Qutb al-Din Shirazi as Depicted in Early Historical Sources

توصيف قطب‌الدين شيرازي در منابع تاريخي متقدم

قطب‌الدين شيرازي (634-710ق) كه زندگي علمي خود را به عنوان يك پزشك جوان آغاز كرد، ناگزير شد در جستجوي دانش سفرهاي دورودرازي بكند. وي كه مقامش در علم شناخته شده و از ستايش و حمايت شخصيت‌هاي بزرگ زمان خود برخوردار بود، حتي در دوراني كه در روم منصب قضا داشت و يا از سوي حاميان ايلخاني خود به سفارت مي‌رفت، به فعاليت‌هاي علمي خود ادامه مي‌داد. اين مقاله با بررسي برخي از كتاب‌هاي تاريخي كهن مي‌كوشد تا زندگي و سفرهاي اين متفكر بزرگ را روشن‌تر كند.

Starting his intellectual life as a precociously young medical practitioner, Qu?b al-D?n Sh?r?z? (634-710 A.H.) was compelled to wander far and wide in his quest for knowledge. Recognized and admired as a savant, and enjoying the patronage of key political figures of his era, Sh?r?z?ʹs activities as a scholar continued even during his appointment as judge in R?m, and while serving as ambassador on behalf of his Ilkhan patrons. This paper examines a number of early chronicles in order to shed more light on Sh?r?z?ʹs itinerant life as a well-known intellectual luminary of the period.