Omar Khayyam (born 1048 AD, Neyshapur, Iran - 1123 AD, Neyshapur, Iran), was a Persian polymath, mathematician, philosopher, astronomer and poet
"Think, in this batter'd Caravanserai Whose Portals are alternate Night and Day, How Sultn after Sultn with his Pomp Abode his destined Hour, and went his way."