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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.

Results (2415)

ʿImrān (Amram) — Names: ʿImrān (Amram)ʿImrān (Amram), father of Moses in Ex. 6:20 and the father of Maryam/Mary in QurʾanURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1223
ʿImrān ibn Abī ʿAmr — Names: ʿImrān ibn Abī ʿAmrʿImrān ibn Abī ʿAmrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1224
ʿImrān al-Isrāʾīlī — Names: ʿImrān al-IsrāʾīlīʿImrān al-Isrāʾīlī, Awḥad al-Dīn ibn Ṣadaqah, Jewish physician student of Raḍī al-Dīn al-Raḥbī (d. 637/1240)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1225
ʿImrān the Short (al-Qaṣīr) — Names: ʿImrān the Short (al-Qaṣīr)ʿImrān the Short (al-Qaṣīr), transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1226
Imruʾ al-Qays — Names: Imruʾ al-QaysImruʾ al-Qays, a Bedouin (not the homonymous poet)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1227
Iqbāl al-Dawlah ʿAlī al-ʿĀmirī — Names: Iqbāl al-Dawlah ʿAlī al-ʿĀmirīIqbāl al-Dawlah ʿAlī al-ʿĀmirī (`reg.` 436– 468/1044–1076), petty king of DeniaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1228
al-Irbilī — Names: al-Irbilīal-Irbilī, ʿIzz al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan [= al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad] al-Ghanawī al-Ḍarīr, poet (d. 660/1262)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1229
Abū Bakr ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan al-Quhistānī — Names: Abū Bakr ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan al-QuhistānīAbū Bakr ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan al-Quhistānī, poet (ca. 435/1043), ?author of lines ascribed to Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/123
ʿĪsā — Names: ʿĪsāʿĪsā, expert in jurisprudence, brother of Majd al-Dīn Abū Bakr ibn al-DāyahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1230
ʿĪsā — Names: ʿĪsāʿĪsā, a boy, subject of an epigramURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1231
ʿĪsā — Names: ʿĪsāʿĪsā, Jesus son of MaryURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1232
ʿĪsā ‘the Muslim’ — Names: ʿĪsā ‘the Muslim’ʿĪsā ‘the Muslim’, early 3rd/9th-c. physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1233
ʿĪsā — Names: ʿĪsāʿĪsā, known as Abū QurayshʿĪsā, known as Abū Quraysh, apothecary and personal physician to al-MahdīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1234
ʿĪsā ibn Abī Khālid — Names: ʿĪsā ibn Abī KhālidʿĪsā ibn Abī Khālid, early 3rd/9th-c. physician, a contemporary of Sahl al-KawsajURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1235
ʿĪsā ibn ʿAlī — Names: ʿĪsā ibn ʿAlīʿĪsā ibn ʿAlī, uncle of al-ManṣūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1236
ʿĪsā ibn ʿAlī — Names: ʿĪsā ibn ʿAlīʿĪsā ibn ʿAlī, student of Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq, physician to al-Muʿtamid ʿalā AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1237
ʿĪsā ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā ibn Dāwūd ibn al-Jarrāḥ — Names: ʿĪsā ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā ibn Dāwūd ibn al-JarrāḥʿĪsā ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā ibn Dāwūd ibn al-Jarrāḥ, Abū l-Qāsim, poet (d. 391/1001)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1238
ʿĪsā ibn al-Biṭrīq — Names: ʿĪsā ibn al-BiṭrīqʿĪsā ibn al-Biṭrīq, Christian physician, brother of Saʿīd ibn al-BiṭrīqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1239
Abū Bakr al-Barqī — Names: Abū Bakr al-BarqīAbū Bakr al-Barqī, contemporary of Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/124
ʿĪsā ibn Ḥakam al-Dimashqī — Names: ʿĪsā ibn Ḥakam al-DimashqīʿĪsā ibn Ḥakam al-Dimashqī, known as MasīḥURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1240
ʿĪsā ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Nūḥ ibn Abī Nūḥ — Names: ʿĪsā ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Nūḥ ibn Abī NūḥʿĪsā ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Nūḥ ibn Abī Nūḥ, scribe of al-Fatḥ ibn KhāqānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1241
ʿĪsā ibn Isḥāq ibn Zurʿah — Names: ʿĪsā ibn Isḥāq ibn ZurʿahʿĪsā ibn Isḥāq ibn Zurʿah, Abū ʿAlīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1242
ʿĪsā ibn Jaʿfar ibn al-Manṣūr — Names: ʿĪsā ibn Jaʿfar ibn al-ManṣūrʿĪsā ibn Jaʿfar ibn al-Manṣūr, cousin of Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1243
ʿĪsā ibn Māhān — Names: ʿĪsā ibn MāhānʿĪsā ibn Māhān, guard commander under al-Mahdī and Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1244
ʿĪsā ibn Māsarjīs (`or` Māsarjawayh) — Names: ʿĪsā ibn Māsarjīs (`or` Māsarjawayh)ʿĪsā ibn MāsarjīsʿĪsā ibn Māsarjīs (`or` Māsarjawayh), physician and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1245

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.