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.