Omar the Tentmaker

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Guy Bates Post Omar the tentmaker

Virginia Brown Faire Shireen

Nigel De Brulier Nizam ul Mulk

Noah Beery The shah of shahs

Rose Dione Shah's mother