Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia; . urn niiniiiiniiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiviriiuiiiimiiiiiiifiitiiriimin- iiinniim. rrrrwrw^rw^rwrwr^rw^rw-rr^rwrw^ JSL Omar Khayyam so that I passed four years in his service. WhenI first came there, I found two other pupils ofmine own age newly arrived, Hakim Omar Khay-yam, and the ill-fated Ben Sabbah. Both wereendowed with sharpness of wit and the highestnatural powers; and we three formed a closefriendship together. When the Imam rose fromhis lectures, they used to join me, and we repeatedto each other the lessons we had heard. NowOmar was
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia; . urn niiniiiiniiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiviriiuiiiimiiiiiiifiitiiriimin- iiinniim. rrrrwrw^rw^rwrwr^rw^rw-rr^rwrw^ JSL Omar Khayyam so that I passed four years in his service. WhenI first came there, I found two other pupils ofmine own age newly arrived, Hakim Omar Khay-yam, and the ill-fated Ben Sabbah. Both wereendowed with sharpness of wit and the highestnatural powers; and we three formed a closefriendship together. When the Imam rose fromhis lectures, they used to join me, and we repeatedto each other the lessons we had heard. NowOmar was a native of Naishapur, while HasanBen Sabbahs father was one Ali, a man of austerelife and practice, but heretical in his creed anddoctrine. One day Hasan said to me and toKhayyam, It is a universal belief that the pupilsof the Imam Mowaffak will attain to , even if we all do not attain thereto, withoutdoubt one of us will; what then shall be our mu-tual pledge and bond ? We answered, Be itwhat you please. Well, he said, let us make
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