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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)

Abū l-Faraj al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Mastūr — Names: Abū l-Faraj al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-MastūrAbū l-Faraj al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Mastūr, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/162
Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Jayyānī — Names: Abū l-ʿAbbās al-JayyānīAbū l-ʿAbbās al-Jayyānī, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/63
al-Khansāʾ — Names: al-Khansāʾal-Khansāʾ, poetess (d. after 24/644)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1386
Masʿūd ibn Maḥmūd ibn Sebüktegin — Names: Masʿūd ibn Maḥmūd ibn SebükteginMasʿūd ibn Maḥmūd ibn Sebüktegin (`reg.` 421–432/1030–1040), ruler of GhaznahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1541
Dhū l-Rummah — Names: Dhū l-RummahDhū l-Rummah, poet (d. 117/735–736)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/711
Sayf al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Qīlīj (or Fulayḥ) — Names: Sayf al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Qīlīj (or Fulayḥ)Sayf al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Qīlīj (or Fulayḥ), emirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2016
Hermes — Names: HermesHermes, legendary Egyptian-Greek sage, Hermes Trismegistus (Thrice-Great), identified with the Islamic Idrīs/Hermes the Second/Hermes the ThirdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2421
Sibṭ ibn al-Taʿāwīdhī — Names: Sibṭ ibn al-TaʿāwīdhīSibṭ ibn al-Taʿāwīdhī, poet (d. 584/1188)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2104
Abū Salīm — Names: Abū SalīmAbū Salīm, courtier of Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/344
Yaḥyā ibn al-Biṭrīq — Names: Yaḥyā ibn al-BiṭrīqYaḥyā ibn al-Biṭrīq, translator of philosophical works and medical author (d. ca. 200/815)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2300
Dāniyal — Names: DāniyalDāniyal, brother-in-law of the physician Yūḥannā ibn MāsawayhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/694
Ibn Khudūd — Names: Ibn KhudūdIbn Khudūd, addressee of al-Samawʾal ibn YaḥyāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1034
Andī — Names: AndīAndī, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/523
Ṣakih — Names: ṢakihṢakih, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1978
al-Khalīl ibn Aḥmad — Names: al-Khalīl ibn Aḥmadal-Khalīl ibn Aḥmad, Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Farāhīdī al-Azdī, lexicographer, grammarian (d. 175/791)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1385
Dāwūd ibn Ḥunayn — Names: Dāwūd ibn ḤunaynDāwūd ibn Ḥunayn, physician son of Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/700
Majd al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ibrāhīm — Names: Majd al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn IbrāhīmMajd al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ibrāhīm, father of Badr al-Dīn ibn Qāḍī BaʿlabakkURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1441
Ẓāfir al-Ḥaddād al-Iskandarī — Names: Ẓāfir al-Ḥaddād al-IskandarīẒāfir al-Ḥaddād al-Iskandarī, poet (d. 529/ 1135)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2348
Fannūn, Abū Naṣr — Names: Fannūn, Abū NaṣrFannūn the PhysicianFannūn, Abū Naṣr, the PhysicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/764
Sinān ibn Thābit — Names: Sinān ibn ThābitSinān ibn Thābit ibn QurrahSinān ibn Thābit, physician and scientist, son of Thābit ibn QurrahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2116
al-Masīḥ — Names: al-Masīḥal-Masīḥ, Christ, the MessiahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1534
Ḥamdūn, Ibrāhīm — Names: Ḥamdūn, IbrāhīmḤamdūn, Ibrāhīm, called Ḥamdūn (Ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Dāwūd ibn Ḥamdūn), courtier of caliphs al-Maʿmūn, al-MuʿtaṣimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/817
Abū l-Ḥusayn (`or` Abū l-Ḥasan) ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn Dīnār al-Kātib — Names: Abū l-Ḥusayn (`or` Abū l-Ḥasan) ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn Dīnār al-KātibAbū l-Ḥusayn (`or` Abū l-Ḥasan) ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn Dīnār al-Kātib, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/220
Zahrūn — Names: ZahrūnZahrūn, contemporary of Ibn al-ṬayyibURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2353
Bahāʾ al-Dīn Abū l-Thanāʾ Maḥmūd ibn Abī l-Faḍl Manṣūr ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Ismāʿīl al-Ṭabarī al-Makhzūmī — Names: Bahāʾ al-Dīn Abū l-Thanāʾ Maḥmūd ibn Abī l-Faḍl Manṣūr ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Ismāʿīl al-Ṭabarī al-MakhzūmīBahāʾ al-Dīn Abū l-Thanāʾ Maḥmūd ibn Abī l-Faḍl Manṣūr ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Ismāʿīl al-Ṭabarī al-Makhzūmī, judge and physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/615

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.