`Abd Allah ibn Ahmad al-Hafz
(Abu Dawud al-Hafz)
عبد الله بن أحمد الحافظ
(أبو داود الحافظ)
`Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad
عبد الله بن أحمد بن محمد
Critical Appraisals
الجرح والتعديل
روى عن عبد الله بن أحمد بن حموية ، وروى عنه عيسى بن أبي ذر
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 Dawud al-Hafz)
(أبو داود الحافظ)
`Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad
عبد الله بن أحمد بن محمد
روى عن عبد الله بن أحمد بن حموية ، وروى عنه عيسى بن أبي ذر