| Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, and Salaman and Absal (Dodo Press) Contributor(s): Khayyam, Omar (Author), Jami (Author), Fitzgerald, Edward (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1406539481 ISBN-13: 9781406539486 Publisher: Dodo Press OUR PRICE: $11.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Rubiyt of Omar Khayym is a collection of poems, originally written in the Persian language and of which there are about a thousand, attributed to the Persian mathematician and astronomer Omar Khayym (full name: Ghiyas od-Din Abol-Fat'h Omar ibn Ebrahim Khayym Neyshaburi) (1048-1122/23). "Rubaiyat" (derived from the Arabic root word for 4) means "quatrains": verses of four lines. The translations that are best known in English are those of about a hundred verses by Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883) published between 1859 and 1889. Jmi Noureddin Abdurrahman, also known as Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami (1414-1492) was a Persian Poet born at Jam, in Khorassn. His best known poems are Ysuf and Salikha, Majnn and Laili, and Salmn and Absl. In addition to his poetry, he wrote a history of the Suf, and other prose works. FitzGerald's translation of Salmn and Absl in Miltonic Verse was published anonymously in 1856. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
| Physical Information: 0.24" H x 6" W x 9" (0.35 lbs) 100 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Rub iy t of Omar Khayy m is a collection of poems, originally written in the Persian language and of which there are about a thousand, attributed to the Persian mathematician and astronomer Omar Khayy m (full name: Ghiyas od-Din Abol-Fat'h Omar ibn Ebrahim Khayy m Neyshaburi) (1048-1122/23). "Rubaiyat" (derived from the Arabic root word for 4) means "quatrains" verses of four lines. The translations that are best known in English are those of about a hundred verses by Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883) published between 1859 and 1889. J mi Noureddin Abdurrahman, also known as Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami (1414-1492) was a Persian Poet born at Jam, in Khorass n. His best known poems are Y suf and Salikha, Majn n and Laili, and Sal m n and Abs l. In addition to his poetry, he wrote a history of the Suf , and other prose works. FitzGerald's translation of Sal m n and Abs l in Miltonic Verse was published anonymously in 1856. |