Ali-Shir Nava'i, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Turkic poet and politician
Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1441
Place of Birth: Herat, Afghanistan
Date of Death: 13-Jan-1501
Profession: poet
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Ali-Shir Nava'i
- Mir 'Alisher Navaiy (9 February 1441 – 3 January 1501), also known as Nizam-al-Din ?Alisher Herawi (Chagatai-Turkic/Persian: ?????????? ??????? ??????) was a Chagatai Turkic poet, writer, politician, linguist, mystic, and painter.
- He was the greatest representative of Chagatai literature.Nava'i believed that Chagatai and other Turkic languages were superior to Persian for literary purposes, an uncommon view at the time, and defended this belief in his work titled The Comparison of the Two Languages.
- He emphasized his belief in the richness, precision, and malleability of Turkic vocabulary as opposed to Persian.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.
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