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    The Rubayyat
    The Rubayyat
    The Rubayyat
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    The Rubayyat

    By Omar Khayyam

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    Omar Khayyam (Ghiyāth ad-Dīn Abu’l-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm al-Khayyām Nīshāpūrī), born in Nishapur, Khorasan, the initial capital of the Seljuk Empire, in 1048, was a Persian polymath, philosopher and initiate, known for his contributions to mathematics, astronomy and Persian poetry. Intellectually Khayyam considered himself a student of Avicenna (Ibn Sina).
    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 last part of XIX century.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEdizioni Aurora Boreale
    Release dateOct 24, 2022
    ISBN9791255041634
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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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      The Rubayyat - Omar Khayyam

      SYMBOLS & MYTHS

      OMAR KHAYYAM

      THE RUBAYYAT

      LOGO EDIZIONI AURORA BOREALE

      Edizioni Aurora Boreale

      Title: The Rubayyat

      Author: Omar Khayyam

      Publishing series: Symbols & Myths

      With an introduction by the Publisher

      Editing by Nicola Bizzi

      ISBN: 979-12-5504-163-4

      LOGO EDIZIONI AURORA BOREALE

      Edizioni Aurora Boreale

      © 2022 Edizioni Aurora Boreale

      Via del Fiordaliso 14 - 59100 Prato - Italia

      edizioniauroraboreale@gmail.com

      www.auroraboreale-edizioni.com

      OMAR KHAYYAM AND THE RUBAYYAT

      INTRODUCTION BY THE PUBLISHER

      Omar Khayyam (Ghiyāth ad-Dīn Abu’l-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm al-Khayyām Nīshāpūrī), born in Nishapur, in Khorasan, the initial capital of the Seljuk Empire, in 1048, was a Persian polymath, philosopher and initiate, known for his contributions to mathematics, astronomy and Persian poetry. As a scholar, he was contemporary with 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

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