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Omar Khayyām
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Hashemipour, B. (2007). Khayyām: Ghiyāth al‐Dīn Abū al‐Fatḥ ҁUmar ibn Ibrāhīm al‐Khayyāmī al‐Nīshāpūrī. In: Hockey, T., et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_758
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