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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

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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)

Abū l-Khayr al-Masīḥī — Names: Abū l-Khayr al-MasīḥīAbū l-Khayr al-Masīḥī, physician to caliph al-Nāṣir li-Dīn AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/258
Abū l-Najāʾ Sālim ibn Hūd ʿImād al-Dawlah — Names: Abū l-Najāʾ Sālim ibn Hūd ʿImād al-DawlahAbū l-Najāʾ Sālim ibn Hūd ʿImād al-Dawlah, Hūdī ruler of Murcia and SevilleURI: https://usaybia.net/person/294
al-Majrīṭī, Abū l-Qāsim Maslamah ibn Aḥmad — Names: al-Majrīṭī, Abū l-Qāsim Maslamah ibn AḥmadAbū al-Qāsim Maslamah ibn Aḥmad, Known as al-Majrīṭīal-Majrīṭī, Abū l-Qāsim Maslamah ibn Aḥmad, physician from Cordova (d. 398/1007)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1446
Najm al-Dīn al-Qamrāwī, Abū l-Faḍāʾil Mūsā ibn Muḥammad ibn Mūsā ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿĪsā al-Kinānī — Names: Najm al-Dīn al-Qamrāwī, Abū l-Faḍāʾil Mūsā ibn Muḥammad ibn Mūsā ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿĪsā al-KinānīNajm al Dīn al Qamrāwī Abū l Faḍāʾil Mūsā ibn Muḥammad ibn Mūsā ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿĪsā al Kinānī d 651 1253 student of...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1736
Waṣīf the Turk — Names: Waṣīf the TurkWaṣīf the Turk, commander under al-MuʿtaṣimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2290
Ṣadaqah ibn Manjā ibn Ṣadaqah al-Sāmirī — Names: Ṣadaqah ibn Manjā ibn Ṣadaqah al-SāmirīṢadaqah al-SāmirīṢadaqah ibn Manjā ibn Ṣadaqah al-SāmirīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1943
Hermias ‘the Slave’ Names: Hermias ‘the Slave’Hermias ‘the Slave’, ruler of Atarneus Herminus, teacher of Alexander of AphrodisiasURI: https://usaybia.net/person/872
Abū ʿAlī ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿĪsā ibn Dāʾūd ibn al-Jarrāḥ — Names: Abū ʿAlī ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿĪsā ibn Dāʾūd ibn al-JarrāḥAbū ʿAlī ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿĪsā ibn Dāʾūd ibn al-Jarrāḥ (active 325/936), vizier of al-Rāḍī and al-MuttaqīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/95
Archelaus — Names: ArchelausArchelaus, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/553
Theon — Names: TheonTheon (d. ＡⅮ405), Greek mathematicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2202
Yazīd ibn Yūḥannā ibn Abī Khālid — Names: Yazīd ibn Yūḥannā ibn Abī KhālidYazīd ibn Yūḥannā ibn Abī Khālid, known as Yazīd Būr, personal physician to al-Maʾmūn and then Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn al-MahdīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2321
Yaʿqūb — Names: YaʿqūbYaʿqūb, superintendent of Baghdad hospitalURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2309
Bukhtīshūʿ ibn Jibrīl — Names: Bukhtīshūʿ ibn JibrīlBukhtīshūʿ ibn Jibrīl, member of family of Christian physicians (d. 257/870)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/656
Fakhr al-Dawlah ibn al-Muṭṭalib — Names: Fakhr al-Dawlah ibn al-MuṭṭalibFakhr al-Dawlah ibn al-Muṭṭalib, founder of Dār al-Dhahab law-collegeURI: https://usaybia.net/person/761
Abū l-Sarāyā al-Sarī ibn Manṣūr al-Shaybānī — Names: Abū l-Sarāyā al-Sarī ibn Manṣūr al-ShaybānīAbū l-Sarāyā al-Sarī ibn Manṣūr al-Shaybānī, Shi’ite rebelURI: https://usaybia.net/person/348
Khālid ibn Ṣafwān ibn al-Ahtam al-Tamīmī — Names: Khālid ibn Ṣafwān ibn al-Ahtam al-TamīmīKhālid ibn Ṣafwān ibn al-Ahtam al-Tamīmī, transmitter, noted for his eloquence (d. 135/752)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1381
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
Hārūn ibn ʿAzūz ‘the Monk’ — Names: Hārūn ibn ʿAzūz ‘the Monk’Hārūn ibn ʿAzūz ‘the Monk’, chronographerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/836
Theomnestus of Nicopolis Names: Theomnestus of NicopolisTheomnestus of Nicopolis, Byzantine writer on veterinary medicineURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2217
Abū ʿĀmir ibn Yannaq al-Shāṭibī — Names: Abū ʿĀmir ibn Yannaq al-ShāṭibīAbū ʿĀmir ibn Yannaq al-Shāṭibī, Andalusī poet and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/107
Abū Sulaymān Dāwūd ibn Abī l-Munā ibn Abī Fānah — Names: Abū Sulaymān Dāwūd ibn Abī l-Munā ibn Abī FānahAbū Sulaymān Dāwūd ibn Abī l-Munā ibn Abī Fānah, Christian physician from Jerusalem serving FatimidsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/356
Nāṣir al-Dīn ibn Yaghmūr — Names: Nāṣir al-Dīn ibn YaghmūrNāṣir al-Dīn ibn Yaghmūr, head of the household of the Ayyubid ruler al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ IsmāʿīlURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1751
Maryam bint Bukhtīshūʿ — Names: Maryam bint BukhtīshūʿMaryam bint Bukhtīshūʿ, sister of Jibrīl ibn Bukhtīshūʿ, mother of Jūrjis ibn MīkhāʾīlURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1524
Abū l-Faḍl ibn Abī Sulaymān — Names: Abū l-Faḍl ibn Abī SulaymānAbū l-Faḍl ibn Abī Sulaymān, Christian physician of Egypt (d. 644/1246)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/154
ʿUmar ibn Maʿadd — Names: ʿUmar ibn MaʿaddʿUmar ibn Maʿadd, contemporary of Ibn al-JazzārURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2263

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.