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Given the prevalence of variant spellings in names, using Wildcard Characters may help.

"?" can be inserted as a variant for any single character.

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G?wargis  
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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

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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.

Results (2415)

Ibn Muqlah — Names: Ibn MuqlahIbn Muqlah, Abbasid vizier, famous calligrapher (d. 328/940)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1066
Ibn al-Murakhkhim — Names: Ibn al-MurakhkhimIbn al-Murakhkhim, Abū l-Wafāʾ Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd, physician and chief qadi under al-Muqtafī (d. 555/1160)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1067
Ibn Mus'hir — Names: Ibn Mus'hirIbn Mus'hir, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Saʿīd ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid, poet (d. 543/1148 `or` 546/1151)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1068
Ibn al-Muʿtazz — Names: Ibn al-MuʿtazzIbn al-Muʿtazz, ʿAbd Allāh, Abbasid prince and poet (d. 296/908)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1069
Abū ʿĀmir ibn Yannaq al-Shāṭibī — Names: Abū ʿĀmir ibn Yannaq al-ShāṭibīAbū ʿĀmir ibn Yannaq al-Shāṭibī, Andalusī poet and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/107
Ibn al-Muṭrān — Names: Ibn al-MuṭrānMuwaffaq al-Dīn ibn al-MuṭrānIbn al Muṭrān Muwaffaq al Dīn Abū Naṣr Asʿad ibn Ilyās personal physician of Saladin teacher of al Dakhwār author of `Bustān al aṭibbāʾ...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1070
Ibn al-Muwaffaqī — Names: Ibn al-MuwaffaqīIbn al-Muwaffaqī, unidentified physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1071
Ibn al-Nabbāsh — Names: Ibn al-NabbāshIbn al-Nabbāsh, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ḥāmid al-Bijāʾī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1072
Ibn al-Nadīm — Names: Ibn al-NadīmIbn al-Nadīm, Abū l-Faraj Muḥammad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb Ishāq, known as al-Warrāq al-Baghdādī, author of the `Fihrist`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1073
Ibn al-Nafīs — Names: Ibn al-NafīsIbn al-Nafīs, ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Abī l-Ḥazm al-Qurashī (or al-Qarashī) (d. 687/1288), physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1074
Ibn al-Naḥḥās — Names: Ibn al-NaḥḥāsIbn al-Naḥḥās, Muwaffaq al-Dīn Hibat Allāh Abū l-Qāsim ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Kātib, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1075
Ibn Nāʿimah (ʿAbd al-Masīḥ ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥimṣī al-Nāʿimī) — Names: Ibn Nāʿimah (ʿAbd al-Masīḥ ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥimṣī al-Nāʿimī)Ibn NāʿimahIbn Nāʿimah (ʿAbd al-Masīḥ ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥimṣī al-Nāʿimī), translator of Greek philosophyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1076
Ibn Nubātah al-Khaṭīb — Names: Ibn Nubātah al-KhaṭībIbn Nubātah al-Khaṭīb, orator and preacher, author of `al-Khuṭab al-nubātiyyah` (d. 374/984–985)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1077
Ibn al-Qabīḍī — Names: Ibn al-QabīḍīIbn al-Qabīḍī, Muḥammad ibn Abī l-Wafāʾ ibn Aḥmad al-ʿUmarī (active 610/1213), poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1078
Ibn Qāḍī l-Yaman — Names: Ibn Qāḍī l-YamanIbn Qāḍī l-Yaman, Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar al-Kātib, poet (b. 589/1193)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1079
Abū ʿAmr al-Aʿjamī — Names: Abū ʿAmr al-AʿjamīAbū ʿAmr al-Aʿjamī, courtier of Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/108
Ibn Qamāniṣ al-Hindī — Names: Ibn Qamāniṣ al-HindīIbn Qamāniṣ al-Hindī, unidentified Indian kingURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1080
Ibn al-Qāsim — Names: Ibn al-QāsimIbn al-Qāsim, son of Abū Dulaf and tax collector under al-MuʿtaṣimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1081
Ibn Qawsayn (Qūsīn) — Names: Ibn Qawsayn (Qūsīn)Ibn Qawsayn (Qūsīn), physician in MosulURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1082
Ibn al-Qaysarānī — Names: Ibn al-QaysarānīIbn al-Qaysarānī, Muḥammad ibn Naṣr ibn Dāghir, poet (d. 548/1154)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1083
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah — Names: Ibn Qayyim al-JawziyyahIbn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, writer on law and theology (d. 751/1350)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1084
Ibn al-Qifṭī — Names: Ibn al-QifṭīIbn al Qifṭī Jamāl al Dīn Abū l Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Yūsuf ibn Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAbd al Wāḥid al Shaybānī vizier and biographer author...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1085
Ibn al-Quff — Names: Ibn al-QuffIbn al-Quff, Muwaffaq al-Dīn Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq, Christian physician (d. 685/1286)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1086
Ibn Qusaym — Names: Ibn QusaymIbn Qusaym, unidentifiedURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1087
Ibn Qutaybah al-Dīnawarī — Names: Ibn Qutaybah al-DīnawarīIbn Qutaybah al-Dīnawarī, Islamic polymath (213–276/828–89)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1088

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.