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.

Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Zayd ibn Fuḍālah al-Baladī — Names: Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Zayd ibn Fuḍālah al-BaladīAḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Zayd ibn Fuḍālah al-BaladīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/427
ʿImrān the Short (al-Qaṣīr) — Names: ʿImrān the Short (al-Qaṣīr)ʿImrān the Short (al-Qaṣīr), transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1226
al-Shahrastānī, Tāj al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm — Names: al-Shahrastānī, Tāj al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīmal-Shahrastānī, Tāj al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm, 6th/12thc. historian of religionsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2044
al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī Abū l-Jawāʾiz al-Wāsiṭī — Names: al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī Abū l-Jawāʾiz al-Wāsiṭīal-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī Abū l-Jawāʾiz al-Wāsiṭī (d. 460/1067–1068), poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/847
Ibn al-Lajlāj — Names: Ibn al-LajlājIbn al-Lajlāj, personal physician to al-ManṣūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1037
Caraka (also Sharak, Sīrk, or Jarak) — Names: Caraka (also Sharak, Sīrk, or Jarak)Caraka (also Sharak, Sīrk, or Jarak)– Indian physician, author of `Carakasaṃhitā`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/670
Isḥāq ibn ʿImrān — Names: Isḥāq ibn ʿImrānIsḥāq ibn ʿImrān, physician at the court of Ziyādat Allāh ibn al-AghlabURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1263
Abū l-Faraj ibn Abī l-Faḍāʾil ibn al-Nāqid — Names: Abū l-Faraj ibn Abī l-Faḍāʾil ibn al-NāqidAbū l-Faraj ibn Abī l-Faḍāʾil ibn al-NāqidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/163
al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ ʿImād al-Dīn Abū l-Fidāʾ Ismāʿīl ibn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Abū Bakr ibn Ayyūb — Names: al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ ʿImād al-Dīn Abū l-Fidāʾ Ismāʿīl ibn al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Abū Bakr ibn Ayyūbal Malik al Ṣāliḥ ʿImād al Dīn Abū l Fidāʾ Ismāʿīl ibn al Malik al ʿĀdil Abū Bakr ibn Ayyūb `reg ` 635 1237...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1494
Ibn Fasānjas [or Fasānajis] — Names: Ibn Fasānjas [or Fasānajis]Ibn Fasānjas [or Fasānajis], Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-ʿAbbās, unidentified 11th-c. critic of astrologers and enemy of Ibn al-HaythamURI: https://usaybia.net/person/979
Qaḥṭān — Names: QaḥṭānQaḥṭān, legendary ancestor of the South ArabsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1865
al-Farghānī, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr — Names: al-Farghānī, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīral-Farghānī, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr, (d. after 247/861)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/768
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
ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Kayqubādh — Names: ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn KayqubādhʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Kayqubādh, Seljuq sultan of Rūm (`reg.` 616–634/1219–1237)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/447
Jamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Laṭīf — Names: Jamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-LaṭīfJamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Laṭīf, notable from BaghdadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1315
Mihrawayh ibn Shahriyār — Names: Mihrawayh ibn ShahriyārMihrawayh ibn Shahriyār, Khorasanian princeURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1564
Ifrāʾīm ibn al-Zaffān — Names: Ifrāʾīm ibn al-ZaffānIfrāʾīm ibn al-Zaffān, Jewish physician in Egypt, student of Ibn RiḍwanURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1215
ʿAbdūs ibn Zayd physician — Names: ʿAbdūs ibn Zayd physicianʿAbdūs ibn ZaydʿAbdūs ibn Zayd physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/56
ʿAmmār Dhū Kubār — Names: ʿAmmār Dhū KubārʿAmmār Dhū Kubār (`recte` Kināz), early 2nd/8th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/503
al-Shabānsī, Qāsim ibn Muḥammad al-Qurashī al-Marwānī — Names: al-Shabānsī, Qāsim ibn Muḥammad al-Qurashī al-Marwānīal-Shabānsī, Qāsim ibn Muḥammad al-Qurashī al-Marwānī, Cordovan physician and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2033
Creophylus — Names: CreophylusCreophylus, ancestor of HermodamusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/681
Protas of Pelusium Names: Protas of PelusiumProtas of Pelusium, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1848
Ibn Shaʿyā see Abū l-Barakāt ibn Shaʿyā Ibn (al-)Shibl al-Baghdādī — Names: Ibn Shaʿyā see Abū l-Barakāt ibn Shaʿyā Ibn (al-)Shibl al-BaghdādīIbn Shibl al-BaghdādīIbn Shaʿyā see Abū l Barakāt ibn Shaʿyā Ibn al Shibl al Baghdādī Abū ʿAlī al Ḥusayn `or` Muḥammad ibn al Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1122
Qayḍā al-Ruhāwī — Names: Qayḍā al-RuhāwīQayḍā al-Ruhāwī, translator associate of Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1870
Patrophilus Names: PatrophilusPatrophilus, dedicatee of GalenURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1799

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.