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Mohammad-Taqi Shoushtari Persian: محمد تقی شوشتری | |
Religion: | Islam |
Denomination: | Shia |
Creed: | Twelver |
Jurisprudence: | Ja'fari (Usuli) |
Alias: | Sheikh-Shoushtari / Allahmeh-Shoushtari fa| شیخ شوشتری |
Ayatollah / Allameh (i.e. great-scholar) [1] [2] [3] [4] | |
Birth Date: | 1903 |
Death Date: | 19 May 1995 |
Death Place: | Shoushtar |
Mohammad-Taqi Shoushtari (fa|محمد تقی شوشتری), also known as Sheikh-e-Shoushtari was an Iranian Twelver Shia scholar,[5] [6] [7] who was born in 1903 in the city of Najaf, Iraq.[8] [9] [10] Shoushtari's[11] father (Mohammad Kazem Shushtari) is originally from Shoushtar and his mother was from Kerman. He was living in Najaf until the age of 7; afterwards came back to Shushtar.[12]
Sheikh-Shoushtari[13] [14] [15] has written diverse books, amongst of them is "Behja-al-Sabaqah Fi Sharh Nahj-al-Balaqah" in 14 volumes. He also has written the book of "Qamus-al-Rejal" which has been chosen as Iran's Book of the Year Awards in 1992. Mohammad-Taqi died on May 19 1995 at the age of 95 in the city of Shoushtar.[16]
Mohammad Taqi Shoushtari had several teachers, among of them are as follows:
Amongst the works/books of Sheikh-Shoushtari are: