Word: rubaie
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Dates: during 1934-1934
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...Constantinople at Malasgird, saw his best friend killed there. Later as a student of mathematics he made such a reputation that the Sultan made him his astronomer. In his crude observatory Omar revamped the calendar, indulged in heretical speculations about the nature of the universe, tossed off unconsidered little rubai (quatrains) when he felt off his feed. A tragic love affair turned him from an ambitious scientist into a world-weary philosopher. Riches and power were heaped on him by the Sultan, who took his soothsaying advice as gospel, but Omar was not much upset when his royal patron died...
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