Quṭb al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī Research Articles

Hayakal al-Nur (Temples of light) in Poetry Alfya al-Hikmat al-Elayia ala Mazhab al-Eshraghieen

Extended abstract Introduction In this poem of one thousand couplets (alfīya) which was composed in the eighteenth century, the treatise The Temples of Light has been poetized. There is a separate commentary on the treatise which shall be introduced in a moment. In the present work, Alfiya has been edited and published alone. An introductory discussion of Alfiya and the commentary The author of the treatise is a person named Hassan al-Kurdi who has described himself as the “versifier” (nāẓim) and Suhrawardi as “the author”. In his commentary on The Temples of Light, he has used the commentary by Jalal al-Din Davani (d. 1502 AD) on The Temples of Light and the one by Qutb al-Din Shirazi (d.1311 AD) on The Philosophy of Illumination. He has also used several philosophical works to supplement his content. He names Suhrawardi as “Abu al-Faraj Muhammad Suhrawardi”. In some of his couplets the author has referred to Quranic verses and used their themes in his poetry. This Alfiya is subsumed under pedagogical poetry, where the form of poetry is utilized to facilitate learning and memorization of various types of knowledge. In Arabic, this kind of poetry is more in the metre rajaz, which is why it is called arjūza. The first couplet of Alfīya is as follows: Yā ḥayyu yā qayyūm yā dha-l-qūdra / Ayyid wa-thabbitni bi-nūr al-ḥikma The treatise is the second book in which one of Suharawardi’s work is poetized. Prior to that, in the fourteenth century, Imad al-Din Arabshahi Yazdi had versified Suharawardi’s The Lovers’s Companion (Munis al-Ushshaq). Composition’s date As it can be inferred from the introduction to the script, Hassan al-Kurdi lived in Damascus, and he had been writing his commentary from the first day of Ramadan until the Day of Arafa (the ninth day of the month dhi-l-hajja according to the Islamic calendar), i.e. in about one hundred days. At the end of his commentary, he has equated, under the abjad system, the date of finishing his work (1170 AH/ 1756 AD) with the word “ghasqī”. The stamp of Ottoman Sultan Selim III’s Royal Library has been put on the margin of Alfiya and its commentary. On the author In biographical dictionaries, there are different people named Hassan al-Kurdi, but none of them could definitely be said to be the author of the treatise; hence no available information about him. A description of the copies The unique copy of Alfiya numbered 2486 and the commentary script numbered 2515 are housed in Turkey’s Suleymaniyī Library. There are some lacunas in Alfiya, but checked against the couplets in the commentary, finally the number of Alfiya’s couplets is exactly 1000, and the couplets are completely diacriticized. The text of the commentary is mixed with verses of Alfiya, and it has no diacritical marks. From the commentator’s introduction, it can be inferred that Alfiya and the commentary were written by the same person. Scripting is in naskh style and very legible. There are lacunas and errors in both Alfiya and the commentary, which have been corrected on the margins. Research method Because of the uniqueness of the script of Alfia, in editing this treatise the method of editing based upon the original copy was employed. Those verses that have repeated themselves as a result of being mixed with the text of the commentary have been used as the second copy, and the differences are reported in the footnotes. Conclusion Publication of the work can make a contribution to research on Suhrawardi and the history of Islamic philosophy and its impacts.

The Mongols in Iran: Qutb Al-Din Shirazi's Akhbar-I Moghulan. Edited by George Lane. (Routledge Focus, Routledge Studies in the History of Iran and Turkey). pp. 128. Routledge, Abingdon, 2018.

The Mongols in Iran: Qutb Al-Din Shirazi's Akhbar-I Moghulan. Edited by George Lane. (Routledge Focus, Routledge Studies in the History of Iran and Turkey). pp. 128. Routledge, Abingdon, 2018. - Volume 29 Issue 1

Medical Ethics According to Avicenna's Stance: A Synopsis

Medical ethics has been contemplated upon by practitioners since ancient times. Avicenna’s notes on medical ethics are presented in the third chapter of the manuscript “Fi Bayan al-hajat Ela al-Teb va al-Atteba va Vasayahom” (meaning: “on needs to medicine and physicians and their recommendations”) by Qutb al-Din Shirazi’s (1236-1311 CE), one of the main commentators on Avicenna Canon of Medicine. Avicenna refers to several ethical subjects which can be expressed in three main domains: considering patient interests, communication skills, and adhering to the characteristics of professional excellence. Although there are similarities between the classical medical ethics recommendations and ethics recommendations raised by Avicenna, significant moral differences can be considered between the two views [GMJ.2017;6(4):261-7]DOI: 10.22086/gmj.v6i4.768

