Persian name (علیشر) combination of Ali - "cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, Fatima`s husband" + Sher - "Ali is a lion; lion tamer". Popular name among Shiites.
Alisher Navoi (9 February 1441 Herat - January 3, 1501, died at the same place) - Central Asian, Turkic (Uzbek and Uighur) great Sufi poet, linguist, mystic, painter, philosopher and politician of Timurid Khorasan.
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