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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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
Abū l-Barakāt ibn Shaʿyā — Names: Abū l-Barakāt ibn ShaʿyāAbū l-Barakāt ibn Shaʿyā, al-Muwaffaq, Jewish physician of EgyptURI: https://usaybia.net/person/141
Abū l-Baqāʾ ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn al-ʿUkbarī — Names: Abū l-Baqāʾ ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn al-ʿUkbarīAbū l-Baqāʾ ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn al-ʿUkbarī, grammarian (d. 616/1219)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/137
Abū l-Bayān ibn al-Mudawwar — Names: Abū l-Bayān ibn al-MudawwarAbū l-Bayān ibn al-Mudawwar, Karaite Jewish physician of Egypt with the honorific name of al-Sadīd (the Well-Guided)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/142
Abū l-Tuqā Ṣāliḥ ibn Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Sulaymān al-Qurashī `alias` Taqī al-Dīn — Names: Abū l-Tuqā Ṣāliḥ ibn Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Sulaymān al-Qurashī `alias` Taqī al-DīnAbū l-Tuqā Ṣāliḥ ibn Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Sulaymān al-Qurashī `alias` Taqī al-Dīn, teacher of ⅠＡＵ’s paternal uncleURI: https://usaybia.net/person/369
Ibn al-Budhūkh al-Qalaʿī, Abū Jaʿfar ʿUmar ibn ʿAlī — Names: Ibn al-Budhūkh al-Qalaʿī, Abū Jaʿfar ʿUmar ibn ʿAlīIbn al-Budhūkh al-Qalaʿī, Abū Jaʿfar ʿUmar ibn ʿAlī, Maghribī physician working in DamascusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/957
Abū l-Jawāʾiz al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-Wāsiṭī — Names: Abū l-Jawāʾiz al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-WāsiṭīAbū l-Jawāʾiz al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-Wāsiṭī, poet (d. 460/1067–1068)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/249
Abū l-Ḥārith al-Usquf — Names: Abū l-Ḥārith al-UsqufAbū l-Ḥārith al-Usquf (‘the Bishop’), contemporary of Ibn al-KattānīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/189
Abū l-Ḥākim Isḥāq ibn Yūḥannā — Names: Abū l-Ḥākim Isḥāq ibn YūḥannāAbū l-Ḥākim Isḥāq ibn Yūḥannā, physician from Ahwāz,URI: https://usaybia.net/person/187
Abū l-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf — Names: Abū l-Ḥajjāj YūsufAbū l-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf, Shihāb al-Dīn, oculist in Egypt, teacher of ⅠＡＵ’s father ca. 1200URI: https://usaybia.net/person/182
Yūsuf al-Isrāʾīlī, Abū al-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn Yaḥyā ibn Isḥāq al-Sabtī al-Maghribī — Names: Yūsuf al-Isrāʾīlī, Abū al-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn Yaḥyā ibn Isḥāq al-Sabtī al-MaghribīAbū l-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf al-IsrāʾīlīYūsuf al-Isrāʾīlī, Abū al-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn Yaḥyā ibn Isḥāq al-Sabtī al-Maghribī, Jewish physician often known as Ibn Shamʿūn (d. 1227)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2342
Abū l-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn Mūrāṭīr — Names: Abū l-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn MūrāṭīrAbū l-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf ibn Mūrāṭīr, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/183
Abū l-Ḥasan — Names: Abū l-ḤasanAbū l-Ḥasan, son of Ibn MuqlahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/190
Abū l-Ḥasan Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭabarī — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-ṬabarīAbū l-Ḥasan Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭabarī, 4th/10th-c. physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/192
Abū l-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan al-BaṣrīAbū l-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī (? = Abū l-Ḥusayn al-Baṣrī, Muʿtazilite theologian)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/198
Abū l-Ḥasan al-Ṣābiʾī (?) — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Ṣābiʾī (?)Abū l-Ḥasan al-Ṣābiʾī (?)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/209
Abū l-Ḥasan al-Qudūrī — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan al-QudūrīAbū l-Ḥasan al-Qudūrī, Ḥanafī jurist (d. 428/1037)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/208
Abū l-Ḥasan ibn al-Āmidī — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan ibn al-ĀmidīAbū l-Ḥasan ibn al-Āmidī, shaykh of al-Mubashshir ibn FātikURI: https://usaybia.net/person/200
Abū l-Ḥasan ibn Tuffāḥ — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan ibn TuffāḥAbū l-Ḥasan ibn Tuffāḥ, surgeon at the ʿAḍudī HospitalURI: https://usaybia.net/person/205
Abū l-Ḥasan ibn Dalīl — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan ibn DalīlAbū l-Ḥasan ibn Dalīl, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/201
Abū l-Ḥasan ibn Saʿīd (? = Abū l-Ḥusayn Aḥmad ibn Saʿīd) — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan ibn Saʿīd (? = Abū l-Ḥusayn Aḥmad ibn Saʿīd)Abū l-Ḥasan ibn Saʿīd (? = Abū l-Ḥusayn Aḥmad ibn Saʿīd), physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/204
Abū l-Ḥasan ibn Nafīs — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan ibn NafīsAbū l-Ḥasan ibn Nafīs, teacher of Ibrahim ibn BaksURI: https://usaybia.net/person/203
Abū l-Ḥasan ibn Hūd — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan ibn HūdAbū l-Ḥasan ibn Hūd, ʿAḍūd al-Dawlah, Hūdī ruler in Murcia and SevilleURI: https://usaybia.net/person/202
Abū l-Ḥasan Thābit ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Zahrūn al-Ḥarrānī — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan Thābit ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Zahrūn al-ḤarrānīThābit ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Zahrūn al-ḤarrānīAbū l-Ḥasan Thābit ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Zahrūn al-Ḥarrānī, (d. 365/976)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/211
Thābit ibn Sinān ibn Thābit ibn Qurrah — Names: Thābit ibn Sinān ibn Thābit ibn QurrahThābit ibn Sinān ibn Thābit ibn Qurrah, physician and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2197

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.