Iskandar, Iskander, Askander, Eskinder, or Scandar ( ar, إسكندر ( fa, اسکندر ''Eskandar'' or سکندر ''Skandar''), is a variant of the given name
Alexander
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
in cultures such as
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
(Persia),
Arabia
The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate. ...
and others throughout the
Middle East
The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabian Peninsula, Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Anatolia, Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Pro ...
,
Caucasus
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and
Central Asia
Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a subregion, region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes t ...
. In Egypt, its bearers are mostly of
Christian (Coptic) descent.
Originally referring to
Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, wikt:Ἀλέξανδρος, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Maced ...
, it was transmitted through works such as the ''
Iskandarnamah
The story of Dhul-Qarnayn (in Arabic ذو القرنين, literally "The Two-Horned One"; also transliterated as Zul-Qarnain or Zulqarnain), is mentioned in the Quran.
It has long been recognised in modern scholarship that the story of Dhul-Q ...
'' and the ''
Sirr al-Asrar'', and became a popular name for rulers in the medieval period.
The
Arabic
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version may also add the
definite-article prefix ''
al-
( ar, ٱلْـ), also Romanized as ''el-'', ''il-,'' and ''l-'' as pronounced in some varieties of Arabic, is the definite article in the Arabic language: a particle (''ḥarf'') whose function is to render the noun on which it is prefixed def ...
'', giving ( ar, الاسكندر,الإِسْكَنْدَر).
''al-Iskandarīyah'' ("of Alexander") is the Arabic name of the
Egyptian
Egyptian describes something of, from, or related to Egypt.
Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to:
Nations and ethnic groups
* Egyptians, a national group in North Africa
** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of years of ...
city of
Alexandria
Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...
.
Given name
Iskandar
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Sultan Iskandar (disambiguation) Sultan Iskandar may refer to:
* Sultan Iskandar Shah, commonly identified with Parameswara (king), 5th and last Raja of Singapura and 1st ruler of the Malacca Sultanate
* Sultan Mahmud Iskandar Shah, 11th Sultan of Perak
* Sultan Iskandar Zulkarnai ...
, names of several Muslim rulers who share the same title and name
*
Iskandar-i Shaykhi
Iskandar-i Shaykhi ( fa, اسکندر شیخی), was an Iranian from the Afrasiyab dynasty, who ruled Amul as a Timurid vassal from 1393 to 1403. He was the youngest son of Kiya Afrasiyab, who had initially established his rule in eastern Maza ...
(died 1403), ruler of the Afrasiyab dynasty from 1393 to 1403. He was the son and successor of Kiya Afrasiyab
*
Iskandar (Timurid dynasty)
Iskandar Mirza (1384 – 1415) was a member of the Timurid dynasty and the grandson of its founder, the Central Asian conqueror Timur. Iskandar was among the princes who attempted to claim the throne in the aftermath of Timur's death. He became a ...
(), ruler of Persia
*
Iskandar Dzhalilov
Iskandar Dzhalilov ( tg, Искандар Ҷалилов,( fa, اسکندر جلیلوف), born 1 June 1992) is a Tajik former professional footballer who played as a defender. Dzhalilov also holds Russian citizenship, and is second cousins ...
(born 1992), Tajikistani footballer
*
Iskandar Ghanem
Iskandar Ghanem (, 1911–2005) was a Lebanese army general who was the commander-in-chief of the Lebanese army in the period from 1971 to 1976. He was close to Suleiman Frangieh and held the post during his presidency.
Biography
Ghanem was born ...
(1911–2005), Lebanese army general
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Iskandar Jalil
Iskandar Jalil (born 5 January 1940) is a Singapore ceramist. He was awarded the Cultural Medallion for Visual Arts in 1988.
Early works
Contrary to the famous belief, Iskandar's early works was first made in the teacher training college instead o ...
(born 1940), Singaporean ceramist
*
Iskandar Khatloni (1954–2000), Tajikistani journalist
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Iskandar Muda
Iskandar Muda (1583? – 27 December 1636Yusra Habib Abdul Gani, accessed on 4 January 2007) was the twelfth Sulṭān of Acèh Darussalam, under whom the sultanate achieved its greatest territorial extent, holding sway as the strongest po ...
(), sultan of Aceh
*
Iskandar bin Rahmat
The Kovan double murders was a double murder case that occurred on 10 July 2013 at 14J Hillside Drive, Singapore. The murders were committed in the home of one of the victims, 67-year-old Tan Boon Sin. The other is his 42-year-old son, Tan C ...
