Omar Khayyam
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Omar Khayyam was an 11th–12th century Persian polymath renowned as a poet, mathematician, and astronomer, best known in the West for the Rubáiyát in its English translation.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Omar Khayyam canonical | 21 |
| Ghiyath al-Din Abu’l-Fath Umar ibn Ibrahim al-Khayyam Nishapuri | 1 |
| Persian poet Omar Khayyam | 1 |
| al-Khayyam | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T176611 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Omar Khayyam Context triple: [Persian language, hasNotableAuthor, Omar Khayyam]
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Hafez
Hafez was a 14th-century Persian lyric poet renowned for his ghazals, which explore themes of love, mysticism, and the divine, and remain central to Persian literature and culture.
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Saadi
Saadi was a renowned 13th-century Persian poet and prose writer best known for his moralistic and philosophical works such as "Bustan" and "Gulistan."
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Ferdowsi
Ferdowsi was a renowned 10th–11th century Persian poet best known for composing the epic Shahnameh, a cornerstone of Persian literature and cultural identity.
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Rumi
Rumi was a 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic scholar, and Sufi mystic whose spiritually profound and lyrical works have made him one of the most beloved poets in world literature.
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Saadia Gaon
Saadia Gaon was a 10th-century Jewish philosopher, rabbi, and exegete renowned for his foundational works in Jewish theology, biblical commentary, and translation, particularly in Judeo-Arabic.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Omar Khayyam Target entity description: Omar Khayyam was an 11th–12th century Persian polymath renowned as a poet, mathematician, and astronomer, best known in the West for the Rubáiyát in its English translation.
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A.
Hafez
Hafez was a 14th-century Persian lyric poet renowned for his ghazals, which explore themes of love, mysticism, and the divine, and remain central to Persian literature and culture.
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B.
Saadi
Saadi was a renowned 13th-century Persian poet and prose writer best known for his moralistic and philosophical works such as "Bustan" and "Gulistan."
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C.
Ferdowsi
Ferdowsi was a renowned 10th–11th century Persian poet best known for composing the epic Shahnameh, a cornerstone of Persian literature and cultural identity.
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D.
Rumi
Rumi was a 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic scholar, and Sufi mystic whose spiritually profound and lyrical works have made him one of the most beloved poets in world literature.
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E.
Saadia Gaon
Saadia Gaon was a 10th-century Jewish philosopher, rabbi, and exegete renowned for his foundational works in Jewish theology, biblical commentary, and translation, particularly in Judeo-Arabic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic Golden Age scholar
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Persian poet ⓘ astronomer ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ philosopher ⓘ poet ⓘ polymath ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1048 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Khorasan
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Nishapur ⓘ Persia ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Nishapur ⓘ |
| calendarContribution | Jalali calendar ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity |
11th century
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12th century ⓘ |
| citizenship | Seljuk Empire ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1131 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Khorasan
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Nishapur ⓘ Persia ⓘ |
| employer |
Seljuk Empire
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surface form:
Seljuk court
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| era | Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Persian ⓘ |
| familyName |
Omar Khayyam
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
al-Khayyam
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| fieldOfWork |
algebra
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astronomy ⓘ geometry ⓘ philosophy ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| fullName |
Omar Khayyam
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ghiyath al-Din Abu’l-Fath Umar ibn Ibrahim al-Khayyam Nishapuri
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| genre |
lyric poetry
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philosophical poetry ⓘ |
| givenName |
Umar ibn al-Khattab
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surface form:
Umar
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| hasEnglishReception | popularized by Edward FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubaiyat ⓘ |
| hasForm | quatrain ⓘ |
| influenced |
Persian literature
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Western poetry ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Classical Greek philosophy
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surface form:
Greek philosophy
Islamic philosophy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
classification of cubic equations
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geometric solutions of cubic equations ⓘ reform of the Persian calendar ⓘ work on the parallel postulate ⓘ |
| language |
Arabic
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Persian language ⓘ
surface form:
Persian
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| name | Omar Khayyam self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Commentary on the Difficulties of Certain Postulates of Euclid
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ⓘ Treatise on Demonstration of Problems of Algebra ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronomer
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calendar reformer ⓘ mathematician ⓘ philosopher ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Isfahan
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Nishapur ⓘ |
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Subject: Omar Khayyam Description of subject: Omar Khayyam was an 11th–12th century Persian polymath renowned as a poet, mathematician, and astronomer, best known in the West for the Rubáiyát in its English translation.
Referenced by (24)
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