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.

Abū l-Ẓāhir Ismāʿīl — Names: Abū l-Ẓāhir IsmāʿīlAbū l-Ẓāhir Ismāʿīl, acquaintance of Ibn al-MuṭrānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/388
Pythagoras — Names: PythagorasPythagorasURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1855
Proxenus — Names: ProxenusProxenus, executor of NichomachusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1849
Nāṣir ibn Ismāʿīl, al-Sharīf Abū Ṭālib — Names: Nāṣir ibn Ismāʿīl, al-Sharīf Abū ṬālibNāṣir ibn Ismāʿīl, al-Sharīf Abū ṬālibURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1754
Abū Bakr — Names: Abū BakrAbū Bakr, the son of al-Qāḍī Abū l-Ḥasan al-ZuhrīAbū Bakr, the son of al-Qāḍī Abū l-Ḥasan al-Zuhrī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/120
Mutayyam — Names: MutayyamMutayyam, musicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1703
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
Ibn al-Muʿallim al-Hurthī — Names: Ibn al-Muʿallim al-HurthīIbn al-Muʿallim al-Hurthī, Najm al-Dīn Abū l-Ghanāʾim Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī, poet from Wāsiṭ (501–1108/592–1196)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1052
Ephorus — Names: EphorusEphorus, Greek historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/737
Abū l-Ḥusayn al-ʿArūḍī — Names: Abū l-Ḥusayn al-ʿArūḍīAbū l-Ḥusayn al-ʿArūḍī, contemporary of Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/221
al-Walīd — Names: al-Walīdal-Walīd, poet (probably al-Walīd ibn ʿUbayd Allāh al-Buḥturī, d. 284/897)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2284
Abū Ṭāhir Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Silafī al-Iṣfahānī — Names: Abū Ṭāhir Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Silafī al-IṣfahānīAbū Ṭāhir Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Silafī al-Iṣfahānī, teacher of HadithURI: https://usaybia.net/person/358
Ḥamdīn ibn Ubbā — Names: Ḥamdīn ibn UbbāḤamdīn ibn UbbāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/816
Constantius — Names: ConstantiusConstantius, EmperorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/680
ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak — Names: ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-MubārakʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/20
Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlīAbū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī, al-Shaykh al-Sadīd Egyptian physician,URI: https://usaybia.net/person/193
ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Bukhtīshūʿ — Names: ʿUbayd Allāh ibn BukhtīshūʿʿUbayd Allāh ibn BukhtīshūʿURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2251
al-Siʿirdī — Names: al-Siʿirdīal-Siʿirdī, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Naqqāsh, contemporary of ⅠＡＵURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2108
ʿAbd Allāh al-Mahdī bi-Allāh — Names: ʿAbd Allāh al-Mahdī bi-AllāhʿAbd Allāh al-Mahdī bi-Allāh, founder of the Fatimid caliphateURI: https://usaybia.net/person/28
Sayf al-Islām, Abū l-Fawāris al-Malik al-ʿAzīz Ẓahīr al-Dīn Ṭughtukīn ibn Ayyūb — Names: Sayf al-Islām, Abū l-Fawāris al-Malik al-ʿAzīz Ẓahīr al-Dīn Ṭughtukīn ibn AyyūbSayf al-Islām, Abū l-Fawāris al-Malik al-ʿAzīz Ẓahīr al-Dīn Ṭughtukīn ibn Ayyūb, brother of Saladin (d. 593/1197)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2020
Abū Yaḥyā — Names: Abū YaḥyāAbū Yaḥyā, son of Abū al-Qāsim al-MaghribīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/382
Jaʿdah bint al-Ashʿath ibn Qays — Names: Jaʿdah bint al-Ashʿath ibn QaysJaʿdah bint al-Ashʿath ibn Qays, conspirator under MuʿāwiyahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1299
Abū Muḥammad ibn al-Jaʿdī — Names: Abū Muḥammad ibn al-JaʿdīAbū Muḥammad ibn al-Jaʿdī, Fatimid astrologerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/285
Abū l-Barakāt ibn al-Quḍāʿī — Names: Abū l-Barakāt ibn al-QuḍāʿīAbū l-Barakāt ibn al-Quḍāʿī, physician serving Saladin (d 598/1201)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/140
Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynī — Names: Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad al-ḤusaynīShams al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynī, copyist working for family of ⅠＡＵURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2056

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.