(born 1979), convicted murderer in Singapore
*
Iskandar Ramis
Iskandar Ramis (born 25 July 1946) is an Indonesian military officer and politician who served as the vice governor of Bengkulu from 1996 to 2001.
Early life and military career
Iskandar was born on 25 July 1946 in Curup, a small town in the ...
(born 1946), vice governor of Bengkulu
*
Iskandar Safa
Iskandar Safa (born April 1952) is a French businessman of Lebanese origin. Together with his brother Akram Safa, he is the owner of Privinvest Holding, a major international naval construction group. In addition to this, Iskandar Safa and his ...
(born 1955), French businessman
*
Eskandar Shora
Eskandar (Alexander) Shura Ossipoff is a former Assyrian boxer who represented Iran at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He participated in the light heavyweight division where he was defeated in the second round by the Italy's Di Segni.Iskandar Thani
Iskandar Thani Alauddin Mughayat Syah (1610 – 15 February 1641) was the thirteenth sultan of Aceh, following the powerful Iskandar Muda. Iskandar Thani was the son of the 11th sultan of Pahang, Ahmad Shah II, who was brought to Aceh in the con ...
(1610–1641), sultan of Aceh
Iskander
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Iskander Hachicha
Iskander Hachicha ( ar, إسكندر حشيشة; born March 21, 1972) is a former Tunisian judo
is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed inte ...
(born 1972), Tunisian judoka
*
Iskander Mirza
Sahibzada Iskander Ali Mirza ( bn, ইস্কান্দার আলী মির্জা; ur, ; 13 November 1899 – 13 November 1969), , was a Pakistani Bengali general officer and civil servant who was the first President of Pakis ...
(1899–1969), first President of the Republic of Pakistan
Eskandar
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Eskandar II Jalal al-Dawla Iskandar was the ruler (''ustandar'') of the Baduspanids from 1333 to 1360. Under his rule, the kingdom reached its zenith. Taking advantage of the collapse of the Mongol Ilkhanate in 1335, he expanded his rule into the southern Albor ...
(died 1359), ruler of the Paduspanid dynasty
Eskinder
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Eskinder Nega
Eskinder Nega ( Ge'ez: እስክንድር ነጋ, born 7 November 1969) is an Ethiopian journalist, blogger and politician who has been jailed at least ten times by the Ethiopian government on convictions for treason and terrorism.
Early life
...
(1969-), Ethiopian journalist.
*
Eskinder Desta (Iskinder Desta) (1934–1974), member of the Ethiopian Imperial family and naval officer.
*
Eskender Mustafaiev (1981-), Russian-Ukrainian paralympic swimmer.
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Eskender
Eskender ( gez, እስክንድር, "Alexander"; 15 July 1471 – 7 May 1494) was Emperor of Ethiopia and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. His throne name was Kwestantinos II (Ge’ez: ቈስታንቲኖስ, "Constantine"). He was the son of Em ...
(Kwestantinos II or Constantine II) (1471-1494), Emperor of Ethiopia.
Scandar
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Scandar Copti
Scandar Copti (born 1975) is an Israeli filmmaker, film writer, actor and producer who brings social problem of the Arab society in Israel through video works.
Scandar defines himself as Palestinian.
Biography
Scandar Copti (or Cobti) is a Pa ...
(born 1975), Palestinian Israeli filmmaker
Skandar
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Skandar Keynes
Alexander Amin Caspar "Skandar" Keynes (born 5 September 1991) is an English political adviser and former actor. Best known for starring as Edmund Pevensie in ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' film series, he appeared in all three installments: ''Th ...
(born 1991), English political advisor and former actor
Others
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Skanderbeg
, reign = 28 November 1443 – 17 January 1468
, predecessor = Gjon Kastrioti
, successor = Gjon Kastrioti II
, spouse = Donika Arianiti
, issue = Gjon Kastrioti II
, royal house = Kastrioti
, father ...
(1405–1468), 15th century war lord and national hero of Albania
Surname
Iskandar
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Affifa Iskandar
Afifa Iskandar Estefan ( ar, عفيفة إسكندر إصطيفان) was an Iraqi singer throughout the middle of the 20th century. She was born on 10 December 1921 in Mosul, Iraq. She was considered one of the best female singers in Iraqi hist ...
(1921–2012), Iraqi singer
*
Anang Iskandar (born 1956), Indonesian police officer
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Azri Iskandar, Malaysian actor
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Charbel Iskandar
Charbel Iskandar () is a Lebanese actor. He has had roles on Lebanese television series such as ''The Game of Death (لعبة الموت'') and ''Cheri bil Taqseet''. He is also a stage actor and has worked in a number of voice-over roles.
