Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia; . mil. mill x Omar Khayyam of 1200 mithkdls of gold, from the treasury ofNaishapur. At Naishapur thus lived and died Omar Khay-yam, busied, adds the Vizier, in winning knowl-edge of every kind, and especially in Astronomy,wherein he attained to a very high the Sultanate of Malik Shah, he came toMerv, and obtained great praise for his proficiencyin science, and the Sultan showered favours uponhim. When Malik Shah determined to reform thecalendar, Omar was one of the eight learned menemployed to do it; the result was the

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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia; . mil. mill x Omar Khayyam of 1200 mithkdls of gold, from the treasury ofNaishapur. At Naishapur thus lived and died Omar Khay-yam, busied, adds the Vizier, in winning knowl-edge of every kind, and especially in Astronomy,wherein he attained to a very high the Sultanate of Malik Shah, he came toMerv, and obtained great praise for his proficiencyin science, and the Sultan showered favours uponhim. When Malik Shah determined to reform thecalendar, Omar was one of the eight learned menemployed to do it; the result was the Jaldli era(so called from Jalal-ud-din, one of the kingsnames) — a computation of time, says Gibbon,which surpasses the Julian, and approaches theaccuracy of the Gregorian style. He is also theauthor of some astronomical tables, entitled Ziji-Malikshahi, and the French have lately repub-

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