Qutb al-Din Shirazi as Depicted in Early Historical Sources

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?'s 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?'s itinerant life as a well-known intellectual luminary of the period.