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.

ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Jibrīl (Jabrāʾīl) ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Bukhtīshūʿ — Names: ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Jibrīl (Jabrāʾīl) ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn BukhtīshūʿʿUbayd Allāh ibn JibrīlʿUbayd Allāh ibn Jibrīl (or Jabrāʾīl) ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Bukhtīshūʿ, physician and source for ⅠＡＵURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2252
Abū Muḥammad Badr ibn Abī l-Iṣbaʿ — Names: Abū Muḥammad Badr ibn Abī l-IṣbaʿAbū Muḥammad Badr ibn Abī l-Iṣbaʿ, ‘the secretary’URI: https://usaybia.net/person/282
Bishr ibn Ḥaḍram al-Kalāʿī (?Bishr ibn Ḥiẓrim al-Kalbī) — Names: Bishr ibn Ḥaḍram al-Kalāʿī (?Bishr ibn Ḥiẓrim al-Kalbī)Bishr ibn Ḥaḍram al-Kalāʿī (?Bishr ibn Ḥiẓrim al-Kalbī)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/647
Sīmā al-Dimashqī (Sīmā al-Turkī) — Names: Sīmā al-Dimashqī (Sīmā al-Turkī)Sīmā al-Dimashqī (Sīmā al-Turkī), servant of al-MuʿtaṣimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2109
al-Azraq — Names: al-Azraqal-Azraq, secretary of Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/600
Joseph ibn Shimʿon — Names: Joseph ibn ShimʿonJoseph ibn Shimʿon, student of MaimonidesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1344
Theodosius — Names: TheodosiusTheodosius, 2nd-/1st-c. BC Greek mathematician and astronomerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2201
Ibn Khanbash al-Yūnānī — Names: Ibn Khanbash al-YūnānīIbn Khanbash al-Yūnānī, Ibrāhīm (name occurs also as Ibn Ḥanbash, Ibn al-Ḥabashī, Ibn Ḥubaysh), commander of the Fatimid armyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1029
Bajkam, Abū l-Ḥasan (`recte` Abū l-Ḥusayn) — Names: Bajkam, Abū l-Ḥasan (`recte` Abū l-Ḥusayn)Bajkam, Abū l-Ḥasan (`recte` Abū l-Ḥusayn), military commander (d. 319/941)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/619
ʿAbd al-Ṣamad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbās — Names: ʿAbd al-Ṣamad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbāsʿAbd al-Ṣamad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbās, brother of ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAbbāsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/45
Ibn Mandawayh al-Iṣfahānī — Names: Ibn Mandawayh al-IṣfahānīIbn Mandawayh al-Iṣfahānī, Abū ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, physician of PersiaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1040
Ibn al-Khammār — Names: Ibn al-KhammārAbū l-Khayr al-Ḥasan ibn Suwār, known as Ibn al-KhammārIbn al-Khammār, Abū l-Khayr al-Ḥasan ibn Suwār ibn Bābā ibn Bihrām (Bihnām), teacher of Ibn al-Ṭayyib and Ibn HindūURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1028
Qutham ibn ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib al-Hāshimī — Names: Qutham ibn ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib al-HāshimīQutham ibn ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib al-Hāshimī, cousin and Companion of MuḥammadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1888
Ibn Fāris al-Qazwīnī — Names: Ibn Fāris al-QazwīnīIbn Fāris al-Qazwīnī (d. 395/1004), philologistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/978
Ibn Tātalī — Names: Ibn TātalīIbn Tātalī, itinerant scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1135
Abū l-Faḍl Ismāʿīl ibn Abī l-Waqqār — Names: Abū l-Faḍl Ismāʿīl ibn Abī l-WaqqārAbū l-Faḍl ibn Abī l-WaqqārAbū l-Faḍl Ismāʿīl ibn Abī l-Waqqār, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/156
Abū Jaʿfar al-Dhahabī — Names: Abū Jaʿfar al-DhahabīAbū Jaʿfar al-Dhahabī, Aḥmad ibn Jurayj, physician (d. 600/1203–1204)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/245
Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṭāhir — Names: Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ṬāhirMuḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṭāhir, head of police under al-Mutawakkil (d. 253/876)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1605
Ibn Khaldūn al-Ḥaḍramī — Names: Ibn Khaldūn al-ḤaḍramīIbn Khaldūn al-Ḥaḍramī, Abū Muslim ʿUmar ibn Aḥmad (d. 449/1057)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2425
Ibrāhīm ibn al-Buḥturī — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn al-BuḥturīIbrāhīm ibn al-Buḥturī, official of al-MuʿtaṣimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1193
John the Baptist — Names: John the BaptistJohn the BaptistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1346
Ḍiyāʾ al-Dīn ibn al-Athīr — Names: Ḍiyāʾ al-Dīn ibn al-AthīrḌiyāʾ al-Dīn ibn al-Athīr (558–559/1163–636– 637/1239), literary criticURI: https://usaybia.net/person/725
Hibat Allāh ibn al-Faḍl ibn Ṣāʿid, Jamāl al-Ruʾasāʾ Abū l-Fatḥ — Names: Hibat Allāh ibn al-Faḍl ibn Ṣāʿid, Jamāl al-Ruʾasāʾ Abū l-FatḥHibat Allāh ibn al-Faḍl ibn Ṣāʿid, Jamāl al-Ruʾasāʾ Abū l-Fatḥ, family of Ibn al-TilmīdhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2423
Rabīʿah al-Raqqī — Names: Rabīʿah al-RaqqīRabīʿah al-Raqqī, poet under Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1894
Atsiz ibn Uvak — Names: Atsiz ibn UvakAtsiz ibn Uvak, Turkoman chiefURI: https://usaybia.net/person/586

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.