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Omar Khayyam
Persian writer and scholar.
Her life is shrouded in mystery, and few sources are available to allow us to trace her with precision. Researchers generally believe he was born into a family of craftsmen in Nichapur (his father was probably a tent maker). He spent his childhood in the town of Balhi, where he studied under the direction of Sheik Mohammad Mansuri, one of the most famous scholars of his time. In his youth, Omar Khayyām also studied under the direction of Imam Mowaffak of Nishapur, considered the best teacher of Khorasan.
The legend says that Abu-Ali Hassan (Nizam al-Mulk) and Hassan Sabbah were then also studying under the direction of this