Khayyam's Tomb



The tomb of the poet, mathematican, an astronomer of Iran (d. 517 AH) is located in Hireh cemetery, near the tomb of Emamzadeh Mohammad Mahrooq. The Structure was devastated in different periods. A handsome monument was built on it in the Pahlavi period. In 1959 a new tomb was built by Hooshang Sayhoon Tarrahi and K. Zh. T. Co. in Khayyam Square at the order of the National Monuments Society. Khayyam’s dead body was transferred to the present-day tomb in 19 May 1962. Its National Monuments Registration Number is 1175.12.



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