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The title given by Edward Fitzgerald for the collection of Omar Khayyam's poems

  1. Alif Laila

  2. Laila Majnu

  3. Rubaiyat

  4. Shahnama
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Explanation

Edward Fitzgerald translated Omar Khayyam's quatrains into English as 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam', published in 1859. 'Alif Laila' is Arabian Nights, 'Laila Majnu' is a romance, and 'Shahnama' is Firdausi's Persian epic; none are Fitzgerald's Khayyam translations.

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