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• Omar Khayyám
  Omar Khayyám

  noun

  died 1123?, Persian poet and mathematician.
• Omar Khayyam
  Omar Khayyam

  A twelfth-century Persian poet; author of the “Rubáiyát.”

Omar Khayyám

American  

[oh-mahr kahy-yahm, -yam, oh-mer] / ˈoʊ mɑr kaɪˈjɑm, -ˈjæm, ˈoʊ mər /

noun

1. died 1123?, Persian poet and mathematician.

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Omar Khayyám British  

/ ˈəʊmɑː kaɪˈɑːm /

noun

1. ?1050–?1123, Persian poet, mathematician, and astronomer, noted for the Rubáiyát, a collection of quatrains, popularized in the West by Edward Fitzgerald's version (1859)

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Omar Khayyam Cultural  

1. A twelfth-century Persian poet; author of the “Rubáiyát.”

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The jewel-encrusted edition of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám was taken aboard the RMS Titanic and sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, exactly 110 years ago.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2022

For Mr Maggs, the story of the Great Omar chimes neatly with the theories of Omar Khayyám, whose wisdom inspired the master craftsman to commemorate the poet-philosopher in gold, jewels and leather.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2022

Bullwinkle’s alma mater was Wossamotta U. A jeweled toy boat, the Ruby Yacht of Omar Khayyám, sailed across Veronica Lake.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2017

He hated the Omar Khayyám brigade – you know the rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the popular Persian poem translated by Edward Fitzgerald.

From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2013

The first edition of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám appeared two years later, in 1859.

From George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends by Clement King Shorter

They supported the work of scholars like the mathematician and poet Omar Khayyam.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

That, more than the quatrains of Omar Khayyam or the gorgeous rugs of Kerman, is the soft power that matters to Tehran.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2022

The Khayyam satellite is named after the Persian poet and philosopher Omar Khayyam and marks a rare successful launch for the regime after several failed efforts in recent years.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2022

Omar Khayyam also gets into the mix, as do allusions to Hemingway and Fitzgerald.

From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2010

In the jockeys’ room he orchestrated a string of clever practical jokes, sequestered himself in corners to pore over literature, and mystified his fellow jocks with aphorisms from Omar Khayyam and “Old Waldo” Emerson.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand