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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ʿAbdūn ibn Makhlad — Names: ʿAbdūn ibn MakhladʿAbdūn ibn Makhlad, brother of ṢāʿidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/54
ʿAbdūs the Physician — Names: ʿAbdūs the PhysicianʿAbdūsʿAbdūs the PhysicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/55
ʿAbdūs ibn Zayd physician — Names: ʿAbdūs ibn Zayd physicianʿAbdūs ibn ZaydʿAbdūs ibn Zayd physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/56
ʿAbdūs ibn Zayd physician — Names: ʿAbdūs ibn Zayd physicianʿAbdūs ibn ZaydʿAbdūs ibn Zayd physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/56
ʿAbdūs the Physician — Names: ʿAbdūs the PhysicianʿAbdūsʿAbdūs the PhysicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/55
al-Ābī — Names: al-Ābīal-Ābī, Abū Saʿd (`or` Saʿīd) Manṣūr ibn al-Ḥusayn, man of letters and vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/57
ʿAbīd ibn al-Abraṣ — Names: ʿAbīd ibn al-AbraṣʿAbīd ibn al-Abraṣ, pre-Islamic poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/58
al-Abīwardī — Names: al-Abīwardīal-Abīwardī, poet (d. 507/1113)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/59
al-Abrash Abū Ṣāliḥ Manṣūr ibn Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad ibn Asad al-Sāmānī — Names: al-Abrash Abū Ṣāliḥ Manṣūr ibn Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad ibn Asad al-Sāmānīal-Abrash Abū Ṣāliḥ Manṣūr ibn Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad ibn Asad al-Sāmānī (d. 302/915), patron of al-RāzīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/343
Abū Aḥmad Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fārisī — Names: Abū Aḥmad Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-FārisīAbū Aḥmad Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fārisī, patron of Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/89
Ibn Riḍwān, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī — Names: Ibn Riḍwān, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlīʿAlī ibn RiḍwānIbn Riḍwān, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī, Egyptian physician at court of Fāṭimid caliph al-Mustanṣir (d. 453/1061 `or` 460/1068)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1093
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
Abū Ayyūb Muḥammad ibn al-Rashīd — Names: Abū Ayyūb Muḥammad ibn al-RashīdAbū Ayyūb Muḥammad ibn al-Rashīd, a son of the caliph Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/118
Abū Bakr — Names: Abū BakrAbū Bakr, the first caliph after Muḥammad’s deathURI: https://usaybia.net/person/119
Abū Bakr — Names: Abū BakrAbū Bakr, the son of al-Qāḍī Abū l-Ḥasan al-ZuhrīAbū Bakr, the son of al-Qāḍī Abū l-Ḥasan al-Zuhrī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/120
Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Jābir — Names: Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn JābirAbū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Jābir, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/122
Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Rāzī — Names: Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-RāzīAbū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Rāzī, juristURI: https://usaybia.net/person/121
Abū Bakr al-Barqī — Names: Abū Bakr al-BarqīAbū Bakr al-Barqī, contemporary of Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/124
Abū Bakr al-Khālidī — Names: Abū Bakr al-KhālidīAbū Bakr al-Khālidī, 4th/10th-c. poet and man of letters, brother of Abū ʿUthmān al-KhālidīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/128
Abū Bakr al-Khālidī — Names: Abū Bakr al-KhālidīAbū Bakr al-Khālidī, a poet and man of letters, known together with his brother Abū ʿUthmān al-Khālidī as al-Khālidiyyān (d. 380/990)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1384
Abū Bakr al-Rāzī — Names: Abū Bakr al-RāzīAbū Bakr al-Rāzī, son of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī, perhaps identical to Ḍiyāʾ al-Dīn al-RāzīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/135
Abū Bakr Ibn al-ʿArabī — Names: Abū Bakr Ibn al-ʿArabīAbū Bakr Ibn al-ʿArabī, Mālikī juristURI: https://usaybia.net/person/126
Abū Bakr ibn Qārin al-Rāzī — Names: Abū Bakr ibn Qārin al-RāzīAbū Bakr ibn Qārin al-Rāzī, physician, student of al-RāzīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/127
Abū Bakr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥārith ibn Hishām — Names: Abū Bakr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥārith ibn HishāmAbū Bakr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥārith ibn Hishām, prominent jurist and traditionistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/125
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

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.