Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyám
Era	Islamic Golden Age
Region	Persian scholar
School	Persian mathematics, Persian poetry, Persian philosophy
Main interests	Poetry, Mathematics, Islamic philosophy, Astronomy
Influences Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī, Avicenna

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 Neyshapur in Pars.

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

References

• E.G. Browne. Literary History of Persia. (Four volumes, 2,256 pages, and 25 years in the writing). 1998. ISBN 0-7007-0406-X
• Jan Rypka, History of Iranian Literature. Reidel Publishing Company. 1968. ISBN 90-277-0143-1

Other pages

• List of Persian poets and authors

Other websites

• Omar Khayyam Rubaiyat
• Works by Omar Khayyám at Project Gutenberg
• The Persian Poet (http://www.omar-khayyam.org) - Contains the translations by Edward FitzGerald and a biography.
• Persopedia - A source of Persian poetry.
• The Rubaiyat
• On Omar's solutions to cubic equations
• Khayyam, Umar. A biography by Professor Iraj Bashiri, University of Minnesota.
• O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Omar Khayyam", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
• The Quatrains of Omar Khayyam
• The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam A recent movie depiction of Omar Khayyam's life
• Rubaiyat Parodies - page about The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, and it's many parodies. Included, with artwork, are The Rubaiyat of Ohow Dryyam, The Rubaiyat of a Persian Kitten, The Rubaiyat of Omar Cayenne, and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Jr..