (Bulmuẓaffar Naṣr ibn Maḥmūd ibn al-Muʿarrif), Egyptian physician and poet (active 534/1140)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/659
Maʾmūn Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Nabātī — Names: Maʾmūn Abū l-ʿAbbās al-NabātīMaʾmūn Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Nabātī, herbalistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/66
Būlus ibn Ḥanūn — Names: Būlus ibn ḤanūnBūlus ibn Ḥanūn, physician in entourage of Abū DulafURI: https://usaybia.net/person/660
Bunān al-Raṣāṣī — Names: Bunān al-RaṣāṣīBunān al-Raṣāṣī, chief servant of al-MuʿtaḍidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/661
al-Bundahī, Badīʿ al-Dīn, — Names: al-Bundahī, Badīʿ al-Dīn,al-Bundahī, Badīʿ al-Dīn, poet known to ⅠＡＵURI: https://usaybia.net/person/662
Burhān al-Dīn — Names: Burhān al-DīnBurhān al-Dīn, vizier of Ayyubid emir ʿIzz al-Dīn al-MuʿaẓẓamīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/663
al-Burhān al-Munajjim — Names: al-Burhān al-Munajjimal-Burhān al-Munajjim, father of ibn al-Khiḍr al-ḤalabīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/664
al-Burjī, al-Ahzal Aḥmad ibn Isḥāq — Names: al-Burjī, al-Ahzal Aḥmad ibn Isḥāqal-Burjī, al-Ahzal Aḥmad ibn Isḥāq, named by Ibn Mandawayh al-IṣfahānīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/665

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.