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Alisher Navoi (full name : Nizamiddin Mir Alisher Navoi, also known as Navoiy, Alishir Navai, Nawoi; Persian: علیشیر نوایی 1441-1501) was a Central Asian poet of Uyghur heritage who lived in Herat (then Persia) during the 15th century.
Alisher Navoi was a prime minister (vizier) of Sultan-Husayn Baikara, the Timurid ruler of Herat. He was considered by his contemporaries to be one of the foremost patrons of arts in his time.
He wrote in Persian and Chagatai Turkic (under the pen-name Fānī). Alisher Navoi is known for his contributions to the Turkic literary language known as Chaghatai, which is considered to be the immediate ancestor of the modern Uzbek language. Top of his lyrical talant is "Khamsa"(خمسه); "The Five", it was composed in imitation of the earlier Khamsa of the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi.
The lyrical verses are assembled by Alisher Navoi per 1498-99 years in 4 collections – Divan’s.