Mīr 'Ali-Shir Nava'i (9 February 1441 – 3 January 1501), also known as
Nizām-al-Din ʿAlī-Shīr Herawī (
Chagatai-Turkic/) was a Central Asian poet, writer, politician, linguist,
mystic, and painter. He was the greatest representative of
Chagatai language literature.