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-Ḥuwayzī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Abū l-ʿAbbās ‘al-ʿAbbāsī — Names: al-Ḥuwayzī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Abū l-ʿAbbās ‘al-ʿAbbāsīal-Ḥuwayzī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Abū l-ʿAbbās ‘al-ʿAbbāsī’, administrator in Baghdad of uncertain dateURI: https://usaybia.net/person/906
Dāwūd ibn Rushayd — Names: Dāwūd ibn RushaydDāwūd ibn Rushayd, `muḥaddith`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/701
Ibn al-Jammālah — Names: Ibn al-JammālahIbn al-Jammālah, copyist of Ibn al-MuṭrānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1011
Callisthenes — Names: CallisthenesCallisthenes, ancient Greek historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/668
Allāh ibn ʿAlī Majd al-Dīn Majd al-Dawlah, Rustam — Names: Allāh ibn ʿAlī Majd al-Dīn Majd al-Dawlah, RustamAllāh ibn ʿAlī Majd al-Dīn Majd al-Dawlah, Rustam, Būyid emir of Rayy and the Jibāl (`reg.` 387–420/997–1029)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1440
al-Mubashshir ibn Fātik, Maḥmūd al-Dawlah Abū l-Wafāʾ — Names: al-Mubashshir ibn Fātik, Maḥmūd al-Dawlah Abū l-Wafāʾal-Mubashshir ibn Fātikal-Mubashshir ibn Fātik, Maḥmūd al-Dawlah Abū l-Wafāʾ (5th/11th c.), author of `Mukhtār al-ḥikam`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1589
Muhadhdhab al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Abī Saʿīd al-Sāmirī — Names: Muhadhdhab al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Abī Saʿīd al-SāmirīMuhadhdhab al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Abī Saʿīd al-Sāmirī, Samaritan philosopher and physician (d. 624/1227)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1597
Abū Ḥanīfah al-Dīnawarī — Names: Abū Ḥanīfah al-DīnawarīAbū Ḥanīfah al-Dīnawarī (d. 282–283/896), author of `K. al-Nabāt`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/188
ʿAbd Yashūʿ al-Jāthalīq — Names: ʿAbd Yashūʿ al-JāthalīqʿAbd Yashūʿ al-Jāthalīq, catholicos at Baghdad (ca. 360/970)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/51
Dioscorus — Names: DioscorusDioscorus, mid-5th-c. Patriarch of AlexandriaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/723
Abū Hāshim ʿAbd al-Salām — Names: Abū Hāshim ʿAbd al-SalāmAbū Hāshim ʿAbd al-Salām, son of al-Jubbāʾī, Muʿtazilite theologian (d. 321/933)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/213
Pamphilianus — Names: PamphilianusPamphilianus, dedicatee of GalenURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1795
Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar — Names: Ismāʿīl ibn JaʿfarIsmāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar, brother of al-MuʿtazzURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1278
Ibn Badraj probably an error for Ibn Barzaj Ibn al-Baghūnish — Names: Ibn Badraj probably an error for Ibn Barzaj Ibn al-BaghūnishIbn al-BaghūnishIbn Badraj probably an error for Ibn Barzaj Ibn al-Baghūnish, Abū ʿUthmān Saʿīd ibn Muḥammad al-ṬulayṭulīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/942
al-Raḥbī, Raḍī al-Dīn — Names: al-Raḥbī, Raḍī al-DīnRaḍī al-Dīn al-Raḥbīal-Raḥbī, Raḍī al-Dīn, Syrian physician (d. 631/1233)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1903
Jibrīl ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Bukhtīshūʿ — Names: Jibrīl ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn BukhtīshūʿJibrīl ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn BukhtīshūʿURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1338
Macarius — Names: MacariusMacarius, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1429
al-ʿAmīdī, Rukn al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Samarqandī — Names: al-ʿAmīdī, Rukn al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Samarqandīal-ʿAmīdī, Rukn al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Samarqandī, Ḥanafī jurist at Bukhārā (d. 615/1218)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/493
al-Raḥbī, Sharaf al-Dīn ibn — Names: al-Raḥbī, Sharaf al-Dīn ibnSharaf al-Dīn ibn al-Raḥbīal-Raḥbī, Sharaf al-Dīn ibn, student of ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī (583–667/1187–1268)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1904
Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Mūsā — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn MūsāIbrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Mūsā, the SecretaryIbrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Mūsā, ‘the Secretary’ (`al-kātib`), 3rd/9th-c. patron of Greek-to-Arabic translatorsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1201
Ibn ʿArabī, Muḥyī l-Dīn — Names: Ibn ʿArabī, Muḥyī l-DīnIbn ʿArabī, Muḥyī l-Dīn (d. 638/1240), Andalusī mystic and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/935
Abū ʿImrān ibn Abī ʿImrān al-Martalī — Names: Abū ʿImrān ibn Abī ʿImrān al-MartalīAbū ʿImrān ibn Abī ʿImrān al Martalī unidentified jurist and ascetic who lived in Seville perhaps Abū ʿImrān Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al Raḥmān ibn...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/228
Abū l-Khayr ibn Abī Sulaymān Dāwūd, al-Fāris — Names: Abū l-Khayr ibn Abī Sulaymān Dāwūd, al-FārisAbū l-Khayr ibn Abī Sulaymān Dāwūd, al-Fāris (the knight), son of Abū Sulaymān Dāwūd ibn Abī l-Munā ibn Abī FānahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/257
Quintus — Names: QuintusQuintus, 2nd-c. physician at RomeURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1881
Abū Zayd al-Anṣārī — Names: Abū Zayd al-AnṣārīAbū Zayd al-Anṣārī, 9th-c. grammarian and lexicographerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/391

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.