Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Muhammad-Taqi Golshan Shirazi Ha'eri (Persian: ميرزا محمدتقى گلشن شيرازى حائرى; Arabic: الميرزا محمد تقي الشيرازي الحائري), also known as al-Mirza al-Thani (transl.

His uncle was Mirza Habibullah Shirazi, a famous Iranian poet.

He was granted ijazas by Mirza Husayn al-Khalili, Sheikh Husayn bin Taqi al-Nuri, Sheikh Abbas al-Tehrani, and Mirza Hasan Khan al-Shirazi.

[5] He then moved to Samarra along with his mentor and predecessor, Mirza Shirazi, to establish the city, as the new Shi'ite intellectual loci.

In Samarra, Shirazi spent his time teaching and delivering lectures at the seminary.