Omar Khayyam

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Islamic Golden Age scholar Persian poet astronomer human mathematician philosopher poet polymath

Omar Khayyam was an 11th–12th century Persian polymath renowned as a poet, mathematician, and astronomer, best known in the West for the Rubáiyát in its English translation.

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Label Occurrences
Omar Khayyam canonical 21
Ghiyath al-Din Abu’l-Fath Umar ibn Ibrahim al-Khayyam Nishapuri 1
Persian poet Omar Khayyam 1

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instanceOf Islamic Golden Age scholar ⓘ
Persian poet ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
poet ⓘ
polymath ⓘ
birthDate 1048 ⓘ
birthPlace Khorasan ⓘ
Nishapur ⓘ
Persia ⓘ
burialPlace Nishapur ⓘ
calendarContribution Jalali calendar ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
citizenship Seljuk Empire ⓘ
deathDate 1131 ⓘ
deathPlace Khorasan ⓘ
Nishapur ⓘ
Persia ⓘ
employer Seljuk Empire ⓘ
surface form: Seljuk court
era Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
ethnicGroup Persian ⓘ
familyName Omar Khayyam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: al-Khayyam
fieldOfWork algebra ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
geometry ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
fullName Omar Khayyam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ghiyath al-Din Abu’l-Fath Umar ibn Ibrahim al-Khayyam Nishapuri
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
philosophical poetry ⓘ
givenName Umar ibn al-Khattab ⓘ
surface form: Umar
hasEnglishReception popularized by Edward FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubaiyat ⓘ
hasForm quatrain ⓘ
influenced Persian literature ⓘ
Western poetry ⓘ
influencedBy Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ
surface form: Greek philosophy

Islamic philosophy ⓘ
knownFor classification of cubic equations ⓘ
geometric solutions of cubic equations ⓘ
reform of the Persian calendar ⓘ
work on the parallel postulate ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian
name Omar Khayyam self-link ⓘ
notableWork Commentary on the Difficulties of Certain Postulates of Euclid ⓘ
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ⓘ
Treatise on Demonstration of Problems of Algebra ⓘ
occupation astronomer ⓘ
calendar reformer ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
poet ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
workLocation Isfahan ⓘ
Nishapur ⓘ

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Persian language → hasNotableAuthor → Omar Khayyam ⓘ
Islamic Golden Age → notableScholar → Omar Khayyam ⓘ
Persians → notableWriter → Omar Khayyam ⓘ
Omar Khayyam → name → Omar Khayyam self-link ⓘ
Omar Khayyam → fullName → Omar Khayyam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ghiyath al-Din Abu’l-Fath Umar ibn Ibrahim al-Khayyam Nishapuri
Omar Khayyam → familyName → Omar Khayyam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Khayyam
Nishapur → notableResident → Omar Khayyam ⓘ
Islamic mathematics → majorFigure → Omar Khayyam ⓘ
Persian → notablePoets → Omar Khayyam ⓘ
Persian literature → hasNotableAuthor → Omar Khayyam ⓘ
Omar → hasNotableBearer → Omar Khayyam ⓘ
Persia → notableScientist → Omar Khayyam ⓘ
Persian culture → notableAuthor → Omar Khayyam ⓘ
Treatise on Demonstration of Problems of Algebra → author → Omar Khayyam ⓘ
Commentary on the Difficulties of Certain Postulates of Euclid → author → Omar Khayyam ⓘ
Commentary on the Difficulties of Certain Postulates of Euclid → writtenBy → Omar Khayyam ⓘ
Jalali calendar → developedUnderGuidanceOf → Omar Khayyam ⓘ
Jalali calendar → developedBy → Omar Khayyam ⓘ
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam → author → Omar Khayyam ⓘ
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam → attributedTo → Omar Khayyam ⓘ
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam → associatedWith → Omar Khayyam ⓘ
Omar Khayyam Shakil → nameAllusion → Omar Khayyam ⓘ
Omar Khayyam Shakil → nameAllusion → Omar Khayyam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian poet Omar Khayyam
Thabit ibn Qurra → influenced → Omar Khayyam ⓘ