File:Actual-tamam-shud.jpg

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English: As quoted in the Smithsonian article regarding the two printed words shown: "The scrap of paper discovered in a concealed pocket in the dead man's trousers. 'Tamám shud' is a Persian phrase; it means 'It is ended.' The words had been torn from a rare New Zealand edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam." [dating to the 12th century]
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Source http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2011/08/the-body-on-somerton-beach/
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Omar Khayyám  (1048–1131)  wikidata:Q35900 s:en:Author:Omar Khayyám q:en:Omar Khayyám
 
Omar Khayyám
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Birth name: غیاث الدین ابو الفتح عمر بن ابراهیم خیام نیشاپوری; Omar Khayyam; Hakim Omar Khayyám
Description mathematician, astronomer, poet, lyricist, philosopher and musician
Date of birth/death 18 May 1048 Edit this at Wikidata 4 December 1131 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Nishapur Edit this at Wikidata Nishapur Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q35900

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