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Also Known As Abū ol-Fatḥ ʿOmar ebn Ebrahīm ol-Khayyāmī • Abū al-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrahīm al-Khaiyāmī al-Nīshaburi • Ghiyāth ad-Din Abū al-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrahīm al-Khaiyāmī an-Nīshaburi
Born May 18, 1048 • Neyshābūr • Iran
Died December 4, 1131 (aged 83) • Neyshābūr • Iran
Subjects Of Study Euclid • algebra • Islamic calendar

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