Ali-Shir Nava'i

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Ali-Shir Nava'i was a 15th-century Timurid poet, statesman, and intellectual widely regarded as the greatest classical author in the Chagatai Turkic language and a key figure in Turkic literary history.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ali-Shir Nava'i canonical 9
Alisher Navoi 6
Ali Shir Navai 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chagatai-language poet
Timurid official
intellectual
mystic
philanthropist
poet
statesman
writer
birthDate 1441-02-09
birthPlace Herat
burialPlace Herat
citizenship Timurid dynasty
surface form: Timurid Empire
deathDate 1501-01-03
deathPlace Herat
educatedAt Herat
employer House of Timur
surface form: Timurid court of Herat
era 15th century
ethnicGroup Turkic
genre didactic literature
lyric poetry
poetry
influenced Chagatai literature
Ottoman Divan literature
surface form: Ottoman Turkish literature

Turkic literature
Uzbek literature
influencedBy Jami
Nizami Ganjavi
knownFor being a leading figure of classical Turkic literature
elevating Chagatai Turkic to a literary language
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic
Chagatai Turkic
surface form: Chagatai

Persian
movement Timurid Renaissance
name Ali-Shir Nava'i self-link
Ali-Shir Nava'i self-linksurface differs
surface form: Alisher Navoi

Nizam al-Din Ali-Shir
notableWork Divan of ghazals
Khamsa of Nizami
surface form: Khamsa

Lisan al-Tayr
Majalis al-Nafais
Muhakamat al-Lughatayn
occupation linguist
patron of the arts
poet
statesman
writer
patronage caravanserais
hospitals
madrasas
mosques
placeOfActivity Herat
positionHeld high-ranking official in Herat
vizier
religion Islam
Sufism

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chagatai Turkic hasNotableAuthor Ali-Shir Nava'i
Husayn Bayqara employed Ali-Shir Nava'i
Husayn Bayqara closeAssociate Ali-Shir Nava'i
Husayn Bayqara patronOf Ali-Shir Nava'i
Navoi namedAfter Ali-Shir Nava'i
this entity surface form: Alisher Navoi
Nizami Ganjavi hasInfluenced Ali-Shir Nava'i
this entity surface form: Alisher Navoi
Chagatai script associatedWith Ali-Shir Nava'i
Persianate world hasKeyAuthor Ali-Shir Nava'i
this entity surface form: Alisher Navoi
Navoi Region namedAfter Ali-Shir Nava'i
this entity surface form: Alisher Navoi
Ali-Shir Nava'i name Ali-Shir Nava'i self-link
Ali-Shir Nava'i name Ali-Shir Nava'i self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Alisher Navoi
Muhakamat al-Lughatayn author Ali-Shir Nava'i
Muhakamat al-Lughatayn authorNameVariant Ali-Shir Nava'i
this entity surface form: Alisher Navoi
Çağatay Türkçesi standardizedBy Ali-Shir Nava'i
Çağatay Türkçesi hasNotableWriter Ali-Shir Nava'i
Herat literary circle associatedWithVizier Ali-Shir Nava'i
this entity surface form: Ali Shir Navai
Herat literary circle patron Ali-Shir Nava'i
this entity surface form: Ali Shir Navai
Herat literary circle memberOrAssociatedFigure Ali-Shir Nava'i
this entity surface form: Ali Shir Navai