`Ali ibn Ahmad al-Hamadhani
علي بن أحمد الهمذاني
`Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Sa`id
علي بن أحمد بن سعيد
al-Hamadhani
الهمذاني
Critical Appraisals
الجرح والتعديل
روى عن محمد بن عبيد بن عبد الملك ، وروى عنه ابن حبان
Wildcards e.g. test*
Matches any set of one or more characters. For example test* would result in test, tester, testers, etc.
Fuzzy Search e.g. swore~
Finds terms that are similar in spelling. For example swore~ would result in swore, snore, score, etc.
Term Boosting e.g. pledge^4 hijrah
Boosts words with higher relevance. Here, the word pledge will have higher weight than hijrah
Boolean Operators e.g. ("pledge allegiance" OR "shelter) AND prayer
Create complex phrase and word queries by using Boolean logic.
`Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Sa`id
علي بن أحمد بن سعيد
al-Hamadhani
الهمذاني
روى عن محمد بن عبيد بن عبد الملك ، وروى عنه ابن حبان