ABSTRACT

First published in 1959, this reprint of the first edition of Edward FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát is accompanied by an introduction and notes by A J Arberry, one of Britain’s most distinguished Orientalist scholars. The Rubáiyát is a selection of poems written in Persian attributed to Omar Khayyám.

The work will be of interest to those studying Middle Eastern Literature.

chapter |62 pages

Introduction

chapter |52 pages

Appendix

chapter |36 pages

The First Edition of the Rubáiyát

chapter |57 pages

TABLE AND NOTES