Edward FitzGerald gave the title *The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam* to his translation of poetry attributed to the Persian poet, astronomer and mathematician Omar Khayyam (1048-1123). The word "Rubaiyat" means quatrains - verses of four lines. These works by Fitzgerald are the best known English transla
THE FAME OF OMAR KHAYYAM
✍ Scribed by Abd al-Haqq Fädil
- Book ID
- 111232854
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1960
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 527 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0027-4909
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