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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)

Ibn Uthrudī — Names: Ibn UthrudīJamāl al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn UthrudīIbn Uthrudī, Jamāl al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Abī l-Ghanāʾim Saʿīd ibn ʿAlī ibn Hibat Allāh ibn ʿAlī, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1160
Albinus — Names: AlbinusAlbinus, Platonist and teacher of GalenURI: https://usaybia.net/person/452
Mnesitheus — Names: MnesitheusMnesitheus, Athenian Dogmatist physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1576
Abū Yaʿqūb al-Khuraymī, Isḥāq ibn Ḥassān — Names: Abū Yaʿqūb al-Khuraymī, Isḥāq ibn ḤassānAbū Yaʿqūb al-Khuraymī, Isḥāq ibn Ḥassān, poet courtier of Hārūn al-Rashīd and al-Amīn (d. 214/829)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/386
Bulmuẓaffar ibn Muʿarrif (Bulmuẓaffar Naṣr ibn Maḥmūd ibn al-Muʿarrif) — Names: Bulmuẓaffar ibn Muʿarrif (Bulmuẓaffar Naṣr ibn Maḥmūd ibn al-Muʿarrif)Bulmuẓaffar ibn MuʿarrifBulmuẓaffar ibn Muʿarrif (Bulmuẓaffar Naṣr ibn Maḥmūd ibn al-Muʿarrif), Egyptian physician and poet (active 534/1140)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/659
ʿAbd al-Karīm — Names: ʿAbd al-KarīmʿAbd al-Karīm, unidentified subject of a riddle epigramURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2391
Ḥumayd al-Ṭāʾī — Names: Ḥumayd al-ṬāʾīḤumayd al-Ṭāʾī, known as al-Ṭūsī, Abbasid general of al-MaʾmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/897
Naṣr al-Dawlah Aḥmad ibn Marwān — Names: Naṣr al-Dawlah Aḥmad ibn MarwānNaṣr al-Dawlah Aḥmad ibn Marwān, Marwānid ruler of Mayyāfāriqīn and Diyār Bakr (`reg.` 401–453/1010–1060–1)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1756
Dārā ibn Sām, Darius ⅠⅠⅠ — Names: Dārā ibn Sām, Darius ⅠⅠⅠDārā ibn Sām, Darius ⅠⅠⅠ, last Achaemenid king of Persia (`reg.` 336–330BC)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/696
Ṣakhr — Names: ṢakhrṢakhr, brother of al-KhansāʾURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1979
Maymūn al-Qaṣrī, Fāris al-Dīn — Names: Maymūn al-Qaṣrī, Fāris al-DīnMaymūn al-Qaṣrī, Fāris al-Dīn, Ayyubid ruler of Sidon and Nablus (d. 611/1214)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1552
al-Sinjārī, Ṭāhir ibn Ibrāhīm — Names: al-Sinjārī, Ṭāhir ibn IbrāhīmṬāhir ibn Ibrāhīm al-Sinjarīal-Sinjārī, Ṭāhir ibn Ibrāhīm, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2119
Ṭalāʾiʿ ibn Ruzzīk — Names: Ṭalāʾiʿ ibn RuzzīkṬalāʾiʿ ibn Ruzzīk, vizier who held power during the reign of the Fatimid caliph al-Fāʾiz bi-Naṣr AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2179
al-Bālisī — Names: al-Bālisīal-Bālisī, physician during Ikshidid dynasty (active 355/966)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/624
Fatḥ al-Dīn ibn Jamāl al-Dīn ibn Abī l-Ḥawāfir — Names: Fatḥ al-Dīn ibn Jamāl al-Dīn ibn Abī l-ḤawāfirFatḥ al-Dīn ibn Jamāl al-Dīn ibn Abī l-Ḥawāfir, Egyptian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/773
al-Irbilī — Names: al-Irbilīal-Irbilī, ʿIzz al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan [= al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad] al-Ghanawī al-Ḍarīr, poet (d. 660/1262)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1229
Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Kinānī — Names: Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-KinānīAbū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Kinānī, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/279
Dioscorides the Oculist — Names: Dioscorides the OculistDioscorides the Oculist, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/721
Phalaris Names: PhalarisPhalaris, 6th-c. BC tyrant of Akragas (the modern Agrigento) in SicilyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1815
Muʿīn al-Dīn ibn Raqīqah — Names: Muʿīn al-Dīn ibn RaqīqahMuʿīn al-Dīn ibn Raqīqah, brother of Sadīd ibn RaqīqahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1649
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
Muʿāwiyah ibn al-Ḥārith al-Akbar — Names: Muʿāwiyah ibn al-Ḥārith al-AkbarMuʿāwiyah ibn al-Ḥārith al-Akbar, pre-Islamic chieftain in Hadramaut, ancestor of al-KindīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1580
al-Fāʾiz bi-Naṣr Allāh (Abū l-Qāsim ʿĪsā ibn al-Ẓāfir bi-Amr Allāh) — Names: al-Fāʾiz bi-Naṣr Allāh (Abū l-Qāsim ʿĪsā ibn al-Ẓāfir bi-Amr Allāh)al-Fāʾiz bi-Naṣr Allāh (Abū l-Qāsim ʿĪsā ibn al-Ẓāfir bi-Amr Allāh), ninth Fatimid caliph of EgyptURI: https://usaybia.net/person/760
al-Saffāḥ — Names: al-Saffāḥal-Saffāḥ, first Abbasid caliph (`reg.` 132– 136/749–54)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1950
Ibn Muqlah — Names: Ibn MuqlahIbn Muqlah, Abbasid vizier, famous calligrapher (d. 328/940)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1066

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.