Durratu-Tāj by Quṭbuddīn Shīrāzī and its Sources

This article examines the sources of Quṭbuddīn Shīrāzī’s book Durratu-Taj. Quṭbuddīn Shīrāzī In this detailed work written in Persian, has referred to the works of various scholars such as Fārābī, Ibn Sīnā, Ghazālī, Fakhr Rāzī, Suhriwardī, Shahrzūrī, Zamakhsharī, Yaqūb Qurṭūbī, ‘Abdul Malik Shīrāzī, Ṣafiyuddīn Irmavī, Sirājuddīn Irmavī, Saīduddīn Farghānī, Ibn Kamūna, Jurjānī, etc. Based on this, it has been shown that the book Durratu-Taj has emerged from the translation and integration of several different sources. In a way, except for the parts of logic whose source has not yet been determined, all its philosophical parts are taken from the works of others. This research is important in examining the originality of this work and determining the specific opinions of Quṭbuddīn Shīrāzī. At the end of the article, the different sections of this book are compared with the book of Al-Kāshif Ibn Kamūna.