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Turkic poet and politician (1441–1501)
Also known as: 'Alishir Nava'i, Alisher Navoi, Alisher Navoiy, Mīr 'Alī Shīr, Mīr Alī Schīr Nawā'ī, Mir Ali Sher Nava'i
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Author of the original Khamsa whose romances like Khosrow and Shirin and Iskandarnameh Nava'i reworked. (AI reason)
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Composed a Persian Khamsa answering Nizami, with lyrical ghazals and Sufi devotion. (AI reason)
Fuzuli1480–1556ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetTurkic-language lyric and romance poetry, notably Leyli and Majnun, steeped in mystical love. (AI reason)
Babur1483–1531ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetChagatai Turkic prose and poetry from the late Timurid milieu, continuing Nava'i's literary language. (AI reason)
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Hafez1325–1389ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetMasterful Persian ghazals blending earthly and divine love that model Nava'i's lyric divans. (AI reason)
Rumi1207–1273ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetSufi masnavi poetry of mystical allegory and spiritual longing. (AI reason)
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Chagatai ghazals and the romance Gul u Navruz immediately preceding Nava'i's Turkic lyric tradition. (AI reason)
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