Muslim ImpactorsResearch Archive and Contributor Network
Astronomy and mathematics

Omar Khayyam

Remembered for mathematics, calendar work, poetry, and philosophical reflection.

439-517 AH / 1048-1131 CENishapurMathematician, astronomer, and poet

Omar Khayyam: life, work, and legacy

Omar Khayyam Mathematician, astronomer, and poet

Al Jazeera English / YouTubeStory-specific YouTube embed connected to this page.

Overview

Biography and setting

Omar Khayyam is presented as mathematician, astronomer, and poet associated with Nishapur. The working chronology for this record is 439-517 AH / 1048-1131 CE. Remembered for mathematics, calendar work, poetry, and philosophical reflection.

Research context

This profile connects observation, calculation, instruments, tables, teaching traditions, and later transmission into other scholarly languages.

Editorial expansion plan

The record should expand with primary works, teacher-student links, places, manuscript or media records, scholarly debates, and citations. Wikipedia and WikiShia links below are reference starting points, not a substitute for editorial review.

Source and attribution notes

For publication, editors should add citations beneath each major claim, record whether the source is primary or secondary, and preserve attribution if any open-licensed wiki text is adapted.

439-517 AH / 1048-1131 CE

Timeline modules can be attached to this personality and reused across themes.

Astronomy and mathematics

Theme pages gather people, stories, places, essays, and source records.

Related stories

Chaptered material connected to Omar Khayyam

Related personalities

More from Astronomy and mathematics