Khayyam [al-Khayyam], Omar [Abu ol-Fath ebn-Ebrahim `Omar ol-Khayyami of Nishapur] (c. 1044-c. 1123)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3764. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Poet, mathematician, astronomer, born in Nishapur, Persia (now Iran), to a family of Arabic tent makers (a translation of his name), an outstanding mathematician and astronomer. The Saljuq Sultan, Malikshah Jalal al-Din, appointed him to the observatory at Ray around 1074 to determine the solar calendar, as an aid to tax collection. Khayyam developed a calendar called Al-Tarikh-al-Jalali, which h...

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