`Ali ibn Ahmad al-Farisi
(Abu al-Hasan al-Faqih)
علي بن أحمد الفارسي
(أبو الحسن الفقيه)
`Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Musa
علي بن أحمد بن موسى
al-Balkhi
البلخي
Critical Appraisals
الجرح والتعديل
روى عن محمد بن الفضيل ، روى عنه أبو العباس
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.
(Abu al-Hasan al-Faqih)
(أبو الحسن الفقيه)
`Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Musa
علي بن أحمد بن موسى
al-Balkhi
البلخي
روى عن محمد بن الفضيل ، روى عنه أبو العباس