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.

Sawwār ibn ʿAbd Allāh — Names: Sawwār ibn ʿAbd AllāhSawwār ibn ʿAbd AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2014
al-Yaʿqūbī — Names: al-Yaʿqūbīal-Yaʿqūbī, geographer and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2312
Abū l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn Ṭirād al-Zaynabī, al-Sharīf — Names: Abū l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn Ṭirād al-Zaynabī, al-SharīfAbū l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn Ṭirād al-Zaynabī, al-Sharīf, `naqīb al-nuqabāʾ` (d. 561/1166)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/311
Jalāl al-Dīn ibn Ṣadaqah — Names: Jalāl al-Dīn ibn ṢadaqahJalāl al-Dīn ibn Ṣadaqah, al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī, vizier under al-MustarshidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1311
Ḥusayn ibn Kharmīn — Names: Ḥusayn ibn KharmīnḤusayn ibn Kharmīn, known as Ibn Kharmīl, ruler of HeratURI: https://usaybia.net/person/904
Melissus — Names: MelissusMelissus, Empiricist physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1554
Ibn al-Khaybarī — Names: Ibn al-KhaybarīIbn al-Khaybarī, servant of al-MutawakkilURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1033
ʿAbd al-Muʾmin ibn ʿAbd al-Munʿim — Names: ʿAbd al-Muʾmin ibn ʿAbd al-MunʿimʿAbd al-Muʾmin ibn ʿAbd al-Munʿim, Damascene physician, served Ayyubid ruler al-Malik al-AshrafURI: https://usaybia.net/person/37
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
Abū l-Qāsim ʿUmar ibn al-Ḥuṣayn — Names: Abū l-Qāsim ʿUmar ibn al-ḤuṣaynAbū l-Qāsim ʿUmar ibn al-Ḥuṣayn, Hadith scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/327
Nicomachus of Gerasa — Names: Nicomachus of GerasaNicomachus of Gerasa, mathematician (d. ＡⅮ120)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1772
Yazīd ibn Rūmān al-Naṣrānī al-Andalusī — Names: Yazīd ibn Rūmān al-Naṣrānī al-AndalusīYazīd ibn Rūmān al-Naṣrānī al-Andalusī, Christian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2320
Abū l-Fatḥ ibn Muhannā al-Naṣrānī — Names: Abū l-Fatḥ ibn Muhannā al-NaṣrānīAbū l-Fatḥ ibn Muhannā al-Naṣrānī, unidentified ChristianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2396
Hārūn al-Rashīd — Names: Hārūn al-RashīdHārūn al-Rashīd, Abbasid caliph (`reg.` 170– 193/786–809)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/841
Ṭāhir ibn al-Ḥusayn, Abū l-Ṭayyib — Names: Ṭāhir ibn al-Ḥusayn, Abū l-ṬayyibṬāhir ibn al-Ḥusayn, Abū l-Ṭayyib, commander under al-Maʾmūn, founder of the Ṭāhirid dynasty of governors of KhorasanURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2171
Ibn Jubayr — Names: Ibn JubayrIbn Jubayr (d. 614/1217), Andalusī traveller and writerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1015
Anaximander — Names: AnaximanderAnaximander, early Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/517
Kaṅkāyana — Names: KaṅkāyanaKaṅkāyana, Indian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1365
Mēnas — Names: MēnasMēnas, legendary Greek physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1557
Elijah of Nisibis Names: Elijah of NisibisElijah of NisibisURI: https://usaybia.net/person/735
Abū Hāshim al-Masrūr the Elder (al-Kabīr) — Names: Abū Hāshim al-Masrūr the Elder (al-Kabīr)Abū Hāshim al-Masrūr the Elder (al-Kabīr), courtier of Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/214
al-Sīrāfī, Abū Saʿīd Ḥasan (al-Ḥasan) ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Marzubān — Names: al-Sīrāfī, Abū Saʿīd Ḥasan (al-Ḥasan) ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Marzubānal-Sīrāfī, Abū Saʿīd Ḥasan (`or` al-Ḥasan) ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Marzubān, grammarian (290–368/903–979)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2122
Abū l-Ḥasan al-Ṣābiʾī (?) — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Ṣābiʾī (?)Abū l-Ḥasan al-Ṣābiʾī (?)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/209
al-Samawʾal — Names: al-Samawʾalal-Samawʾal, pre-Islamic Jewish poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1999
al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭalib — Names: al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭalibal-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī ṬalibURI: https://usaybia.net/person/902

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.