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 Badr al-Wāsiṭī — Names: Aḥmad ibn Badr al-WāsiṭīAḥmad ibn Badr al-Wāsiṭī, transmitter (perhaps = Ibn al-Wāsiṭī, q.v.)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/424
Abū l-Ṭāhir Yaḥyā ibn Tamīm ibn Muʿizz ibn Bādīs — Names: Abū l-Ṭāhir Yaḥyā ibn Tamīm ibn Muʿizz ibn BādīsAbū l-Ṭāhir Yaḥyā ibn Tamīm ibn Muʿizz ibn Bādīs, Zirid emir of MahdiaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/361
al-Kirmānī, Abū l-Ḥakam ʿAmr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī — Names: al-Kirmānī, Abū l-Ḥakam ʿAmr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlīal-Kirmānīal-Kirmānī, Abū l-Ḥakam ʿAmr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1410
Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Khallāl al-Baṣrī, Abū l-Ḥusayn — Names: Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Khallāl al-Baṣrī, Abū l-ḤusaynMuḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Khallāl al-Baṣrī, Abū l-Ḥusayn, source of al-TanūkhīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1615
Jamāl al-Dīn ʿUthmān — Names: Jamāl al-Dīn ʿUthmānJamāl al-Dīn ibn al-RaḥbīJamāl al-Dīn ʿUthmān (d. 658/1258)), physician brother of Sharaf al-Dīn ibn al-RaḥbīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1318
Muʾayyid al-Dīn al-ʿUrḍī — Names: Muʾayyid al-Dīn al-ʿUrḍīMuʾayyid al-Dīn al-ʿUrḍī (ca. 596–664/ ca. 1200–1266), teacher of Ibn al-QuffURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1586
Abū Saʿīd ibn Abī l-Khayr [al-Ṣūfī] — Names: Abū Saʿīd ibn Abī l-Khayr [al-Ṣūfī]Abū Saʿīd ibn Abī l-Khayr [al-Ṣūfī]URI: https://usaybia.net/person/337
Riḍwān — Names: RiḍwānRiḍwān, guardian angel of ParadiseURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2508
Menemachus — Names: MenemachusMenemachus, Methodist physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1559
ʿAlāʾ al-Mulk al-Alawī — Names: ʿAlāʾ al-Mulk al-AlawīʿAlāʾ al-Mulk al-Alawī, vizier under Sultan Khwārazm ShāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/449
Imruʾ al-Qays — Names: Imruʾ al-QaysImruʾ al-Qays, a Bedouin (not the homonymous poet)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1227
Ibn ʿUkāshah — Names: Ibn ʿUkāshahIbn ʿUkāshah, unidentified surgeon in al-KarkhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1147
al-Najāshī al-Ḥārithī — Names: al-Najāshī al-Ḥārithīal-Najāshī al-Ḥārithī, 1st/7th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1728
Daylam — Names: DaylamDaylam, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/704
ʿAlī, known as al-Fayyūm — Names: ʿAlī, known as al-FayyūmʿAlī, known as al-Fayyūm, Christian patron of translators including Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq, governor of the Egyptian district of FayyūmURI: https://usaybia.net/person/461
Ibn Abī l-Waqqār, Abū l-Faḍl Ismāʿīl — Names: Ibn Abī l-Waqqār, Abū l-Faḍl IsmāʿīlIbn Abī l-Waqqār, Abū l-Faḍl Ismāʿīl, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/929
Glaucias of Tarentum Names: Glaucias of TarentumGlaucias of Tarentum, commentator on HippocratesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/801
Abū ʿIṣmah al-Shīʿī (`or` al-Shaʿbī, al-Shabīʿī, al-Subayʿī?) — Names: Abū ʿIṣmah al-Shīʿī (`or` al-Shaʿbī, al-Shabīʿī, al-Subayʿī?)Abū ʿIṣmah al-Shīʿī (`or` al-Shaʿbī, al-Shabīʿī, al-Subayʿī?), captain of the guard under al-AmīnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/237
Theodosius — Names: TheodosiusTheodosius, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2213
Bashīr ibn al-Samaydaʿ — Names: Bashīr ibn al-SamaydaʿBashīr ibn al-Samaydaʿ, brother of Bishr ibn al-Samaydaʿ al-AzdīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/637
Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-Malik — Names: Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-MalikMūsā ibn ʿAbd al-Malik, secretary to the caliph al-Mutawakkil (`reg.` 232–247/847– 61)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1671
Timurtāsh ibn Najm al-Dīn Il-Ghāzī, Ḥuṣām al-Dīn — Names: Timurtāsh ibn Najm al-Dīn Il-Ghāzī, Ḥuṣām al-DīnTimurtāsh ibn Najm al-Dīn Il-Ghāzī, Ḥuṣām al-Dīn (reg. 516–548/1122–1154), Artuqid rulerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2237
Idrīs — Names: IdrīsIdrīs, Qurʾanic figure identified with Enoch and HermesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1213
Shāh al-Khwārizmī — Names: Shāh al-KhwārizmīShāh al-Khwārizmī, Muḥammad ibn Mūsā, 4th/10th-c. encyclopedistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1406
Abū l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī — Names: Abū l-Barakāt al-BaghdādīAwḥad al-Zamān (Abū l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī)Abū l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī, Awḥad al-Zamān Hibat Allāh ibn ʿAlī ibn Malkā, Jewish philosopher and physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/139

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.