Al-Ghazali vs Omar Khayyam
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Compare the life timelines of Al-Ghazali (1058–1111) and Omar Khayyam (1048–1131) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 53 years, from 1058 to 1111.
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Al-Ghazali (1058–1111)
- — Born in Tus, Khorasan Verified
- — Studied under al-Juwayni at the Nizamiyya of Nishapur Verified
- — Joined the court of the Seljuk vizier Nizam al-Mulk Verified
- — Appointed professor at the Nizamiyya madrasa of Baghdad Verified
- — Completed 'The Incoherence of the Philosophers' Verified
- — Spiritual crisis and departure from Baghdad Verified
- — Years of wandering and writing the 'Revival of the Religious Sciences' Verified
- — Returned to teaching at the Nizamiyya of Nishapur Verified
- — Died in Tus Verified
Omar Khayyam (1048–1131)
- — Birth of Omar Khayyam in Nishapur Verified
- — Education in the sciences and philosophy in Khorasan Verified
- — Move to Samarkand under the patronage of the chief judge Verified
- — Completion of the Treatise on Demonstration of Problems of Algebra Verified
- — Invited to Isfahan by Sultan Malik-Shah to lead an observatory Verified
- — Introduction of the Jalali calendar reform Verified
- — Return to Nishapur after the decline of court patronage Verified
- — Composition of the quatrains later known as the Rubaiyat
- — Death of Omar Khayyam in Nishapur Verified