Omar Khayyam
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Omar Khayyam was a Persian poet and polymath, known for his contributions to mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, and Persian literature. He was born in Nishapur, Iran and lived during the Seljuk era,
Statue of Khayyam by Abolhassan Sadighi, at Laleh Park in Tehran
Mausoleum of Omar Khayyam in Nishapur, Iran. Some of his rubáiyáts are used as calligraphic (taliq script) decoration on the exterior body of his mausoleum.
Inscription of a poem attributed to Omar Khayyam at Morića Han in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Stamp of Albania in 1997, entitled "850th birth anniversary of Omar Khayyam"
Avicenna
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Ibn Sina, commonly known in the West as Avicenna, was a preeminent philosopher and physician of the Muslim world. He was a seminal figure of the Islamic Golden Age, serving in the courts of various Ir
Omar Khayyam
…highest nobility, and Khayyam developed a firm friendship with him through the years. Khayyam might have met and studied with Bahmanyar, a disciple of Avicenna. After studying science, philosophy, mathematics and astronomy at Nishapur, about the year 1068 he traveled to the province of Bukhara, where he…
Modern portrait of Ibn Sina, National Library of Medicine (1952)
Coin of Majd al-Dawla (r. 997–1029), the amir (ruler) of the Buyid branch of Ray
Coin of Ala al-Dawla Muhammad (r. 1008–1041), the Kakuyid ruler of Isfahan
The Mausoleum of Avicenna, Hamadan, Iran