The Romance of the Rubáiyát: Edward FitzGerald’s First Edition. A.J. Arberry. London, Allen & Unwin, 1959. 244 p. Reissued in 2016.
Summary:
In this scholarly centennial edition, Arberry makes use of FitzGerald’s own notes, letters, and Latin version of the quatrains to show how the English poem emerged out of the Persian sources.
Yet more light on Umar-i-Khayyam. Browne, E.G. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, (1899), pp. 409-420
“As Mr. Beverldge has referred to my criticism (which is in reality not mine, but Professor A. Müller’s, cited by Professor Houtsma in a footnote on pp. xiv-xv of his edition of al-Bundárí’s History of the Seljúqs) on the now familiar story of ‘Umar’s covenant with the Nidhámu’l-Mulk and Hasan-i-Sabbah, I should be glad to have an opportunity of stating that my recent reading has shown me that this tale at least reposes on more ancient and respectable authority than either the Rawdatu-s-Safá or the Táríkh-i-Alfí, namely, on that of the Jámi’ú’t-Tawáríkh of Rashídu’d-Dín, who was put to death in a.h. 718.”
Al-Muzaffariyé: containing a recent contribution to the Study of Omar Khayyám. Ross, E. Denison. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, (1898) April, pp. 349-366.
Sometimes refered to as: ‘Umar Khayyam and the wandering quatrains”, partial translation of V. Zhukovsky’s article.
The silk road of poetry: Omar Khayyam and Edward FitzGerald. David Mason.
In: Voices, places : essays. David Mason. Philadelphia, Paul Dry Books, 2018. 210 pp. ISBN: 9781589881235. – p. 33-40
Summary:
Poet David Mason explores surprising connections in geography and time, considering writers who travelled, who emigrated or were exiled, and who often shaped the literature of their homelands. He writes of seasoned travellers (Patrick Leigh Fermor, Bruce Chatwin, Joseph Conrad, Herodotus himself), and writers as far flung as Omar Khayyam, Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, James Joyce, and Les Murray.
With friends possessed – a life of Edward FitzGerald. Robert Bernard Martin. London, Faber and Faber, 1985. 313 p. ISBN: 0571134629.
Summary:
Biography of Edward FitzGerald, describing him as an attractive, brilliant, eccentric, irrepressibly humorous, loving and deeply vulnerable person.
Omar Khayam: messager de l’Iran universel. Nabhani Koribaa. Paris, Publisud, 1988. 62 p. ISBN: 9782866003432
Summary:
La vie mouvementée de ce génie iranien connu pour ses célèbres quatrains ou roubaïates. Il sut briser les entraves du fanatisme et apparaître comme le représentant de l’esprit libre.
The wine of wisdom. The life, poetry and philosophy of Omar Khayyam. Mehdi Aminrazavi. Oxford, Oneworld Publishing, 2005. 396 p. ISBN: 1-85168-355-0.
Summary:
The intoxicating message of Khayyam’s famous Ruba‘iyyat created an image of exotic Orientalism in the West but, as author Mehdi Aminrazavi reveals, Khayyam’s achievements went far beyond the intoxicating message within these verses. Philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and mystic – his many different identities are examined here in detail, creating a coherent picture of this complex and often misunderstood figure.
Omar Khayyam: Poet, Rebel, Astronomer. Hazhir Teimourian. Stroud, Sutton, 2007. xiv, 365 p. Illustrated. ISBN: 978-0750947152
Summary:
This book claims to be detailed study of Khayyám’s life and world. It tells how Khayyám was persecuted for his philosophical beliefs and rebellious poems, how the two rival worlds of Christianity and Islam slowly moved towards their most violent embrace. It also tells the story of the Rubaiyat and gives a new translation of fifty quatrains, including FitzGerald’s first version.
The genuine face of Omar Khayyam. Bahram Baghaie Naini. London, Parsees Arts, 2007. 264 p. ISBN: 9780955601804
A book of verse. The biography of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Garry Garrard. Stroud, Sutton, 2007. 270 p. Illustrated. Index
ISBN: 978-0-7509-4631-5 (Hardback)
ISBN: 978-0-7509-4632-2 (Paperback)
Summary:
A Book of Verse tells the story of how The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám has provided delight and fascination for centuries. It brings to life the evocative world of early Islamic Persia and the literary and artistic scene in England in the second half of the 19th century.