Mohammad-Taqi Shoushtari (Persian: محمد تقی شوشتری), also known as Sheikh-e-Shoushtari was an Iranian Twelver Shia scholar, who was born in 1903 in the city of Najaf, Iraq. Shoushtari's 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. Sheikh-Shoushtari 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)