Omar Khayyám (1048–1131; Persian: عمر خیام) was a Persian polymath: philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and poet. He also wrote treatises on mechanics, geography, mineralogy, music, climatology and Islamic theology.
Born in Nishapur, at a young age he moved to Samarkand and obtained his education there, afterwards he moved to Bukhara and became established as one of the major mathematicians and astronomers of the medieval period. He is the a...
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Date of birth:
- May 15, 1048
Date of death:
- Dec 4, 1131 (age 83 years)
Also known as:
- Omar Khayyam,
- Ömer Hayyam,
- Khayyám, Omar,
- غیاث الدین ابو الفتح عمر بن ابراهیم خیام نیشاپوری,
- Ghiyath al-Din Abu'l-Fath 'Umar ibn Ibrahim Al-Nishapuri al-Khayyami,
- Umar Khayyam
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