Zayd ibn Yahya al-Faqih
(Abu Usama al-Balkhi)
زيد بن يحيى الفقيه
(أبو أسامة البلخي)
Zayd ibn Yahya
زيد بن يحيى
al-Balkhi
البلخي
Critical Appraisals
الجرح والتعديل
روي عن محمد بن مقاتل ، روي عنه عبد الله بن محمد بن يعقوب البلخي
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 Usama al-Balkhi)
(أبو أسامة البلخي)
Zayd ibn Yahya
زيد بن يحيى
al-Balkhi
البلخي
روي عن محمد بن مقاتل ، روي عنه عبد الله بن محمد بن يعقوب البلخي