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.

al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭalib — Names: al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭalibal-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī ṬalibURI: https://usaybia.net/person/902
ʿAwn al-ʿIbādī al-Jawharī — Names: ʿAwn al-ʿIbādī al-JawharīʿAwn al-ʿIbādī al-Jawharī, governor of al-Ḥīrah under Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/592
Isḥāq ibn al-Khaṣīy — Names: Isḥāq ibn al-KhaṣīyIsḥāq ibn al-Khaṣīy, friend of Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1264
Zeno the Younger — Names: Zeno the YoungerZeno the Younger, i.e. Zeno of Citium, Hellenistic philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2373
al-Makkī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā — Names: al-Makkī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyāal-Makkī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā, poet (d. 248/ 862)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1450
Abū l-Ghawth ibn Niḥrīr al-Munayḥī — Names: Abū l-Ghawth ibn Niḥrīr al-MunayḥīAbū l-Ghawth ibn Niḥrīr al-Munayḥī, 4th– 5th/10th–11th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/178
Abū Bakr ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan al-Quhistānī — Names: Abū Bakr ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan al-QuhistānīAbū Bakr ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan al-Quhistānī, poet (ca. 435/1043), ?author of lines ascribed to Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/123
al-Ḥaẓīrī, ʿAlī ibn Yūsuf ibn Abī l-Maʿālī Saʿd ibn ʿAlī — Names: al-Ḥaẓīrī, ʿAlī ibn Yūsuf ibn Abī l-Maʿālī Saʿd ibn ʿAlīDallāl al-Kutubal-Ḥaẓīrī, ʿAlī ibn Yūsuf ibn Abī l-Maʿālī Saʿd ibn ʿAlī – known as Dallāl al-Kutub (‘the Book Hawker’); poet and anthologistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/867
Timaeus ‘the Palestinian’ — Names: Timaeus ‘the Palestinian’Timaeus ‘the Palestinian’, commentator on the works of HippocratesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2232
Ibn Isḥāq — Names: Ibn IsḥāqIbn Isḥāq, vizier of the Umayyad emirs in CordovaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1006
al-Kayyāl — Names: al-Kayyālal-Kayyāl, Aḥmad ibn Zakariyyā (active 3rd/9th c.), Ismaili missionaryURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1373
Muḥyī l-Dīn — Names: Muḥyī l-DīnMuḥyī l-Dīn, judge of MarandURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1648
Sibṭ ibn al-Jawzī — Names: Sibṭ ibn al-JawzīSibṭ ibn al-Jawzī, historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2103
al-Manṣūr — Names: al-Manṣūral-Manṣūr, Abbasid caliph (`reg.` 136–158/754– 75)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1502
Rabīʿ ibn Zayd al-Ushquf (Recemundus) — Names: Rabīʿ ibn Zayd al-Ushquf (Recemundus)Rabīʿ ibn Zayd al-Ushquf (Recemundus), Mozarabic bishop of ElviraURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1893
Abū l-Qāsim Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Baḥr — Names: Abū l-Qāsim Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn BaḥrAbū l-Qāsim Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Baḥr, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/309
ʿAbd Allāh al-Ṭayfūrī — Names: ʿAbd Allāh al-ṬayfūrīʿAbd Allāh al-Ṭayfūrī, Christian physician to al-HādīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/12
Ibrāhīm ibn Jamīl — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn JamīlIbrāhīm ibn Jamīl, official during the reign of al-Nāṣir li-Dīn AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1197
Bishr ibn Bīshī — Names: Bishr ibn BīshīBishr ibn Bīshī, known as Ibn ʿAnāyā al-IsrāʾīlīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/646
Demophilus Names: DemophilusDemophilus, Athenian hierophantURI: https://usaybia.net/person/708
Abū l-Najīb — Names: Abū l-NajībAbū l Najīb probably Ḍiyāʾ al Dīn Abū l Najīb al Suhrawardī ʿAbd al Qāhir ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al Bakrī Sunnī mystic 490...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/295
Usṭāth (Eustathius) — Names: Usṭāth (Eustathius)UsṭāthUsṭāth (Eustathius), circle of al-Kindī (active first half of 3rd/9th c.)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2274
Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Faḍl (= Ibn al-Qaṭṭān) — Names: Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Faḍl (= Ibn al-Qaṭṭān)Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-FaḍlAbū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Faḍl (= Ibn al-Qaṭṭān), poet and physician (d. 558/1163)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/316
Muʿīn al-Dīn — Names: Muʿīn al-DīnMuʿīn al-Dīn, Father of Khunad `or` Khwand Khātūn, the wife of SaladinURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1650
Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad — Names: Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn MuḥammadAbū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad, Chief JudgeURI: https://usaybia.net/person/284

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.