The Mozzafari Hospital of Shiraz, Persia

This article discusses three significant hospitals that were constructed in medieval Persia, specifically in the city of Shiraz, which is located in central present-day Iran. The first of these three hospitals is the Azodi Hospital, which was constructed during the Buyid dynasty. The second hospital was constructed during the Salghurid dynasty and is referred to as the Mozzafari Hospital by a primary source written by Qutb al-Din Shirazi, a physician who worked there. The third hospital is also referred to as the Mozzafari Hospital and was constructed during the Mozzafarid dynasty. Recent efforts have yielded archaeological evidence that marks the location in present-day Shiraz of this third hospital or an area south of its location. The evidence consists of the gravesite for Seyed Sharaf al-Din Jorjani, a prominent theologian who was employed by Shah Shoja of the Mozzafarid dynasty in the fourteenth century CE. at the compound containing the third hospital. The gravesite for Sharaf al-Din Jorjani in present-day Shiraz marks the site of the remains of the Mozzafari Hospital built during the reign of Shah Shoja of the Mozzafarid dynasty or an area south of Shah Shoja's Mozzafari Hospital.

Reza Pourjavady, Sabine Schmidtke. Quṭb al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī (d. 710/1311) as a Teacher: An Analysis of his ijāzāt (Studies on Quṭb al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī III)

Les AA. examinent six certificats (ijāzāt) qui furent delivres par Quṭb al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī durant la periode comprise entre 696/1297 et 708/1308. Ces documents mentionnent sept eleves et fournissent des informations sur les textes et les matieres qu’ils etudierent avec Shīrāzī a cette epoque. L’article presente l’edition des textes de ces certificats ainsi que la reproduction en noir et blanc de l’ijāza Presente a la fin d’un manuscrit conserve a la Chester Beatty Library.

Quṭb al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī (d. 710/1311) as a Teacher: an Analysis of hisIjāzāt

Qutb al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī, au sommet de sa carriere d'erudit a la fin du 8e/14e siecle, etait en contact etroit avec de nombreux lettres et collegues, ainsi qu'avec des etudiants. Mais l'on ne sait pas toujours clairement qui en realite, parmi ces derniers, etudia dans les regles avec lui. Les ijāzāt que Qutb al-Dīn delivra indiquent, eux, de facon fiable qui etudia dans les regles avec lui. Cet article presente et edite six certificats qui sont dates de Ramadān 696/juillet 1297 a Rabī' II 708/mi-octobre 1308. Ces certificats fournissent des informations sur sept erudits qui etudierent avec Qutb al-Dīn pendant cette periode: Tāj al-Dīn Mahmūd b. al-Sharīf al-Kirmānī, 'Ubayd Allāh b. Muhammad al-Farghānī al-'Ibrī, Jalāl al-Dīn Khalīl b. Yuwāghilī b. Ismā'īl al-Rūmī, Najm al-Dīn Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Abī Bakr al-Tabrīzī, Najm al-Dīn 'Abd al-Rahīm b. Abd al-Rahmān b. Nasr b. al-Shahhām al-Mawsilī, Najm al-Dīn Abu 1-Futūh Abū Bakr b. 'Abd al-Wahhāb al-Dahistānī et Zahīr al-Dīn 'Alī b. Āmir b. 'Alī al-'Askarī. Ces documents presentent aussi un tableau de la culture intellectuelle de Qutb al-Dīn, qui reposait sur quatre pierres d'angle: philosophie, hadīth, medecine, rhetorique et tradition soufie.

The Science of Mystic Lights: Qutb al-Din Shirazi and the Illuminationist Tradition in Islamic Philosophy (review)

The Science of Mystic Lights: Qutb al-Din Shirazi and the Illuminationist Tradition in Islamic Philosophy (review)

The Science of Mystic Lights--Qutb al Din Shirazi and the Illuminationist Tradition in Islamic Philosophy

In the late 12th century the mystical philosopher Suhrawardi developed a metaphysics based on metaphysical light that combined the Islamic Neoplatonism of Avicenna with ideas and symbols drawn from Islamic mysticism, classical Platonism and Iranian mythology. This book analyzes how Qutb al-Din Shirazi, an Iranian scientist and philosopher of the 13th century and a leading exponent of Suhrawardi's thought, understood Suhrawardi's metaphysics of light and how he applied it in his own writings. Also discussed are Shirazi's own views on such subjects as the nature of existence, reincarnation and the transmigration of souls, and the spiritual universe known as the "World of Image". The book contains several appendices, including a bibliography of Shirazi's writings and the text and translation of Shirazi's essay on the World of Image.

The science of mystic lights: Qutb al-Din Shirazi and the illuminationist tradition in Islamic philosophy

The science of mystic lights: Qutb al-Din Shirazi and the illuminationist tradition in Islamic philosophy