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Main works: Khamsa, Khaza'in al-Ma'ani, Muhakamat al-Lughatayn
Place in music: Patron of the musicians of Herat
Life
Ali-Shir Nava'i was born in Herat into a family of Uyghur origin in the service of the Timurids, and died in Herat. He studied in Mashhad; when his childhood friend Husayn Bayqarah ascended the throne, he took on posts such as nişancı (head of chancery) and became the closest companion (musahib) of the court. He is regarded as the greatest poet of Chagatai Turkish; Khamsa, Khaza'in al-Ma'ani and Muhakamat al-Lughatayn, in which he defended Turkish, are his principal works. He was also engaged in music and is reported to have composed; he supported musicians such as Şeyhî Nâyî and Hüseyin Ûdî. His ghazals are still sung today in the Uyghur twelve muqam tradition.[1, 2]
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