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G?wargis  
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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)

Jamāl al-Dīn al-Ḥarastānī — Names: Jamāl al-Dīn al-ḤarastānīJamāl al-Dīn al-Ḥarastānī, judgeURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1316
Jamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Āmidī — Names: Jamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad al-ĀmidīJamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Āmidī, son of Sayf al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Abī ʿAlī al-ĀmidīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1317
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
Jamāl al-Dīn ʿUthmān ibn Aḥmad — Names: Jamāl al-Dīn ʿUthmān ibn AḥmadJamāl al-Dīn ʿUthmān ibn Aḥmad, grandson of physician Jamāl al-Dīn ibn Abī l-ḤawāfirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1319
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Khalīl al-Raqqī — Names: Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Khalīl al-Raqqīal-RaqqīAbū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Khalīl al-Raqqī, physician, commentator on Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/132
Jamīl ibn Maʿmar — Names: Jamīl ibn MaʿmarJamīl ibn Maʿmar, poet-lover (d. 82/701)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1320
Janān — Names: JanānJanān, slave-girl loved by Abū NuwāsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1321
al-Jānis (Jābis, Ḥābis?) — Names: al-Jānis (Jābis, Ḥābis?)al-Jānis (Jābis, Ḥābis?), unidentified author of a book on leadership (?)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1322
al-Jannābī al-Qarmaṭī — Names: al-Jannābī al-Qarmaṭīal-Jannābī al-Qarmaṭī, Abū Ṭāhir Sulaymān, leader of Qarmaṭians (d. 332/943–944)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1323
Jārī — Names: JārīJārī, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1324
Jarīr al-Ṭabīb — Names: Jarīr al-ṬabībJarīr al-ṬabībURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1325
al-Jarīrī — Names: al-Jarīrīal-Jarīrī, Muʿāfā ibn Zakariyyā, littérateur (d. 390/1000)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1326
Jarjah ibn Zakariyyā — Names: Jarjah ibn ZakariyyāJarjah ibn Zakariyyā, 3rd/9th-c. Nubian chieftainURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1327
al-Jawād — Names: al-Jawādal-Jawād, Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī Jamāl al-Dīn al-Iṣfahānī (d. 574/1178), vizier under the ZangidsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1328
Jawād al-Ṭabīb al-Naṣrānī — Names: Jawād al-Ṭabīb al-NaṣrānīJawād al-Ṭabīb al-Naṣrānī (the Christian Physician)Jawād al-Ṭabīb al-Naṣrānī (the Christian Physician) (3rd/9th c.)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1329
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd — Names: Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿUbaydAbū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd, patron of Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/133
al-Jawālīqī — Names: al-Jawālīqīal-Jawālīqī, Abū Manṣūr Mawhūb ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Khiḍr (d. 539/1144), lexicographer and traditionalistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1330
Jawdar (`or` Jawdhar) — Names: Jawdar (`or` Jawdhar)JawdarJawdar (`or` Jawdhar), otherwise unrecorded Indian scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1331
al-Jawharī — Names: al-Jawharīal-Jawharī, Abū Naṣr Ismāʿīl ibn Ḥammād (d. 393/1002 `or` 398/1007), 10th-c. lexicographerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1332
al-Jawharī — Names: al-Jawharīal-Jawharī, al-ʿAbbās ibn Saʿīd, astronomer under al-MaʾmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1333
Jawzah — Names: JawzahJawzah, servant of Khwand Khātūn, wife of Muwaffaq al-Dīn ibn al-MuṭrānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1334
al-Jazūlī — Names: al-Jazūlīal-Jazūlī, Abū Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz (d. between 606/1209 and 616/1219), grammarianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1335
Jibrīl ‘the oculist’ — Names: Jibrīl ‘the oculist’Jibrīl, ‘the oculist of al-Maʾmūn’Jibrīl ‘the oculist’, oculist to al-MaʾmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1336
Jibrīl ibn Bukhtīshūʿ — Names: Jibrīl ibn BukhtīshūʿJibrīl ibn Bukhtīshūʿ, Christian physician serving Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1337
Jibrīl ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Bukhtīshūʿ — Names: Jibrīl ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn BukhtīshūʿJibrīl ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn BukhtīshūʿURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1338

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.