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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.

Results (2415)

Isḥāq ibn Shahrām — Names: Isḥāq ibn ShahrāmIsḥāq ibn Shahrām, ambassador to Basil ⅠⅠ (`reg.` 976–1025)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1269
Abū Bakr ibn Qārin al-Rāzī — Names: Abū Bakr ibn Qārin al-RāzīAbū Bakr ibn Qārin al-Rāzī, physician, student of al-RāzīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/127
Isḥāq ibn Shalīṭā — Names: Isḥāq ibn ShalīṭāIsḥāq ibn Shalīṭā, physician of al-Muṭīʿ liAllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1270
Isḥāq ibn Sulaymān ibn ʿAlī al-Hāshimī — Names: Isḥāq ibn Sulaymān ibn ʿAlī al-HāshimīIsḥāq ibn Sulaymān ibn ʿAlī al-Hāshimī, governor under Hārūn al-Rashīd and al-AmīnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1271
Isḥāq ibn Sulaymān al-Isrāʾīlī — Names: Isḥāq ibn Sulaymān al-IsrāʾīlīIsḥāq ibn Sulaymān al-Isrāʾīlī, medical writer (d. 320/932 `or` 344/955)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1272
Isḥāq ibn Yūnus — Names: Isḥāq ibn YūnusIsḥāq ibn Yūnus, student of Ibn al-SamḥURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1273
Isḥāq al-Ṭabīb — Names: Isḥāq al-ṬabībIsḥāq al-Ṭabīb (the Physician)Isḥāq al-Ṭabīb, physician in Cordova (active 287/900)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1274
Isidore of Seville — Names: Isidore of SevilleIsidore of Seville, encyclopaedist author of `Etymologies` (d. 636)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1275
Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Sahl ibn Nawbakht — Names: Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Sahl ibn NawbakhtIsmāʿīl ibn Abī Sahl ibn Nawbakht, son of Abū Sahl ibn NawbakhtURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1276
Ismāʿīl ibn Bulbul — Names: Ismāʿīl ibn BulbulIsmāʿīl ibn Bulbul, Abū l-Ṣaqr, vizier of al-Muʿtamid (d. 278/892)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1277
Ismāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar — Names: Ismāʿīl ibn JaʿfarIsmāʿīl ibn Jaʿfar, brother of al-MuʿtazzURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1278
Ismāʿīl ibn Mūsā — Names: Ismāʿīl ibn MūsāIsmāʿīl ibn Mūsā, physician son of Mūsā ibn al-ʿĀzār al-IsraʾīlīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1279
Abū Bakr al-Khālidī — Names: Abū Bakr al-KhālidīAbū Bakr al-Khālidī, 4th/10th-c. poet and man of letters, brother of Abū ʿUthmān al-KhālidīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/128
Ismāʿīl ibn Mūsā — Names: Ismāʿīl ibn MūsāIsmāʿīl ibn Mūsā, son of al-HādīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1280
Ismāʿīl ibn al-Ṣāliḥ ibn al-Bannāʾ al-Qifṭī — Names: Ismāʿīl ibn al-Ṣāliḥ ibn al-Bannāʾ al-QifṭīIsmāʿīl ibn al-Ṣāliḥ ibn al-Bannāʾ al-Qifṭī, juristURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1281
Ismāʿīl al-Zāhid — Names: Ismāʿīl al-ZāhidIsmāʿīl al-Zāhid (the Ascetic), Ḥanafī scholar of Bukhara (d. 402/1012)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1282
Ismāʿīl al-Ẓāfir ibn Dhī l-Nūn — Names: Ismāʿīl al-Ẓāfir ibn Dhī l-NūnIsmāʿīl al-Ẓāfir ibn Dhī l-Nūn, emir of the `ṭāʾifah` of ToledoURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1283
Isrāʾīl the bishop — Names: Isrāʾīl the bishopIsrāʾīl the bishop (unidentified)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1284
Isrāʾīl ibn Sahl — Names: Isrāʾīl ibn SahlIsrāʾīl ibn Sahl, early 3rd/9th-c. physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1285
Isrāʾīl ibn Zakariyyā ibn al-Ṭayfūrī — Names: Isrāʾīl ibn Zakariyyā ibn al-ṬayfūrīIsrāʾīl ibn Zakariyyā ibn al-Ṭayfūrī, Christian personal physician of al-MutawakkilURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1286
Iṣṭifan ibn Basīl — Names: Iṣṭifan ibn BasīlIṣṭifan ibn Basīl, translator (d. ca. 298/910)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1287
Ītākh (`or` Aytākh) — Names: Ītākh (`or` Aytākh)Ītākh (`or` Aytākh), Turkish generalURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1288
ʿIzz al-Dawlah — Names: ʿIzz al-DawlahʿIzz al-Dawlah, brother of Muʾayyid al-Dīn Ibn al-ṢūfīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1289
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Rāzī — Names: Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-RāzīAbū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Rāzī, known as Ibn Ḥamdūn, source of al-TanūkhīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/129
ʿIzz al-Dawlah Bakhtiyār — Names: ʿIzz al-Dawlah BakhtiyārʿIzz al-Dawlah Bakhtiyār, Būyid Emir (d. 366– 367/977)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1290

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.