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.

Priscianus Lydus Names: Priscianus LydusPriscianus Lydus, 6th-c. NeoplatonistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1846
Proclus — Names: ProclusProclus, Neoplatonist (d. 485)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1847
Protas of Pelusium Names: Protas of PelusiumProtas of Pelusium, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1848
Proxenus — Names: ProxenusProxenus, executor of NichomachusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1849
Abū l-Ḥakam ibn Ghalindū — Names: Abū l-Ḥakam ibn GhalindūAbū l-Ḥakam ibn Ghalindū (son of Galindo), Andalusian physician and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/185
Ptolemy — Names: PtolemyPtolemy, later 2nd-c. ＡⅮ astronomerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1850
Ptolemy al-Gharīb — Names: Ptolemy al-GharībPtolemy al-Gharīb, author of the `Vita Aristotelis`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1851
Ptolemy Philopator Names: Ptolemy PhilopatorPtolemy Philopator, 3rd-c. BC pharaohURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1852
Ptolemy the Physician — Names: Ptolemy the PhysicianPtolemy the PhysicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1853
Pulcheria — Names: PulcheriaPulcheria, sister of Theodosius ⅠⅠURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1854
Pythagoras — Names: PythagorasPythagorasURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1855
Pythagoras ‘the physician’ — Names: Pythagoras ‘the physician’Pythagoras ‘the physician’URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1856
Pythais — Names: PythaisPythais, mother of PythagorasURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1857
Pythias — Names: PythiasPythias, niece of Hermias, wife of AristotleURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1858
Qabīḥah — Names: QabīḥahQabīḥah, concubine mother of al-Muʿtazz (`reg.` 252–255/866–869)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1859
Abū l-Ḥakam ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Muẓaffar ibn ʿAbd Allāh — Names: Abū l-Ḥakam ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Muẓaffar ibn ʿAbd AllāhAbū l-ḤakamAbū l-Ḥakam ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Muẓaffar ibn ʿAbd Allāh, physician and poet (d. 549/1155)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/186
al-Qāḍī al-Fāḍil ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʿAlī — Names: al-Qāḍī al-Fāḍil ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʿAlīal-Qāḍī al-Fāḍil ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʿAlī, `kātib` to Saladin (d. 596/1200)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1860
al-Qāḍī al-Jalīs Abū l-Maʿālī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Jabbāb (`or` al-Ḥabbāb) — Names: al-Qāḍī al-Jalīs Abū l-Maʿālī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Jabbāb (`or` al-Ḥabbāb)al-Qāḍī al-Jalīs Abū l-Maʿālī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Jabbāb (`or` al-Ḥabbāb), poet (d. 561/1166)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1861
al-Dīn ibn al-Zubayr al-Qāḍī al-Makīn Abū l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn — Names: al-Dīn ibn al-Zubayr al-Qāḍī al-Makīn Abū l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusaynal-Dīn ibn al-Zubayr al-Qāḍī al-Makīn Abū l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn, unidentifiedURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1862
al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān — Names: al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmānal-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān (d. 363/ 974), theologian and qadi of the Fatimid caliph Muʿizz liDīn AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1863
al-Qāhir, Abū Manṣūr Muḥammad al-Qāhir bi-Allāh — Names: al-Qāhir, Abū Manṣūr Muḥammad al-Qāhir bi-Allāhal-Qāhir, Abū Manṣūr Muḥammad al-Qāhir bi-Allāh, 19th Abbasid caliph (`reg.` 320– 322/932–34)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1864
Qaḥṭān — Names: QaḥṭānQaḥṭān, legendary ancestor of the South ArabsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1865
Qanbar — Names: QanbarQanbar, servant of Amīn al-Dawlah Ibn al-TilmīdhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1866
Qarāṭīs — Names: QarāṭīsQarāṭīs, head wife or concubine of the physician Yūḥannā ibn MāsawayhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1867
al-Qāsim ibn ʿUbayd Allāh — Names: al-Qāsim ibn ʿUbayd Allāhal-Qāsim ibn ʿUbayd Allāh (d. 291/903–904), vizier under al-Muʿtaḍid and al-MuktafīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1868

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.