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    Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
    Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
    Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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    Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

    By Omar Khayyam

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    This is the first and most famous English translation of the The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. As a work of English literature FitzGerald's version of these poems, originally written in the Persian language, is a high point of the 19th century and has been greatly influential.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFlip
    Release dateApr 9, 2018
    ISBN9782291011095
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    Omar Khayyam

    Omar Khayyam (18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet. He was born in Nishapur, in northeastern Iran, and spent most of his life near the court of the Karakhanid and Seljuq rulers in the period which witnessed the First Crusade. (Wikipedia)

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