Omar Khayyam, Persian Poet(1048-1131)

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Just the Facts:

• Name: Ghiyāth ad-Dīn Abu'l-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm al-Khayyām Nīshāpūrī
• Known as: Omar Khayyam
• Birth: May 18, 1048, Nishapur, Iran
• Death: December 4, 1131, Nishapur, Iran
• Language: Persian
• Who he was: Persian poet and scientist; The Rubaiyat (Quatrains)
• Included in lists (What's This?): LRP

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