Ref ...
(born 1966), Lebanese actor
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Djoko Iskandar
Djoko Tjahjono Iskandar (born 1950) is an Indonesian herpetologist who studies the amphibians of Southeast Asia and Australasia. He is a professor of biosystematics and ecology at Bandung Institute of Technology in West Java, Indonesia.
Iskandar h ...
(born 1950), Indonesian zoologist
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Irawati Iskandar
Irawati Iskandar (born Irawati Moerid; 31 October 1969) is a former Indonesian tennis player.
She made her debut as a professional in August 1989, aged 19, at the Indonesia Open in Jakarta. She is also sometimes known by her maiden name, Iraw ...
(born 1969), Indonesian tennis player
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Layla Iskandar
Layla Pascal "Lili" Iskandar ( ar, ليلى باسكال "ليلي" اسكندر; born 16 May 2002) is a Lebanese Women's association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Jordanian club Etihad Club, Etihad and the Leban ...
(born 2002), Lebanese footballer
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Mohd Azlan Iskandar
Mohamad Azlan bin Iskandar (born 1 June 1982, in Kuching, Sarawak), known as Mohd Azlan Iskandar, is a Malaysian squash player. He has reached the World No. 10 ranking and won the Kuala Lumpur Open and the Malaysian Open.
Career overview
Wi ...
(born 1982), Malaysian squash player
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Muhaimin Iskandar
Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar (born 24 September 1966), commonly shortened to Muhaimin Iskandar, though also colloquially known as Cak Imin or Gus Imin, is an Indonesians, Indonesian politician, who is currently serving as a List of Deputy Speakers of ...
(born 1966), Indonesian politician and government minister
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Noer Muhammad Iskandar (1955–2020), Indonesian Islamic cleric
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Nouri Iskandar
Nuri Iskandar ( syr, ܢܘܪܝ ܐܣܟܢܕܪ, ar, نوري إسكندر, born 1938 in Deir al-Zur, Syria), was an Assyrian Syrian musicologist and composer, he is known for his work in Assyrian/Syriac sacral and folk music.
Biography
Nuri I ...
(born 1938), Syrian musicologist and composer
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Nur Iskandar (born 1986), Indonesian footballer
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Samih Abdel Fattah Iskandar
Samih Abdel Fattah Iskandar ( ar, سميح عبد الفتاح إسكندر) served as International Commissioner of the Jordanian Association for Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, as well as the Chairman of the Arab Scout Committee.
In 1995, he was aw ...
, Jordanian scout official
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Syaiful Iskandar (born 1985), Singaporean footballer
Iskander
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Amin Iskander Amin Iskander (, ; born 1952) is an Egyptian politician, writer and activist.[Amin Iskandar](_blank)
' ...
(born 1952), Egyptian politician, writer and activist
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Fazil Iskander
Fazil Abdulovich Iskander (russian: Фази́ль Абду́лович Исканде́р; ab, Фазиль Абдул-иԥа Искандер; 6 March 1929 – 31 July 2016) was a Soviet and Russian"There's no doubt I'm a Russian writer who pr ...
(1929–2016), Soviet Russian novelist
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Laila Iskander, Egyptian entrepreneur and politician
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Magda Iskander, Egyptian entrepreneur
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Maryana Iskander
Maryana Iskander (; ar, ماريانا إسكندر; born September 1, 1975) is an Egyptian-born American social entrepreneur and lawyer. In 2022, she became the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Wikimedia Foundation, succeeding Katherine Ma ...
(born 1975), CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation
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Qara Iskander
Qara Iskandar ( az, قارا اسکندر, italic=no; ) ruled the Qara Qoyunlu or Black Sheep Turcoman tribe from 1420 to 1436. His struggles with the Timurid ruler Shah Rukh show that he was a brave leader, but he was not able to continue develo ...
(), ruler of the Kara Koyunlu
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Willem Iskander
Willem Iskander (1840–1876) was an Indonesian writer, nationalist, teacher and educator. He advocated for native Indonesian education in Dutch colonial times from North Sumatra. He founded Teacher Education School (Dutch:''Kweekschool Voor inl ...
(1840–1876), Indonesian writer, nationalist, teacher and educator
Military
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9K720 Iskander
The 9K720 Iskander (russian: «Искандер»; NATO reporting name SS-26 Stone) is a mobile short-range ballistic missile system produced and deployed by the Russian military. The missile systems () are to replace the obsolete OTR-21 ''Toc ...
, a Russian missile system.
See also
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İskender (disambiguation)
*
Skanderbeg (disambiguation)
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Sikandar
References
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Iranian masculine given names