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Rubiyat
Written by Omar Khayyám
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The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayham is a beautiful work of art much admired from generation to generation. Written in the eleventh century it is here brought to this audiobook by the great and accomplished actor offstage and screen Alfred Drake. Together with the beautiful Sohrab And Rustum by Matthew Arnold it too has its roots in Persian culture.
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Omar Khayyám
Omar Khayyam (18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet. He was born in Nishapur, in northeastern Iran, and spent most of his life near the court of the Karakhanid and Seljuq rulers in the period which witnessed the First Crusade. (Wikipedia)
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