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omar khayyam
Ömer Hayyam
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A male given name
{i} male first name (Arabic)
Bradley Omar Nelson Mosque of Omar Fanon Frantz Omar Torrijos Herrera Omar Omar Khayyam
Omar I
(c.581-644) second Muslim caliph
Omar Khayyam
{i} (1048-1123) 11th century Persian mathematician and poet, author of the "Rubaiyat
Omar Khayyam
a Persian mathematician and poet. He is famous in the west for his romantic poem, the Rubaiyat, produced in a popular English translation by Edward Fitzgerald in 1859, which is mainly about love, nature and pleasure (?1048-?1123). byname of Ghiyth al-Dn Ab al-Fat Umar ibn Ibrhm al-Neyshbr al-Khayym born May 18, 1048, Neyshbr, Khorsn died Dec. 4, 1131, Neyshbr Persian poet, mathematician, and astronomer. Educated in the sciences and philosophy, he was renowned in his country and time for his scientific achievements, but few of his prose writings survive. His verses attracted little attention until his robyt ("quatrains") were loosely translated into English by Edward FitzGerald and published in 1859. Many of the quatrains (each of which was intended as an independent poem) are of doubtful attribution; most scholars agree on the authenticity of about 50, with controversy over some 200 others
Omar N Bradley
born Feb. 12, 1893, Clark, Mo., U.S. died April 8, 1981, New York, N.Y. U.S. army commander. After graduating from West Point, he directed the army's infantry school at the start of World War II. In 1943 he commanded U.S. forces in the North Africa Campaign and contributed directly to the fall of Tunisia to the Allies; he then led the successful invasion of Sicily. As commander of the 1st Army, he helped plan the invasion of France and took part in the Normandy Campaign and the liberation of Paris. As commander of the 12th Army, the largest U.S. force ever placed under one general, he oversaw European operations until the German surrender. After the war he was appointed head of veterans' affairs (1945-47) and chief of staff of the army (1948-49). Admired by both officers and men, he was chosen the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1949-53) and promoted to General of the Army (1950)
Omar Nelson Bradley
born Feb. 12, 1893, Clark, Mo., U.S. died April 8, 1981, New York, N.Y. U.S. army commander. After graduating from West Point, he directed the army's infantry school at the start of World War II. In 1943 he commanded U.S. forces in the North Africa Campaign and contributed directly to the fall of Tunisia to the Allies; he then led the successful invasion of Sicily. As commander of the 1st Army, he helped plan the invasion of France and took part in the Normandy Campaign and the liberation of Paris. As commander of the 12th Army, the largest U.S. force ever placed under one general, he oversaw European operations until the German surrender. After the war he was appointed head of veterans' affairs (1945-47) and chief of staff of the army (1948-49). Admired by both officers and men, he was chosen the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1949-53) and promoted to General of the Army (1950)
Omar Sharif
{i} (born in 1932 as Michel Shahoub) Egyptian novie actor with international success who starred in "Doctor Zhivago
Omar Torrijos
born Feb. 13, 1929, Santiago de Veragua, Pan. died Aug. 1, 1981, near Penonomé Virtual dictator of Panama (1968-78). He entered the national guard in 1952 after military studies in Venezuela and the U.S., rose to the rank of general, and came to power in 1968 in a coup d'état. A nationalist and populist, he was one of the few Latin American heads of state to visit Fidel Castro in Cuba, though he suppressed leftist labour agitators and students at home. In 1977 he achieved his supreme goal when U.S. Pres. Jimmy Carter signed two treaties agreeing to transfer the Panama Canal and Canal Zone to Panamanian sovereignty in 1999. He died in a plane crash while on a military inspection tour
Omar Torrijos Herrera
born Feb. 13, 1929, Santiago de Veragua, Pan. died Aug. 1, 1981, near Penonomé Virtual dictator of Panama (1968-78). He entered the national guard in 1952 after military studies in Venezuela and the U.S., rose to the rank of general, and came to power in 1968 in a coup d'état. A nationalist and populist, he was one of the few Latin American heads of state to visit Fidel Castro in Cuba, though he suppressed leftist labour agitators and students at home. In 1977 he achieved his supreme goal when U.S. Pres. Jimmy Carter signed two treaties agreeing to transfer the Panama Canal and Canal Zone to Panamanian sovereignty in 1999. He died in a plane crash while on a military inspection tour
omar khayyam
Persian poet and mathematician and astronomer whose poetry was popularized by Edward Fitzgerald's translation (1050-1123)
Frantz Omar Fanon
born 1925, Martinique died Dec. 6, 1961, Washington, D.C., U.S. West Indian psychoanalyst and social philosopher. He served in the French army in World War II, earned a medical degree, and became head of the psychiatric department of an Algerian hospital, where he edited the newspaper of the National Liberation Front (from 1956). In 1960 he was appointed ambassador to Ghana by the rebel provisional government. His widely read book The Wretched of the Earth (1961) urged colonized peoples to purge themselves of their degradation in a "collective catharsis" to be achieved through violence against European oppressors. He died of leukemia at age 36
al-Omar mosque
mosque located in Jerusalem
lashkar-e-omar
a terrorist organization formed in Pakistan in 2002 as a coalition of extremist Islamic militant groups including Lashkar-e-Taiba and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Jaish-e-Muhammad and elements of al-Qaeda
mullah omar
reclusive Afghanistani politician and leader of the Taliban who imposed a strict interpretation of Shariah on Afghanistan (born in 1960)
omar

    Hyphenation

    O·mar

    Turkish pronunciation

    ōmär

    Pronunciation

    /ˈōmär/ /ˈoʊmɑːr/

    Etymology

    [ "O-"mär-"kI-'yäm, "O ] (biographical name.) From Arabic عمر (ʕúmar) (a name), a variant of عامر (ʕāmir) (flourishing) عمر (ʕámara), meaning "to live a long life".
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