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.

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al-Sayyid al-Naqīb al-Kāmil Ibn al-Sharīf al-Jalīl — Names: al-Sayyid al-Naqīb al-Kāmil Ibn al-Sharīf al-Jalīlal-Sayyid al-Naqīb al-Kāmil Ibn al-Sharīf al-Jalīl, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2021
al-Sayyidah — Names: al-Sayyidahal-Sayyidah (d. 419/1028), regent and mother of Majd al-DawlahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2022
Saʿd al-Dīn Abū Saʿīd ibn Abī Sahl al-Baghdādī al-ʿAwwād — Names: Saʿd al-Dīn Abū Saʿīd ibn Abī Sahl al-Baghdādī al-ʿAwwādSaʿd al-Dīn Abū Saʿīd ibn Abī Sahl al-Baghdādī al-ʿAwwād, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1935
Saʿd al-Dīn ibn Muwaffaq al-Dīn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Sulamī — Names: Saʿd al-Dīn ibn Muwaffaq al-Dīn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-SulamīSaʿd al-Dīn ibn Muwaffaq al-Dīn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Sulamī, Damascus physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1937
Saʿd al-Dīn ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz — Names: Saʿd al-Dīn ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīzSaʿd al-Dīn ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīzURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1936
Saʿd al-Mulk Naṣīr al-Dīn Abū l-Maḥāsin Saʿd al-Mulk — Names: Saʿd al-Mulk Naṣīr al-Dīn Abū l-Maḥāsin Saʿd al-MulkSaʿd al Mulk Naṣīr al Dīn Abū l Maḥāsin Saʿd al Mulk vizier of Muḥammad ibn Malik Shāh 496 1103 and of Malik Shāh...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1941
Saʿd b. Muḥammad al-Tamīmī — Names: Saʿd b. Muḥammad al-TamīmīSaʿd b. Muḥammad al-Tamīmī, poet (d. 574/1179)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/866
Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṣ — Names: Saʿd ibn Abī WaqqāṣSaʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṣ, Companion of MuḥammadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1938
Saʿd ibn Muʿādh — Names: Saʿd ibn MuʿādhSaʿd ibn Muʿādh, Companion of MuḥammadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1939
Saʿd ibn ʿUbādah — Names: Saʿd ibn ʿUbādahSaʿd ibn ʿUbādah, Companion of MuḥammadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1940
Saʿdān the Shoemaker (Saʿdān al-Iskāf ) — Names: Saʿdān the Shoemaker (Saʿdān al-Iskāf )Saʿdān the Shoemaker (Saʿdān al-Iskāf )URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1942
Saʿdūn — Names: SaʿdūnSaʿdūn, son-in-law of Ghālib the physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1948
Saʿdūn — Names: SaʿdūnSaʿdūn, brother of Dānīl, brother-in-law of Saʿīd ibn Ghālib, physician to al-MuʿtaḍidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2441
Saʿīd — Names: SaʿīdSaʿīd, grandfather of al-TamīmīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1959
Ṣāʿid al-Andalusī (al-Qāḍī Ṣāʿid), Abū l-Qāsim Ṣāʿid ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Taghlibī al-Andalusī — Names: Ṣāʿid al-Andalusī (al-Qāḍī Ṣāʿid), Abū l-Qāsim Ṣāʿid ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Taghlibī al-AndalusīṢāʿid al Andalusī al Qāḍī Ṣāʿid Abū l Qāsim Ṣāʿid ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al Raḥmān al Taghlibī al Andalusī author of `Ṭabaqāt al...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1960
Saʿīd al-Dawlah Abū l-Fakhr — Names: Saʿīd al-Dawlah Abū l-FakhrSaʿīd al-Dawlah Abū l-Fakhr, Egyptian physician, son of Abū l-Barakāt ibn ShaʿyāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1961
Saʿīd ibn al-Biṭrīq (Eutychius) — Names: Saʿīd ibn al-Biṭrīq (Eutychius)Saʿīd ibn al Biṭrīq Eutychius physician patriarch of Alexandria historian author of `K al tārīkh al majmūʿ alā l taḥqīq wa l taṣdīq` `Naẓm...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1965
Ṣāʿid ibn al-Ḥasan al-Rabaʿī al-Baghdādī — Names: Ṣāʿid ibn al-Ḥasan al-Rabaʿī al-BaghdādīṢāʿid ibn al-Ḥasan al-Rabaʿī al-Baghdādī (d. 417/1026), philologist AⅠ.1nURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1968
Saʿīd ibn al-Umawī — Names: Saʿīd ibn al-UmawīSaʿīd ibn al-Umawī, a source for Ibn JuljulURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1976
Ṣāʿid ibn Bishr ibn ʿAbdūs — Names: Ṣāʿid ibn Bishr ibn ʿAbdūsṢāʿid ibn Bishr ibn ʿAbdūsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1964
Saʿīd ibn Fatḥūn al-Saraqusṭī — Names: Saʿīd ibn Fatḥūn al-SaraqusṭīSaʿīd ibn Fatḥūn al-Saraqusṭī, contemporary of Ibn al-KattānīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1966
Saʿīd ibn Ghālib — Names: Saʿīd ibn GhālibAbū ʿUthmān Saʿīd ibn GhālibSaʿīd ibn Ghālib, son of Ghālib the physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1967
Saʿīd ibn Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn, Abū l-Ḥasan — Names: Saʿīd ibn Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn, Abū l-ḤasanSaʿīd ibn Hibat AllāhSaʿīd ibn Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn, Abū l-Ḥasan, 5th/11th-c. physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1969
Saʿīd ibn Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn, Abū l-Ḥasan — Names: Saʿīd ibn Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn, Abū l-ḤasanSaʿīd ibn Hibat AllāhSaʿīd ibn Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn, Abū l-Ḥasan, 5th/11th-c. physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1969
Saʿīd ibn Isḥāq al-Naṣrānī — Names: Saʿīd ibn Isḥāq al-NaṣrānīSaʿīd ibn Isḥāq al-Naṣrānī, chronicler under Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1970

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.