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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Janān — Names: JanānJanān, slave-girl loved by Abū NuwāsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1321
Genghis Khan — Names: Genghis KhanGenghis Khan, Mongol rulerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/790
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
Jawdar (`or` Jawdhar) — Names: Jawdar (`or` Jawdhar)JawdarJawdar (`or` Jawdhar), otherwise unrecorded Indian scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1331
Jawdar (`or` Jawdhar) — Names: Jawdar (`or` Jawdhar)JawdarJawdar (`or` Jawdhar), otherwise unrecorded Indian scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1331
Jūrjis ibn Jibrīl — Names: Jūrjis ibn JibrīlJūrjis ibn Jibrīl, first of the Christian Bukhtīshūʿ family of physiciansURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1353
Jūrjis ibn Mīkhāʾīl — Names: Jūrjis ibn MīkhāʾīlJūrjis ibn MīkhāʾīlURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1354
Gorgias — Names: GorgiasGorgias, a physician of antiquity, pupil of GhūrusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/803
Jawzah — Names: JawzahJawzah, servant of Khwand Khātūn, wife of Muwaffaq al-Dīn ibn al-MuṭrānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1334
Ḥātim al-Ṭāʾī — Names: Ḥātim al-ṬāʾīḤātim al-Ṭāʾī – pre-Islamic poet proverbial for his generosityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/865
Ḥātim ibn Saʿīd — Names: Ḥātim ibn SaʿīdḤātim ibn Saʿīd, Andalusī poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/864
Ḥāmid ibn ʿAlī — Names: Ḥāmid ibn ʿAlīḤāmid ibn ʿAlī. Oculist. Brother of the famous physician Muhadhdhab al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʿAlīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/819
Ḥabbūs ibn Māksan ibn Zīrī ibn Manād al-Ṣanhājī — Names: Ḥabbūs ibn Māksan ibn Zīrī ibn Manād al-ṢanhājīḤabbūs ibn Māksan ibn Zīrī ibn Manād al-Ṣanhājī, first emir of the Zirid dynasty in GranadaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/805
Habīb al-ʿAjamī — Names: Habīb al-ʿAjamīHabīb al-ʿAjamī, traditionistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/807
Ḥubaysh ibn Ḥasan al-Dimashqī — Names: Ḥubaysh ibn Ḥasan al-DimashqīḤubaysh al-AʿsamḤubaysh ibn Ḥasan al-Dimashqī, translator nephew of Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/892
Ḥubaysh ibn Ḥasan al-Dimashqī — Names: Ḥubaysh ibn Ḥasan al-DimashqīḤubaysh al-AʿsamḤubaysh ibn Ḥasan al-Dimashqī, translator nephew of Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/892
Ḥujjat al-Dīn Marwān ibn ʿAlī ibn Salāmah al-Fanakī — Names: Ḥujjat al-Dīn Marwān ibn ʿAlī ibn Salāmah al-FanakīḤujjat al-Dīn Marwān ibn ʿAlī ibn Salāmah al-Fanakī, vizier (d. after 550/1155)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/894
Ḥarb ibn Muḥammad — Names: Ḥarb ibn MuḥammadḤarb ibn Muḥammad, unidentifiedURI: https://usaybia.net/person/824
Chrysermus — Names: ChrysermusChrysermus, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/673
Ḥusām al-Dawlah — Names: Ḥusām al-DawlahḤusām al-Dawlah, Ḥamdanid prince ruling Mosul, 4th/10th-c.URI: https://usaybia.net/person/900
Ḥassān ibn al-Ḥubāb ibn al-Walīd al-Qushayrī — Names: Ḥassān ibn al-Ḥubāb ibn al-Walīd al-QushayrīḤassān ibn al-Ḥubāb ibn al-Walīd al-Qushayrī, 5th/11th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/863
Ḥasdāy ibn Isḥāq — Names: Ḥasdāy ibn IsḥāqḤasdāy ibn Isḥāq, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/860
Ḥasdāy ibn Yūsuf ibn Ḥasdāy, Abū l-Faḍl — Names: Ḥasdāy ibn Yūsuf ibn Ḥasdāy, Abū l-FaḍlAbū l-Faḍl Ḥasdāy ibn Yūsuf ibn ḤasdāyḤasdāy ibn Yūsuf ibn Ḥasdāy, Abū l-Faḍl, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/861
Ḥasan the physician — Names: Ḥasan the physicianḤasan the physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/842
Ḥasanwayh — Names: ḤasanwayhḤasanwayh, unidentified student of al-KindīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/859

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.