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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)

Abū Sufyān ibn Ḥarb ibn Umayyah — Names: Abū Sufyān ibn Ḥarb ibn UmayyahAbū Sufyān ibn Ḥarb ibn Umayyah, father of Muʿāwiyah and opponent of MuḥammadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/353
Ṣāʿid ibn Makhlad, Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, Dhū l-Wizāratayn — Names: Ṣāʿid ibn Makhlad, Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, Dhū l-WizārataynṢāʿid ibn Makhlad, Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, Dhū l-Wizāratayn, `kātib` to al-Muwaffaq and vizier to al-Muʿtamid (d. 276/889)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1972
Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-Ṭabīb — Names: Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-ṬabībMuḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-Ṭabīb, one of the Andalusī translators of `De Materia Medica`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1630
Matthaeus the Younger — Names: Matthaeus the YoungerMatthaeus the Younger, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1545
al-Zawzanī, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-ʿAbdalakānī — Names: al-Zawzanī, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-ʿAbdalakānīal-Zawzanī, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-ʿAbdalakānī (d. 431/1040), poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2364
Ibn al-Dāyah — Names: Ibn al-DāyahIbn al Dāyah Abū l Ḥasan Yūsuf ibn Ibrāhīm al Ḥāsib courtier and assistant to Ibrāhīm ibn al Mahdī author of `Akhbār al atibbāʾ`...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/967
Khālid — Names: KhālidKhālid, clan of the Jaʿfar ibn KilābURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1379
Abū l-Qāsim ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī l-ʿAqib — Names: Abū l-Qāsim ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī l-ʿAqibAbū l-Qāsim ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī l-ʿAqib, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/308
Zāhid al-ʿUlamāʾ, Abū Saʿīd Manṣūr ibn ʿĪsā — Names: Zāhid al-ʿUlamāʾ, Abū Saʿīd Manṣūr ibn ʿĪsāZāhid al-ʿUlamāʾ (Abū Saʿīd Manṣūr ibn ʿĪsā)Zāhid al-ʿUlamāʾ, Abū Saʿīd Manṣūr ibn ʿĪsā, physician of Naṣr al-Dawlah and brother of Elias of NisibisURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2350
al-Wāthiq bi-Allāh — Names: al-Wāthiq bi-Allāhal-Wāthiq bi-Allāh, ninth Abbasid caliph (`reg.` 227–232/842–47)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2292
al-Samʿānī, Abū Saʿd ʿAbd al-Karīm ibn Abī Bakr Muḥammad ibn Abī l-Muẓaffar (al-)Manṣūr al-Tamīmī al-Marwazī al-Shafiʿī, Tāj al-Islām (al-Dīn) Qiwām al-Dīn — Names: al-Samʿānī, Abū Saʿd ʿAbd al-Karīm ibn Abī Bakr Muḥammad ibn Abī l-Muẓaffar (al-)Manṣūr al-Tamīmī al-Marwazī al-Shafiʿī, Tāj al-Islām (al-Dīn) Qiwām al-Dīnal Samʿānī Abū Saʿd incorrectly Saʿīd ʿAbd al Karīm ibn Abī Bakr Muḥammad ibn Abī l Muẓaffar al Manṣūr al Tamīmī al Marwazī al...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1996
Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Nadrūmī — Names: Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-NadrūmīAbū ʿAbd Allāh al-Nadrūmī, Muḥammad ibn Ṣaḥnūn, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/85
Thales — Names: ThalesThales, member of Aristotle’s householdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2435
Menalcus Names: MenalcusMenalcus, disciple of HippocratesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1556
Raqīqah Sadīd al-Dīn al-Manṭiqī — Names: Raqīqah Sadīd al-Dīn al-ManṭiqīRaqīqah Sadīd al-Dīn al-Manṭiqī, probably to be identified with Sadīd al-Dīn ibn RaqīqahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1947
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
Mūsā ibn Abī l-ʿAbbās al-Shāshī — Names: Mūsā ibn Abī l-ʿAbbās al-ShāshīMūsā ibn Abī l-ʿAbbās al-Shāshī, governor of al-Shāsh (Tashkent)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1672
al-Khabūshānī — Names: al-Khabūshānīal-Khabūshānī, Najm al-Dīn, theologian, supporter of SaladinURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1374
al-Darkazīnī, ʿImād al-Dīn Abū l-Barakāt ibn Salamah — Names: al-Darkazīnī, ʿImād al-Dīn Abū l-Barakāt ibn Salamahal-Darkazīnī, ʿImād al-Dīn Abū l-Barakāt ibn Salamah, vizier under the Seljuq ruler Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad ibn Malikshāh (d. 521/1127)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/697
Armīnus — Names: ArmīnusArmīnusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2409
Isḥāq ibn ʿAlī al-Ruhāwī — Names: Isḥāq ibn ʿAlī al-RuhāwīIsḥāq ibn ʿAlī al-Ruhāwī, 3rd/9th-c. physician, author of Adab `al-ṭabīb`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1257
Jawzah — Names: JawzahJawzah, servant of Khwand Khātūn, wife of Muwaffaq al-Dīn ibn al-MuṭrānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1334
Nizār ibn Maʿadd ibn ʿAdnān — Names: Nizār ibn Maʿadd ibn ʿAdnānNizār ibn Maʿadd ibn ʿAdnān, legendary ancestor of one of the main branches of the ‘Northern Arabs’URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1782
Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Wattār al-Mawṣilī — Names: Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Wattār al-MawṣilīShams al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Wattār al-MawṣilīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2059
Marinus — Names: MarinusMarinus, a king of the Greeks, perhaps to be identified with the mythological hero MinosURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1517

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.