21. BakuTODAY.net - Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Caspian News, Links, Maps Etc. The story of Omar Khayyam has now been brought to the big screen by a Legend of Omar Khayyam , brings audiences to the splendor of 11th century Persia. http://www.bakutoday.net/view.php?d=13934

22. VOA News - Iranian Immigrant Produces Movie About Omar Khayyam palaces and exotic locales in Uzbekistan, the movie The Keeper The Legend ofOmar Khayyam , brings audiences to the splendor of 11th century Persia. http://author.voanews.com/english/2005-07-05-voa38.cfm

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23. Persian Poet Omar Khayyam Inspires New Iranian-American Film The several hundred quatrains that make up this enduring 11th century work The Keeper The Legend of Omar Khayyam, a new movie on the poet’s life and http://www.parstimes.com/news/archive/2005/washfile/omar_khayyam_film.html

05 July 2005 Persian Poet Omar Khayyam Inspires New Iranian-American Film Filmmaker endures six-year odyssey to bring Rubaiyat author's life to screen By Steve Holgate Washington File Special Correspondent Wake! For the Sun, who scatter'd into flight The Stars before him from the Field of Night, Drives Night along with them from Heav'n, and strikes The Sultan's Turret with a Shaft of Light Portland, Oregon So begins The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, one of the best-known poems in the world and perhaps the most famous piece of Persian literature.  The several hundred quatrains that make up this enduring 11th century work have been translated into dozens of languages and inspired countless readers and scholars with their beauty. At least nine editions of The Rubaiyat are currently in print in the United States, and the work remains a staple of university courses across the country.  Most are based on the 19th century translation by the British scholar Edward FitzGerald.  American artistic interest in Omar Khayyam goes beyond an admiration for his greatest literary work, however.  The story of Omar Khayyam himself has captured the imagination of numerous American novelists and filmmakers over the years.  Three silent films and a 1950s Hollywood epic have told sometimes highly fanciful versions of the story of the multitalented 11th century man who was one of history's great mathematicians, a noted scientist, an accomplished poet and an important figure in the court of the Seljuk empire. Now a fifth film is seeking once again to recount the story of Omar Khayyam.

24. Fandango - Movie Information is a 12 year old boy in the present day who discovers that his ancestor isthe 11th century Mathematician, Astronomer, Poet of Persia, Omar Khayyam. http://www.fandango.com/MoviePage.aspx?mid=91829&source=bm_image

25. Omar Khayyam@Everything2.com Omar Khayyam s full name was Ghiyath alDin Abu l-Fath Umar ibn Ibrahim in the 11th century and eventually founded an empire that included Mesopotamia, http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=Omar Khayyam

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27. Medieval Sourcebook: Islam 1123 CE) The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (first edition), trans. by EdwardFitzGerald (page Sheikh Nefzaoui The Perfumed Garden, 11th century CE/cAH 925, http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1d.html

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29. Omar Khayyam: Biography And Much More From Answers.com Omar Khayyam (o mär kiäm ) , fl. 11th cent., Persian poet and mathematician, b . Omar Khayyam (ohmahr keye-ahm, keye-am). A twelfth-century Persian poet http://www.answers.com/topic/omar-khayyam

showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Arts Business Entertainment Games ... More... On this page: Personalities Dictionary Encyclopedia Literature WordNet Essay Wikipedia Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping Omar Khayyam Personalities Source Omar Khayyam Poet / Astronomer Born: 18 May 1048 Birthplace: Nishapur, Persia (now Iran) Died: 4 December 1131 Best Known As: The author of The Rubaiyat Historically speaking, Omar Khayyam has led a double life. In his own time he was a respected mathematician and astronomer who helped reform the ancient Muslim calendar. In the modern era he is more fondly remembered as the author of the brief, lyrical poems known collectively as The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Omar is said to have adopted the name Khayyam ("the tentmaker") in honor of his father's trade. FOUR GOOD LINKS Biography of Omar Khayyam Reprint of the much-admired 1859 biography by Edward Fitzgerald Omar Khayyam Nice introduction; emphasis on the sciences The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Full English texts from MIT's Internet Classics Archive Robaiyyate Hakim Omar Khayyam The texts in the original Persian (from Japan!)

