Author: Yousof Zai, Muhammad Altaf

Annotation: Ali Shir Navayi born in 1441 in Herat, was a Turkic poet, writer, politician, linguist, and mystic, who was the greatest representative of Chagatai literature. He lived in the Timurid era and left a lasting impact on Central Asian literature. Navayi self-identified as a Turk in Muhakamat al-lughatain, where he argued that Turki was a “superior” language to Persian, especially due to its flexibility. He also wanted to make Turki an equal language to Persian and Arabic for expressing Islamic ideas, and in his poetry he evokes Allah and the world of Islam. Because of his distinguished poetry in Chagatai language, many in the Turkic-speaking world consider Navayi to be the founder of the early Turkic literature. In this article the auther discus about his work and contributions for chughtai turk language.

Keywords: Ali Shir Navayi, Turkic Chughtayee poet, Writer, Politician, Linguist, Mystic,

Pages in journal: 122 - 128