Omar the Tentmaker

Overview

About Omar Khayyam of Persia, the poet and mathematician, who wrote the Iranian first solar calendar circa A.D. 1073. His fiancé was forced to marry the shah, but she eventually escaped and, with help of grand Vazir, joined Omar Khayyam. Hollywood made a film based on the same story with Connell Wilde, the life and adventures of Omar Khayyam.

Cast

Guy Bates Post

Omar the tentmaker

Virginia Brown Faire

Shireen

Nigel De Brulier

Nizam ul Mulk

Noah Beery