Omar Khayyam
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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OMAR KHAYYAM o mar kiam , fl. 11th cent., Persian poet and mathematician, b. Nishapur...establish definitely that many of the nearly 500 quatrains attributed to Omar are really his work. The hedonism of his verse often masks his serious reflections...