Amīr ʿAlīshīr Navāʾī’s Maḥbūb al-qulūb stands as one of his last contributions to Chaghatay Turkish prose. Crafted in 906/1501, the year marking his passing, the work is comprised of a prologue, three sections (qism), and a closing epilogue.
Mawlānā ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (d. 898/1492) and Amīr ʿAlīshīr Navāʾī (d. 906/1501) played significant roles in the intellectual and cultural history of the Timurid city of Herat during the last quarter of the ninth/fifteenth century. Upon Jāmī's death, Navāʾī wrote ...