30. The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam About Omar Khayyam. born in Naishapur, Khorassan (in the northeast area ofmodern day Iran) in the latter half of the 11th century, AD He died in 1123. http://www.fleurdelis.com/omarkhayyam.htm

The Moving Finger writes; and having writ, moves on... Who Was Omar Khayyam? Author of The Rubaiyat (A poem translated into English by Edward Fitzgerald) What We Know About Him: Omar Khayyam (sometimes spelled Khaiyyam) was born in Naishapur, Khorassan (in the northeast area of modern day Iran) in the latter half of the 11th century, A.D. He died in 1123. He was a student of the Imam Mowaffak of Naishapur. One of Omar's fellow students, Nizam-ul-Mulk, became the Vizier of Alp Arslan the Son and Malik Shah the Grandson of Toghrul Beg the Tartar, who ruled Persia and founded the Seljukian Dynasty. When this man became Vizier, Omar asked if he could live under "the shadow" of his schoolmate's good fortune, to spread word of the advantages of science and to pray for him. Omar, once a tent-maker, was given a yearly pension and proceeded to study many subjects, becoming especially proficient in Astronomy. The Malik Shah appointed Omar Khayyam to help reform the calendar, and he and seven other learned men created the Jalali era system which reportedly surpassed the Julian calendar's accuracy and came close to that of the Gregorian. He was also a poet and philosopher. When he died at Naishapur in the year of the Hegira, 517 (A.D. 1123), he was praised as one who was unrivaled in science. However, he was not universally respected. His bold ideas threatened some segments of society, including the more conservative Islamic sects. Although not an ambitious man by most standards, he enjoyed the pleasures offered by the world, and he did not blindly accept the precepts of religion.

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32. The Keeper: The Legend Of Omar Khayyam is a 12year-old boy in the present day who discovers that his ancestor isthe 11th-century mathematician, astronomer and poet of Persia, Omar Khayyam. http://www.infoplease.com/movies/50922

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33. The Keeper: The Legend Of Omar Khayyam @ Hollywood.com. Kamran is a 12 yearold boy in the present day that discovers his ancestor isthe 11th century Mathematician, Astronomer, and Poet of Persia Omar Khayyam. http://www.hollywood.com/movies/detail/movie/2441372

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34. The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam By Omar Khayyam The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam Who has not heard or read and mathematician was born in Persia in the latter part of the 11th century. http://www.abacci.com/books/book.asp?bookID=2444

35. TIMELINE 11th CENTURY Page Of ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE Executive Summary of the 11th century Major Books of the Decade 10001010 Major DE Smith, p.557 1100 Omar Khayyam, the poet, writes important books on http://www.magicdragon.com/UltimateSF/timeline11.html

TIMELINE 11th CENTURY Return to Timeline Table of Contents Return to Ultimate SF Table of Contents TIMELINE 11th CENTURY May be posted electronically provided that it is transmitted unaltered, in its entirety, and without charge. We examine both works of fiction and important contemporaneous works on non-fiction which set the context for early Science Fiction and Fantasy. There are hotlinks here to authors, magazines, films, or television items elsewhere in the Ultimate Science Fiction Web Guide or beyond. Most recently updated: 25 April 2003 [from 65 to 81 kilobytes]. This web page draws heavily on FACTS as listed in " The Timetables of Science Facts were also checked against " The 1979 Hammond Almanac " [ed. Martin A. Bacheller et al., Maplewood, New Jersey, 1978], p.795; and the Wikipedia . It also utilizes facts from Volume I of D.E. Smith's " History of Mathematics " [(c) 1921 by David Eugene Smith; (c) 1951 by May Luse Smith; New York: Dover, 1958]. Executive Summary of the 11th Century Major Books of the Decade 1000-1010 Major Books of the Decade 1010-1020 Major Books of the Decade 1020-1030 ... Where to Go for More : 51 Useful Reference Books Executive Summary of the 11th Century This was a major century for the Vikings ; the Great Schism (1054) between the Western (Roman Catholic) and Eastern Orthodox churches; the

36. TIMELINE 12th CENTURY Page Of ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE Persian Mathematician, Astronomer, and Poet Omar Khayyam (born 15 May 1048 Byzantium, China 11th century Khayyam, Gerbert, Alhazen 12th century Age http://www.magicdragon.com/UltimateSF/timeline12.html

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37. Omar Khayyam Omar Khayyam s full name was Ghiyath alDin Abu l-Fath Umar ibn Ibrahim Al-Nisaburi The political events of the 11th century played a major role in the http://pchome.grm.hia.no/~fsaljoug/omar_khayyam.htm

Omar Khayyam Born: 18 May 1048 in Nishapur Died: 4 Dec 1131 in Nishapur Omar Khayyam 's full name was Ghiyath al-Din Abu'l-Fath Umar ibn Ibrahim Al-Nisaburi al-Khayyami. A literal translation of the name al-Khayyami (or al-Khayyam) means 'tent maker' and this may have been the trade of Ibrahim his father. Khayyam played on the meaning of his own name when he wrote:- Khayyam, who stitched the tents of science, Has fallen in grief's furnace and been suddenly burned, The shears of Fate have cut the tent ropes of his life, And the broker of Hope has sold him for nothing!' Khayyam studied philosophy at Naishapur and one of his fellow students wrote that he was:- ... endowed with sharpness of wit and the highest natural powers ... However, this was not an empire in which those of learning, even those as learned as Khayyam, found life easy unless they had the support of a ruler at one of the many courts. Even such patronage would not provide too much stability since local politics and the fortunes of the local military regime decided who at any one time held power. Khayyam himself described the difficulties for men of learning during this period in the introduction to his Treatise on Demonstration of Problems of Algebra (see for example [1]):- I was unable to devote myself to the learning of this algebra and the continued concentration upon it, because of obstacles in the vagaries of time which hindered me; for we have been deprived of all the people of knowledge save for a group, small in number, with many troubles, whose concern in life is to snatch the opportunity, when time is asleep, to devote themselves meanwhile to the investigation and perfection of a science; for the majority of people who imitate philosophers confuse the true with the false, and they do nothing but deceive and pretend knowledge, and they do not use what they know of the sciences except for base and material purposes; and if they see a certain person seeking for the right and preferring the truth, doing his best to refute the false and untrue and leaving aside hypocrisy and deceit, they make a fool of him and mock him.

