KHAYYAM Omar

(ca. 1048 - after 1122)
Full name - Giyasaddin Abul-Fath Omar ibn Ibrahim. He was born in Nishapur. Nickname Khayyam (MPs) associated with the profession of his father or someone else from the ancestors. During his lifetime, and until relatively recently, Khayyam was known primarily as an outstanding mathematician, physicist and astronomer. His Algebra, written in Arabic, was first published and translated into French FM Vepke in 1851

. Executed E. Fitzgerald (1809-1883) translation of selected quatrains of Omar Khayyam (Rubaie) that first appeared in 1859, and then publishing the text and French translation of Nicolas 1867 brought Omar Khayyam fame singer's frustration and skepticism
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Eastern and Western scholars have long debated about how to understand whether the poems of Omar Khayyam in them literally or symbolically represented the aspiration of the soul to mystical union with God

. Moreover, . there is a serious problem of authorship Khayyam quatrains: original manuscripts, . among which there is no older than 14., . significantly differ in the number and order of the poems included in them; Khayyam attributed at least 1,391 quatrains (the majority of publications is limited to 101 quatrain, . selected Fitzgerald), many of them can be found in other poets,
. Carefully analyzing the preserved material, some scientists have tried to eliminate non-genuine components and restore the "true" Khayyam, but the results of this work is very controversial.