Sikandar is the
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
rendition of the 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 ...
. When the Greek emperor
Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip II to ...
conquered Persia, the Persians called him Sikandar, meaning "defender" or "warrior". It is a variant of ''
Iskandar''.
People
Rulers
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Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip II to ...
, also known as Sikandar-i-Azam
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Sikandar Khan Ghazi, first wazir of Sylhet
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Sikandar Shah Miri
Sikandar Shah (Sikandar Butshikan – "Sikandar, the Iconoclast") was the sixth sultan of the Shah Miri dynasty of Kashmir from 1389 to 1413.
Sources
The only contemporaneous source that exists is the Rajatarangini (lit. Flow of Succession ...
, (also referred to as Sikandar 'Butshikan'), Sultan of Kashmir
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Sikandar Lodi
Sikandar Khan Lodi (died 21 November 1517), born Nizam Khan, was a Pashtun Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate between 1489 and 1517. He became ruler of the Lodi dynasty after the death of his father Bahlul Khan Lodi in July 1489. The second and most ...
of the Lodi dynasty
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Sikandar Shah
Abul Mujāhid Sikandar Shāh ( bn, আবুল মুজাহিদ সিকান্দর শাহ, fa, ), commonly known as Sikandar Shah; was the second Sultan of Bengal and the Ilyas Shahi dynasty. He was the son of Shamsuddin Ilyas S ...
, 2nd Ilyas Shahi Sultan of Bengal
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Nuruddin Sikandar Shah, Sultan of Bengal
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Sikandar Shah Suri
Sikandar Shah Suri (died 1559) was the sixth ruler of the Sur dynasty, a late medieval Pashtun dynasty of northern India. He became the sultan of Delhi after overthrowing Ibrahim Shah Suri.
Early life
Sikandar Shah Suri's actual name was Ahm ...
, Sultan of new Delhi
Other people
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Sikandar Hayat Khan
'' Khan Bahadur'' Captain Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan, (5 June 1892 – 26 December 1942), also written Sikandar Hyat-Khan or Sikandar Hyat Khan, was an Indian politician and statesman from the Punjab who served as the Premier of the Punjab, amon ...
, British Raj politician
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Sikandar Khan Khoso, Pakistani politician and poet
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Sikandar Kher
Sikandar Kher (born 31 October 1981) is an Indian actor. He made his acting debut with the film, ''Woodstock Villa'' (2008). In the subsequent years, Kher went to be a part of multi-starrers such as '' Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey'', '' Players'', ...
, Indian actor
* Sikandar Jah, also known as
Mir Akbar Ali Khan Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III, ruler of Hyderabad
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Sikandar Sultan
Sikandar Sultan is a Pakistani entrepreneur and philanthropist who is the Organizational founder, founder and now Chairman of Shan Food Industries. In 1981, Sultan was the first person to recognize and take advantage of the potential of launching ...
, Pakistani businessman
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Sikander Bakht
Sikander Bakht (24 August 1918 – 23 February 2004) was an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who served as the 15th governor of Kerala from 2002 until his death. He was elected as the Vice President of the BJP, ...
, Indian politician
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Sikander Bakht
Sikander Bakht (24 August 1918 – 23 February 2004) was an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who served as the 15th governor of Kerala from 2002 until his death. He was elected as the Vice President of the BJP, ...
, Pakistani cricketer
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Sikandar Raza
Sikandar Raza Butt (} ; born 24 April 1986) is a Pakistani-born Zimbabwean international cricketer, who plays all formats primarily as a batter.
Born in Sialkot, Raza emigrated to Zimbabwe in 2002 along with his family. He soon became one of ...
, Pakistani-Zimbabwean cricketer
Places
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Secunderabad, a city in Telangana, India
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Sekandar, Markazi, a village in Markazi Province, Iran
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Sikandar, Iran, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
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Sikandar Bagh
Sikandar Bagh ( hi, सिकन्दर बाग़, ur, سِکندر باغ), formerly known by the British as Sikunder/Sikandra/Secundra Bagh, is a villa and garden enclosed by a fortified wall, with loopholes, gateway and corner bastions, ...
, a fortified villa and garden in Lucknow, India, a sepoy stronghold during the Indian Mutiny
Media
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''Sikandar'' (1941 film), a Bollywood film directed by Sohrab Modi
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''Sikandar'' (2009 film), a Bollywood film directed by Piyush Jha
See also
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Iskandar
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İskender
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