A Study of the Five Approaches Used to Study Khayyam

Not so long after Khayyam's death did different anecdotes and legends raise about his life and personality. For example; in the books as "Tatameye sewanolhekmah," Tarikholhokama, Mersadolebad and etc, one can find part of these different and sometimes controversial opinions. These controversies can be seen in 14th century (A.H.) research about Khayyam. In this article an effort is made to study all the approaches to Khayyam focusing on main characteristics: his thought and personality. Generally one can represent five approaches the first three of which are more related to Khayyam's thoughts and the last two approaches are closely related to his personality. These approaches are introduced by 1-Sadeq Hedayat 2-Forooqi and Gani 3-Abbasali Keyvan Qazvini 4-Seddiqi Nakhjavani 5-F.de Blovoi, a French scholar