Omar Khayyam was one of the greatest Persian poets. He was also a brilliant mathematician. Though his quatrains were written in the 11th century, they are still popular the world over. The details of his life are unknown, so this movie invents a biography for him and includes in it his real achievements - the invention of a new calendar and the penning of those epigrammatic poems. This film has him romancing a sultan's bride and foiling the assassin sect's plot to kill the sultan's son.
| Directing | William Dieterle | Director |
| Writing | Barré Lyndon | Writer |
| Production | Frank Freeman Jr. | Producer |
| Sound | Victor Young | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Ernest Laszlo | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Everett Douglas | Editor |
| Production | Bert McKay | Casting |
| Art | J. McMillan Johnson | Art Direction |
| Art | Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| Art | Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Art | Grace Gregory | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ralph Jester | Costume Design |
