OMAR KHAYY?M, or Chiam, was born about the middle of the 11th Century, at Naish?p?r, Khorass?n, and he died in that town about the year 1123.Little is known as to the details of his life, and such facts as are available have been drawn principally from the Was?yat or Testament of Mizam al Mulk (Regulation of the Realm), who was a fellow-pupil of Omar at the school of the celebrated Im?m Mowafek or Mowaffak. Reference to this is made in Mirkhond's...