Harold Lamb – Omar Khayyam: A Life 2001 Turkish Book Turkey

Harold Lamb – Omar Khayyam: A Life (Hayyam) – Yurt Yayınları 2001 Edition – Turkish

Description:

Harold Lamb’s Omar Khayyam: A Life explores the life and historical world of Omar Khayyam, the celebrated Persian poet, mathematician, astronomer, and intellectual of the 11th and 12th centuries. The book presents Khayyam not only as a poet associated with the famous Rubaiyat, but also as an important scholar who lived during a dynamic period of Persian and Islamic history.

The narrative follows Khayyam’s intellectual development and his encounters with the political and cultural world of his time. His relationship with science, philosophy, mathematics, astronomy, and poetry forms an important part of the portrait, providing a broader perspective on the many dimensions of his life and work.

Lamb combines biographical storytelling with the historical atmosphere of medieval Persia, introducing readers to the rulers, scholars, intellectual traditions, and political circumstances surrounding Khayyam. The result is a portrait of a remarkable historical figure whose influence extended well beyond poetry.

This Turkish edition was published by Yurt Yayınları in 2001. For collectors of Turkish editions of historical biographies and works on Persian literature and Islamic intellectual history, this edition offers an accessible Turkish presentation of Harold Lamb’s biography of Omar Khayyam.

Key Features:

• Author: Harold Lamb

• Original Title: Omar Khayyam: A Life

• Turkish Title: Hayyam

• Publisher: Yurt Yayınları

• Publication Year: 2001

• Language: Turkish

• Genre: Biography, Persian Literature, History, Intellectual History

• Subject: Omar Khayyam, Persian literature, poetry, mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, and medieval Islamic history

• Collector Appeal: Turkish edition of Harold Lamb’s biography of Omar Khayyam, exploring both his literary and scholarly life