Omar Khayyám

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Persian scholar
Islamic Golden Age
Statue of Khayyam at his Mausoleum in Neyshabur

Name

Omar Khayyám

Birth

1048

Death

1131

School/tradition

Persian mathematics, Persian poetry, Persian philosophy

Main interests

Poetry, Mathematics, Philosophy, Astronomy

Influences

Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī, Avicenna

Influenced


Ghiyās al-Dīn Abu al-Fath Omār ibn Ibrāhīm Khayyām Nishābūrī (Persian: غیاث الدین ابو الفتح عمر بن ابراهیم خیام نیشابوری) or Omar Khayyam (b. May 18, 1048 Nishapur, (Persia)–d. December 4, 1131) is a Persian poet, mathematician, astronomer who was born in Neyshabur.

He is best known for his poetry and it is because of translations of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Edward Fitzgerald.

[change] References

  • E.G. Browne. Literary History of Persia. (Four volumes, 2,256 pages, and 25 years in the writing). 1998. ISBN 0-700-70406-X
  • Jan Rypka, History of Iranian Literature. Reidel Publishing Company. 1968. ISBN 90-277-0143-1

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