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.

Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Baṭḥā — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn BaṭḥāIbrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Baṭḥā, 4th/10thc. officialURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1200
Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Mūsā — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn MūsāIbrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Mūsā, the SecretaryIbrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Mūsā, ‘the Secretary’ (`al-kātib`), 3rd/9th-c. patron of Greek-to-Arabic translatorsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1201
Ibrāhīm ibn Mūsā ibn Maymūn — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn Mūsā ibn MaymūnIbrāhīm ibn al-Raʾīs MūsāIbrāhīm ibn Mūsā ibn Maymūn, son of Mūsā ibn Maymūn (Maimonides)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1202
Ibrāhīm ibn al-Qāsim — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn al-QāsimIbrāhīm ibn al-Qāsim, probably biographer of al-Ḥajjāj ibn YūsufURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1203
Ibrāhīm ibn Ṣāliḥ ibn ʿAlī — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn Ṣāliḥ ibn ʿAlīIbrāhīm ibn Ṣāliḥ ibn ʿAlī, cousin of caliphs al-Saffāḥ and al-ManṣūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1204
Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ṣalt — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn al-ṢaltIbrāhīm ibn al-Ṣalt, Christian translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1205
Ibrāhīm ibn Sinān — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn SinānIbrāhīm ibn Sinān, mathematician (d. 355/ 946)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1206
Ibrāhīm ibn Sinān ibn Thābit ibn Qurrah — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn Sinān ibn Thābit ibn QurrahIbrāhīm ibn Sinān ibn Thābit ibn Qurrah, Abū Isḥāq (d. 330/941)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1207
Ibrāhīm ibn al-Sindī ibn Shāhak — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn al-Sindī ibn ShāhakIbrāhīm ibn al-Sindī ibn Shāhak, prefect of police under Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1208
Ibrāhīm ibn ʿUthmān ibn Nahīk — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn ʿUthmān ibn NahīkIbrāhīm ibn ʿUthmān ibn Nahīk, prefect of police under Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1209
Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Rāzī — Names: Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-RāzīAbū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Rāzī, juristURI: https://usaybia.net/person/121
Ibrāhīm ibn Zayn al-Dīn — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn Zayn al-DīnIbrāhīm ibn Zayn al-Dīn, Director of the al-Nūrī hospital in Damascus around the year 1045/1635–1636URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1210
Ibrāhīm al-Jawāliqī — Names: Ibrāhīm al-JawāliqīIbrāhīm al-Jawāliqī (active beginning 8th/14th c.), copyist of MS SbURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1211
al-Ibshīhī Names: al-Ibshīhīal-Ibshīhī (d. ca. 850/1446), anthologistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1212
Idrīs — Names: IdrīsIdrīs, Qurʾanic figure identified with Enoch and HermesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1213
Idrīs ibn ʿAbd Allāh Ibn al-Yamān al-Andalusī — Names: Idrīs ibn ʿAbd Allāh Ibn al-Yamān al-AndalusīIdrīs ibn ʿAbd Allāh Ibn al-Yamān al-Andalusī, poet (d. 470/1077–1078)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1214
Ifrāʾīm ibn al-Zaffān — Names: Ifrāʾīm ibn al-ZaffānIfrāʾīm ibn al-Zaffān, Jewish physician in Egypt, student of Ibn RiḍwanURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1215
Iftikhār al-Dīn (Iftikhār al-Dīn Abū Hāshim ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn al-Faḍl al-Hāshimī) — Names: Iftikhār al-Dīn (Iftikhār al-Dīn Abū Hāshim ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn al-Faḍl al-Hāshimī)Iftikhār al Dīn Iftikhār al Dīn Abū Hāshim ʿAbd al Muṭṭalib ibn al Faḍl al Hāshimī leader of the Ḥanafī `madhhab` in Aleppo and...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1216
al-Īlāqī — Names: al-Īlāqīal-Īlāqī, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf `or` Sharaf al-Zamān Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Īlāqī of Bākharz in Persia, student of Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1217
Ilghāzī ibn Artuq — Names: Ilghāzī ibn ArtuqIlghāzī ibn Artuq, Najm al-Dīn, Artuqid ruler (`reg.` 507–516/1115–1122)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1218
Iliyyāʾ al-Qass — Names: Iliyyāʾ al-QassIliyyāʾ al-Qass, 5th/11th-c. Christian priestURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1219
Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Jābir — Names: Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn JābirAbū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Jābir, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/122
ʿImād al-Dīn Abū Bakr ibn Qarā Arslān ibn Dāwūd ibn Artuq — Names: ʿImād al-Dīn Abū Bakr ibn Qarā Arslān ibn Dāwūd ibn ArtuqʿImād al-Dīn Abū Bakr ibn Qarā Arslān ibn Dāwūd ibn Artuq, 12th-c. Artuqid ruler of Kharpūt (Harpūt)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1220
ʿImād al-Dīn al-Dunaysirī — Names: ʿImād al-Dīn al-DunaysirīʿImād al-Dīn al-Dunaysirī, physician and literary scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1221
ʿImād al-Dīn al-Salmāsī — Names: ʿImād al-Dīn al-SalmāsīʿImād al-Dīn al-SalmāsīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1222

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.