Omar Khayyam

Statue of Khayyam in [[Mashhad]], [[Iran]] Ghiyāth al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīsābūrī (18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131), commonly known as Omar Khayyam (),; }} was a Persian polymath, known for his contributions to mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, and poetry. He was born in Nishapur, the initial capital of the Seljuk Empire. He lived during the rule of the Seljuk dynasty, around the time of the First Crusade.

As a mathematician, he is most notable for his work on the classification and solution of cubic equations, where he provided geometric solutions by the intersection of conics. Khayyam also contributed to the understanding of the parallel axiom. As an astronomer, he calculated the duration of the solar year with remarkable precision and accuracy, and designed the Jalali calendar, a solar calendar with a very precise 33-year intercalation cycle }} which provided the basis for the Persian calendar that is still in use after nearly a millennium.

There is a tradition of attributing poetry to Omar Khayyam, written in the form of quatrains (''rubāʿiyāt'' ). This poetry became widely known to the English-reading world in a translation by Edward FitzGerald (''Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam'', 1859), which enjoyed great success in the Orientalism of the ''fin de siècle''. Provided by Wikipedia
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  1. 1
    by Omar Khayyam
    Published 1946
    New York, Grosset & Dunlap [1946]
    xvi p., 19-138 p. col. front., illus., col. plates. 29 cm.
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    by Omar Khayyam
    Published 1932
    Lāhaur : Mubārak ʻAlī, 1932.
    vii, 400 p. ; 18 cm.
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    Hyderabad (Dn.) : Maktaba-i-Ibrahīmīā, [19--]
    xxxvi, 127 p. ; 18 cm.
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    by Omar Khayyam
    Published 1898
    Boston : L.C. Page, 1898.
    2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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    by Omar Khayyam
    Published 1968
    Lakahnaw, Idārih-i Furūgh Urdū, [1968]
    94 p. 19 cm.
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    by Omar Khayyam
    Published 1982
    Madrāsu : Guṇṭūru : Padmanābhasvāmi ; prāptisthānam Karrā Śyāmalādēvi, 1982.
    16, 58 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 23 cm.
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    Hyderabad (Dn.) : Maktaba-i-Ibrahīmīā, [19--]
    1 online resource (xxxvi, 127 p.)
    Center for Research Libraries
    Online Resource
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    by Omar Khayyam
    Published 1959
    [Ṭihrān] : Intishārāt-i Kitābfurūshī-i Bārānī, [1959 or 1960]
    34, 423 p. ; 24 cm.
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    by Omar Khayyam
    Published 1948
    Prayāga : Bhāratī Bhaṇḍāra, 2005 [1948]
    viii, 151 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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    by Omar Khayyam
    Published 1941
    Lāhaura : Nawīna Sāhita, [1941?]
    48 p. ; 19 cm.
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    by Omar Khayyam
    Published 1975
    Lahore : Sh. Ghulam Ali, 1975.
    221 p. ; 22 cm.
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    by Omar Khayyam
    Published 1899
    Boston : L. C. Page and company, incorporated, 1899.
    282 p. 1 l. : front. (port.) plates. ; 19cm.
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    by Omar Khayyam
    Published 1947
    Cuttack : Sārasvata Bhanḍāra, 1947.
    1 online resource (71 pages)
    Center for Research Libraries
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    by Omar Khayyam
    Published 1944
    Tiruvanantapuraṃ : Gōpakumār Bṟadēḻs, 1119 [1944]
    xviii, 39 p. ; 18 cm.
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    by Omar Khayyam
    Published 1952
    Ilāhābāda : Sentrala Buka Ḍipo, 1952.
    lxx, 75, 14 p. ; 19 cm.
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    by Omar Khayyam
    Published 1941
    Ammritasara : Bhāpe dī Haṭṭī, 1941.
    li, 112 p. ; 19 cm.
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    by Omar Khayyam
    Published 1952
    Jhāmsī : Sāhitya-Sadana, 2009 [1952]
    72 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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    by Omar Khayyam
    Published 1952
    Meraṭha : Sāhitya Sevā Sadana, 1952.
    xvi, 102 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
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    by Omar Khayyam
    Published 1945
    London : George G. Harrap & Co., 1945.
    xviii, 28, xxiii, 40 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
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    by Omar Khayyam
    Published 1932
    Bombay : British India Press, 1932.
    xx, 328 p. ; 20 cm.
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