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.

Ibn Manẓūr — Names: Ibn ManẓūrIbn Manẓūr, Muḥammad ibn Mukarram ibn ʿAlī, 7th/13th-c. lexicographerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1042
Ibn Marʾah also known as Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar ibn Abī l-Futūḥ al-Baghdādī — Names: Ibn Marʾah also known as Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar ibn Abī l-Futūḥ al-BaghdādīIbn Marʾah also known as Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar ibn Abī l-Futūḥ al-BaghdādīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1043
Ibn al-Māristāniyyah — Names: Ibn al-MāristāniyyahIbn al-Māristāniyyah, Abū Bakr ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Abī l-Faraj ʿAlī ibn Naṣr ibn Ḥamzah, physician (d. 599/1203)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1044
Ibn Masarrah — Names: Ibn MasarrahIbn Masarrah, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh, Esotericist (Bāṭinī) philosopher from Cordoba (d. 319/931)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1045
Ibn Maʿshar `al-ṭabīb` — Names: Ibn Maʿshar `al-ṭabīb`Ibn Maʿshar the PhysicianIbn Maʿshar `al-ṭabīb`, physician to al-Ḥākim in EgyptURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1046
Ibn Maṣūṣā — Names: Ibn MaṣūṣāIbn Maṣūṣā, student of Ibn al-ṬayyibURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1047
Ibn Maṭrūḥ — Names: Ibn MaṭrūḥIbn Maṭrūḥ Abū l Ḥasan Yaḥyā ibn ʿĪsā ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al Ḥusayn Jamāl al Dīn poet and high official under Ayyubids vizier of...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1048
Ibn Miknasah al-Iskandarī — Names: Ibn Miknasah al-IskandarīIbn Miknasah al-Iskandarī, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1049
Abū ʿAlī al-Muhandis al-Miṣrī — Names: Abū ʿAlī al-Muhandis al-MiṣrīAbū ʿAlī al-Muhandis al-Miṣrī (active 550/1155), author of an epigram attributed to al-Badīʿ al-AsṭurlābīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/105
Ibn al-Milḥī — Names: Ibn al-MilḥīIbn al-Milḥī, Abū l-Faḍl, poet (6th/12th c.)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1050
Ibn Muʾahhal (?Mūhal) — Names: Ibn Muʾahhal (?Mūhal)Ibn Muʾahhal (?Mūhal), poet (?= ‘Ibn Mūhad al-Shāṭibī’)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1051
Ibn al-Muʿallim al-Hurthī — Names: Ibn al-Muʿallim al-HurthīIbn al-Muʿallim al-Hurthī, Najm al-Dīn Abū l-Ghanāʾim Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī, poet from Wāsiṭ (501–1108/592–1196)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1052
Ibn al-Muʾammil — Names: Ibn al-MuʾammilAbū l-Ḥusayn Ṣāʿid ibn Hibat Allāh ibn al-MuʾammilIbn al-Muʾammil, Abū l-Ḥusayn Ṣāʿid ibn Hibat Allāh, physician (d. 591/1195)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1053
Ibn al-Mudabbir — Names: Ibn al-MudabbirIbn al-Mudabbir, Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad, courtier and man of letters (d. 279/892)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1054
Ibn al-Mudabbir — Names: Ibn al-MudabbirAḥmad ibn Muḥammad, known as Ibn al-Mudabbir, the SecretaryIbn al-Mudabbir, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, known as `al-Kātib`, high official under al-Wāthiq and al-Mutawakkil (d. 270 `or` 271/883 `or` 84)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1055
Ibn Muhājir — Names: Ibn MuhājirIbn Muhājir, founder of law-college in MosulURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1056
Ibn Mulsāqah — Names: Ibn MulsāqahIbn Mulsāqah, Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd ibn Hishām al-Ḥajarī, known as Ibn Mulsāqah, copyist in Fatimid EgyptURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1057
Ibn Mulūkah al-Naṣrānī — Names: Ibn Mulūkah al-NaṣrānīIbn Mulūkah al-NaṣrānīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1058
Ibn al-Munajjim — Names: Ibn al-MunajjimIbn al-Munajjim, Abū Aḥmad Yaḥyā ibn ʿAlī, Abbasid littérateur (d. 300/912)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1059
Abū ʿAlī al-Nīsābūrī — Names: Abū ʿAlī al-NīsābūrīAbū ʿAlī al-Nīsābūrī, contemporary of Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/106
Ibn al-Munajjim — Names: Ibn al-MunajjimIbn al-Munajjim, Abū ʿĪsāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1060
Ibn al-Munajjim al-Miṣrī — Names: Ibn al-Munajjim al-MiṣrīIbn al-Munajjim al-Miṣrī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Mufarrij, poet (d. 616/1219–1220)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1061
Ibn Munqidh — Names: Ibn MunqidhIbn Munqidh, ʿAḍud al-Dīn (`or` ʿAḍud al-Dawlah) Abū l-Fawāris Murhaf ibn Usāmah (d. 613/1216), poet, son of Usāmah ibn MunqidhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1062
Ibn Munqidh — Names: Ibn MunqidhIbn Munqidh, al-Mubārak ibn Kāmil ibn ʿAlī, high official under SaladinURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1063
Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ — Names: Ibn al-MuqaffaʿIbn al-Muqaffaʿ, ʿAbd Allāh, translator of `Kalīlah wa-Dimnah` (d. ca. 137/755)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1064

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.