omar khayyam

     

It's believed this "Rubaiyat" author helped reform the Muslim calendar

Trivia about omar khayyam

  • Persian poet portrayed by Cornel Wilde in 1957 film; watch it with "a jug of wine" & "a loaf of bread"
  • This 11th century poet held the post of astronomer in the Persian royal court
  • This Persian poet wrote an algebra book and reformed the Muslim calendar
  • A poet, mathematician & astronomer, he moved people with the quatrains in his 12th century "Rubaiyat"
  • This Persian poet's work on algebra included systematic solutions to cubic equations
  • In 1859 Edward Fitzgerald translated this Persian's 12th c. work into rhymed quatrains
  • While Abelard was wooing Heloise in Europe, this Rubaiyat author was writing in the Mideast
  • Also one of the most noted mathematicians of his time, this Muslim poet is best known for his "Rubaiyat"
  • Best known for his quatrains, this poet was Astronomer Royal to the Seljuk Sultan Malik Shah
  • This Persian poet's last name means "tentmaker"
  • A collection of 11th & 12th century epigrammatic quatrains is "The Rubaiyat" of this Persian poet & astronomer