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Khayyam has been the subject of speculation on the part of
literary critics ever since Edward Fitzgerald published his own
version of the Rubaiyat in 1859. This edition represented the first
opportunity to study in English the work of Khayyam by a Persian
scholar.
There is no conclusive evidence to prove which of the many
quatrains attributed to Khayyam are authentic. Ali Dashti therefore
constructs a likeness of the poet from references found in the
works of writers of his day or immediately after, and from
Khayyam's own works on philosophy, mathematics and astronomy, of
which the authenticity is not questioned. Khayyam emerges as a
widely read and broad-minded scholar, immersed in his own studies,
cautious and moderate, averse to committing himself on
controversial questions. Using this portrait Dashti draws up a list
of some hundred quatrains which are in keeping with Khayyam's
character.
Selling point: An elegant and accurate translation which throws
light on the nature of Khayyam's religious and philosophical
beliefs.
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