Omar Khayyam
1048–1131
Persian poet and mathematician known for the Rubaiyat.
Omar Khayyam (1048–1131) was a poet, born and died in Nishapur.
- Known as
- Poet
- Category
- Writers
- Born
- 1048, Nishapur
- Died
- 1131, Nishapur
Alive at the same time as Omar Khayyam
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