the ledger of connections
The Connections of Omar Khayyam
Persian mathematician and poet (1048–1131) Every person recorded alongside Omar Khayyam in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Omar Khayyam in the ledgers of the archive.
- Students
- Al-Isfizari, Al-Khazini, Nizami Aruzi
- Influenced by
- Ibn Sina (Avicenna), Al-Biruni
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1048 to 1131.
Medieval era
Al-Ghazali
1058 – December 19, 1111
Persian Sunni Muslim scholar and mystic (c.1058–1111)
Medieval era
Hildegard of Bingen
1098 – September 17, 1179
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
Medieval era
William the Conqueror
November 8, 1028 – September 9, 1087
King of England from 1066 to 1087, Duke of Normandy from 1035 to 1087 (1028–1087)
Medieval era
Eleanor of Aquitaine
1124 – April 1, 1204
Queen consort of France; Queen consort of England; suo jure Duchess of Aquitaine; patroness
Medieval era
Frederick Barbarossa
1122 – June 10, 1190
Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 to 1190
Medieval era
Al-Biruni
September 4, 973 CE – December 9, 1048
11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
Medieval era
Averroes
April 14, 1126 – December 10, 1198
Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)
Medieval era
Ali Hujwiri
1009 – September 25, 1072
Sufi mystic
Medieval era
Abdul Qadir Gilani
March 17, 1078 – February 14, 1166
Sunni Muslim preacher, mystic and jurist (1078–1166)
Medieval era
Rabia Balkhi
b. c. 1000
Persian poet, first woman poet of Islamic period
Medieval era
Yue Fei
March 24, 1103 – January 27, 1142
Song dynasty general, killed by royal decree from the Emperor Gaozong of Song (1103–1142)
Medieval era
Zhu Xi
October 18, 1130 – April 23, 1200
Chinese historian, neo-Confucian philosopher, poet, and politician during the Song dynasty (1130–1200)