after Abu Rayhan al-Biruni and a university founded by Ahmad Shah Massoud in Kapisa is named after him. ALISHER NAVOIY Nizam-al-Din Ali-Shir [1] Herawi ( Uzbek : Alisher Navoiy) (9 February 1441 – 3 January 1501) was a Central Asian politician, mystic, linguist, painter, and poet of Uyghur origin who was