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Not all Al-Khalili's heroes were Arabs: Omar Khayyam calculated the length of the solar year to 11 decimal places and composed in his native Persian a famous Treatise on Demonstration of Problems in Algebra, as well, of course, as those lines about the jug of wine, the loaf of bread and thou.
Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science by Jim al-Khalili – review Tim Radford 2010
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In pre-Islamic days, according to the great Persian poet Omar Khayyam, the first greeting of the day to the king was for "wisdom, insight and sagacity".
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Meanwhile I am reminded of this from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:
Archive 2009-06-14 2009
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Meanwhile I am reminded of this from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:
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Just as with the moving finger of Omar Khayyam – not a new mystery spinner – which having writ, moves on, so with cricket tours.
Andy Flower must turn England batsmen into masters of spin | Mike Selvey 2012
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Then they might for a moment contemplate Quatrain 51 of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:
Archive 2008-03-02 2008
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Then they might for a moment contemplate Quatrain 51 of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:
RIP The UK : Casually Butchered For The Convenience & Well-Being Of Socialism 2008
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The selvage art is by Edmund Dulac (1882-1953), a French-born British illustrator whose works have appeared in such classics as “The Arabian Nights” (1907), “The Tempest” (1908), and “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam” (1909).
USPS Stamp Commemorates Edgar Allan Poe’s 200th Birthday 2009
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Khayyam and Shakespeare were alike in a number of ways.
Archive 2009-05-01 Rus Bowden 2009
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Tehran Times: April 17, 2008: TEHRAN -- The first edition of "Khayyam and Putin", a book published in Kazan, was sold out a week after its release.
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