Ali-Shir Nava'i
Turkic poet and politician (1441–1501) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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'Ali-Shir Nava'i (9 February 1441 – 3 January 1501), also known as Nizām-al-Din ʿAli-Shir Herawī[n 1] (Chagatai: نظام الدین علی شیر نوایی, Persian: نظامالدین علیشیر نوایی) was a Timurid poet,[1] writer, statesman, linguist, Hanafi Maturidi[2] mystic and painter[3] who was the greatest representative of Chagatai literature.[4][5]
Ali-Shir Nava'i | |
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Born | 9 February 1441 (1441-02-09) Herat, Timurid Empire |
Died | 3 January 1501(1501-01-03) (aged 59) Herat, Timurid Empire |
Resting place | Herat, Afghanistan |
Pen name | Navā'ī (or Nevā'ī) and Fāni |
Occupation | Poet, writer, politician, linguist, mystic and painter |
Nava'i believed that his native Chagatai Turkic[6] language was superior to Persian for literary purposes, an uncommon view at the time and defended this belief in his work titled Muhakamat al-Lughatayn (The Comparison of the Two Languages). He emphasized his belief in the richness, precision and malleability of Turkic vocabulary as opposed to Persian.[7]
Because of his distinguished Chagatai language poetry, Nava'i is considered by many throughout the Turkic-speaking world to be the founder of early Turkic literature. Many places and institutions in Central Asia are named after him, including the province and city of Navoiy in Uzbekistan.