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Omar Khayyam
1048–1122
Remembered as both a poet and a scientist, this Persian polymath helped shape medieval mathematics and astronomy while also becoming famous for the quatrains linked to his name. His life and work still stand at the meeting point of science, philosophy, and literature.
7 Audiobooks
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
by Omar Khayyam
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, and Salámán and Absál Together with a Life of Edward Fitzgerald and an Essay on Persian Poetry by Ralph Waldo Emerson
by Omar Khayyam, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Jami
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, Rendered into English Verse
by Omar Khayyam
The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 1
by Firdawsi, active 14th century Ḥāfiẓ, Omar Khayyam
The Sufism of the Rubáiyát, or, the Secret of the Great Paradox
by Omar Khayyam
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam
by Omar Khayyam
Teltantekijän lauselmia
by Omar Khayyam
About the author
Born in Nishapur in 1048, Omar Khayyam was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet. In his own time he was especially respected for his scientific work, studying in major intellectual centers such as Samarkand and Isfahan during the Seljuk period.
His achievements in mathematics and astronomy were remarkable. He wrote influential work on algebra, including methods for solving cubic equations, and he took part in calendar reform connected with the Jalali calendar, known for its accuracy.
Many readers today know him through the Rubaiyat, the collection of quatrains associated with his name. Whether approached as a scientist, a thinker, or a poet, he remains one of the most fascinating figures of the medieval Persian world.