# Omar Khayyám

Based in [Nichapur, Khorassan Razavi, Iran](https://localbooks.app/places/ir/razavi-khorasan/neyshabur)

Omar Khayyám (1048–1131) was born in Nishapur in Persia and was celebrated in his lifetime as a mathematician and astronomer who helped reform the calendar. The quatrains credited to him became world-famous through Edward FitzGerald's 1859 English version.

## Books (1)

- [The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám](https://localbooks.app/books/the-rubaiyat-of-omar-khayyam) (1859)

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