38. Soon In The Theaters : "The Keeper : The Legend Of Omar Khayyam" When he shows Omar Khayyam (Bruno Lastra) wandering helplessly through the I wanted to show that in the equally religiously intolerant 11th century http://www.payvand.com/news/05/apr/1148.html

News Iran News Iran Sports News News Archive Sites Home Interesting Sites Iran Travel Iran Business Source ... Iranian Calendar Persian Mystics Payvand's Iran News ... Soon in the Theaters : "The Keeper : The Legend of Omar Khayyam" By Darius Kadivar When I first met film director producer Kayvan Mashayekh nearly two years ago it was in the early summer of 2003. He was transiting into Paris before heading on a trip to Turkey to meet potential film production companies and crew members before going to Bukhara and Samarkand, Uzbekistan to start shooting his first location scouting of what was to be an epic film set in 11th century Persia on the life and times of the famed epicurian Poet Omar Khayyam. «Khayyam was one of my father’s favorite poets» he told me. «The film is in a way a tribute to him, he passed away a few years ago and I feel it was my way of paying homage to a past which has contributed so greatly to my duality as an Iranian-American. Before my father passed away from cancer 11 years ago, he cherished the moments when he could impart his wisdom and experience in life through poetry.» No film can be accomlished if one does not have some personal emotional involvement in the project. It requires a mixture of utopia in making it come true and a great deal of realism because it

39. Khayyam Mania!!!: Hollywood's Depiction Of The Great Persian Poet's Life Persian Poet, humanist philosopher, and mathematician Omar Khayyam is probably more than 300 books on 11th century Persia s history, politics and art. http://www.payvand.com/news/03/mar/1039.html

News Iran News Iran Sports News News Archive Sites Home Interesting Sites Discussion Board Iran Travel ... Iranian Calendar IN THE WALLED GARDENS Yellow Pages Directory Search Directory Events Add Events Search Events Shopping Bazar Books Music Film Payvand's Iran News ... Khayyam Mania!!!: Hollywood's depiction of the great Persian Poet's life By Darius Kadivar darius_kadivar_65@hotmail.com Persian Poet, humanist philosopher, and mathematician Omar Khayyam is probably the most famed of all Persian Poets in the West, ever since the translation by Victorian-era writer Edward Fitzgerald of a series of Quatrains known as the "Rubaiyaat" . It is probably the best-selling book in the entire history of English poetry. It exists in many editions and has Enjoyed massive popularity throughout the 20th century, many people have carried it around, taken it to war, kept it in the car, ordered it for reading on a putative desert island. The memorable quatrains appeal to all classes and conditions of men and women; they are still treasured by millions. This translation profoundly influenced the West's perception (or misperception) of Persia ( today known as Iran ) in the turn of the century. In fact as unusual as it may seem one of the original manuscripts of the

40. The Keeper: The Legend Of Omar Khayyam Omar Khayyam is a pretty big figure in history, but not many people in He lived in Persia in the 11th century, and was a brilliant astronomer and poet. http://www.haro-online.com/movies/keeper_omar.html

The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam Omar Khayyam is a pretty big figure in history, but not many people in America know about him. He lived in Persia in the 11th century, and was a brilliant astronomer and poet. The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam is writer/director Kayvan Mashayekh way of trying to tell a story while telling about Khayyam. The film is a mixed experience. It's a gorgeous looking film (but its low budget shows), but his choice of actors is a bit odd at times, and the emotional resonance of the story is never there. Worse, he tells who Khayyam was, but never reveals why he was important. The story within the story is an account of Khayyam as he grew up, but stops just as Khayyam truly enters a new stage in his life. The framing sequence takes place in a hospital in Houston. Kamran's (Adam Echahly) brother Nader (Puya Behinaein) is dying of cancer, and telling him the legend of Khayyam. Nader is weak, but feels it is important that he relate the story to Kamran. Kamran learns about Khayyam and his childhood friends Hassan and Darya. As they grew older, they went their separate ways. Khayyam (Bruno Lastra, Code 46 Bright Young Things ) became a learned astronomer, studying under Imam Muaffak (Rade Serbedzija

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