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A collection of postcards with paintings of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, by Indian artist M. V. Dhurandhar.. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his 1859 translation from Persian to English of a selection of quatrains (rubāʿiyāt) attributed to Omar Khayyam (1048–1131), dubbed "the Astronomer-Poet of Persia".
Ghiyasoldin Abolfath Omar ebn Ebrahim Khayyam Neyshaburi [1] [3] (18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131), commonly known as Omar Khayyam (Persian: عمر خیّام), [a] was a Persian polymath, known for his contributions to mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, and poetry.
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
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The construction was completed in 1963.Seyhoun combined Khayyam's talents as a poet, mathematician, and astronomer in his design. [5] Nizami Aruzi mentioned Khayyam's desire for a grave adorned with blossoms each spring. Seyhoun fulfilled this wish by creating a pathway from the garden to Khayyam's tomb, allowing flowers to fall on it annually.
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A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...
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