Ahmad ibn Ja`far al-Hafz
(Abu Bakr al-Asfhani)
أحمد بن جعفر الحافظ
(أبو بكر الأصفهاني)
Ahmad ibn Ja`far ibn Muhammad
أحمد بن جعفر بن محمد
al-Asfhani
الأصفهاني
Critical Appraisals
الجرح والتعديل
روى عن أحمد بن موسى بن مردويه
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 Bakr al-Asfhani)
(أبو بكر الأصفهاني)
Ahmad ibn Ja`far ibn Muhammad
أحمد بن جعفر بن محمد
al-Asfhani
الأصفهاني
روى عن أحمد بن موسى بن مردويه