quṭb al-dīn shīrāzī as depicted in early historical sources

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starting his intellectual life as a precociously young medical practitioner, quṭb al-dīn shīrāzī (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, shīrāzī's activities as a scholar continued even during his appointment as judge in rūm, 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 shīrāzī's itinerant life as a well-known intellectual luminary of the period.

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