Omar Khayyam(1048-1122) 

Ghiyath al-Din Abul Fateh Omar Ibn Ibrahim al-Khayyam was born at Nishapur, the provincial capital of Khurasan around 1044 C.E. (c. 1038 to 1048). Persian mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physician and poet, he is commonly known as Omar Khayyam. Khayyam means the tent-maker, and although generally considered as Persian, it has also been suggested that he could have belonged to the Khayyami tribe of Arab origin who might have settled in Persia. Little is known about his early life, except for the fact that he was educated at Nishapur and lived there and at Samarqand for most of his life. He was a contemporary of Nidham al-Mulk Tusi. Contrary to the available opportunities, he did not like to be employed at the King's court and led a calm life devoted to search for knowledge. He travelled to the great centres of learn- ing, Samarqand, Bukhara, Balkh and Isphahan in order to study further and exchange views with the scholars there. While at Samarqand he was patronised by a dignatory, Abu Tahir. He died at Nishapur in 1123-24.

http://www.ummah.org.uk/history/scholars/KHAYYAM.html

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http://www.arabiannights.org/rubaiyat/index2.html

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

http://www.secularislam.org/skeptics/omark.htm

Omar Khayyam and the Skeptical Tradition Against Islam

http://math.truman.edu/~thammond/history/OmarKhayyam.html

Omar Khayyam (abu-l-Fath Omar ibn Ibrahim Khayyam) - Mathematics and the Liberal Arts

http://www.geocities.com/sitabhra/khayyam/

Omar Khayyam Home Page

http://www.freewisdom.org/Omar/

http://www.okonlife.com/life/

The Life of Omar Khayyam

http://www.okonlife.com/

http://www.armory.com/~thrace/ev/siir/Omar_Khayyam.html

http://classics.mit.edu/Khayyam/rubaiyat.html

The Rubaiyat By Omar Khayyam Written 1120 A.C.E.

Wake! For the Sun, who scatter'd into flight
The Stars before him from the Field of Night,
Drives Night along with them from Heav'n, and strikes
The Sultan's Turret with a Shaft of Light.

 

http://firetin.internet-bg.net/khayyam/door.htm

http://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath448.htm

Omar Khayyam on Cubics

http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/emt669/Student.Folders/Jones.June/omar/omarpaper.html

Omar Khayyam and a Geometric Solution of the Cubic

http://www.acole.com/novels/timuras/khayyam.html

The Rubayyat of Omar Khayyam

http://www.iranonline.com/literature/indexbc-khayyam.html

http://www.nlr.ru:8101/eng/exib/omar/omar-e.htm

" Force - in justice. Omar Khayyam. 950 years from the date of birth".