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

king King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the ...

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 lidi, meaning "defender" or "warrior". It is a variant of ''

Iskandar Iskandar, Iskander, Askander, Eskinder, or Scandar ( ar, إسكندر ( fa, اسکندر ''Eskandar'' or سکندر ''Skandar''), is a variant of the given name Alexander in cultures such as Iran (Persia), Arabia and others throughout the Middle Ea ...

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(BC 356–323), also known as Sikandar-i-Azam *

Sikandar Khan Ghazi Sikandar Khān Ghāzī ( fa, , bn, সিকান্দার খান গাজী) was the first wazir of Srihat under the Lakhnauti Kingdom ruled by Shamsuddin Firuz Shah. Prior to this, Khan was one of the commanders of the Battles of G ...

(14th century), Vizier of Sylhet * Abul Mujahid Sikandar Shah (died 1390), Sultan of Bengal * Sikandar Shah Miri Butshikan (1353–1413), Sultan of Kashmir *

Nuruddin Sikandar Shah Nuruddin Sikandar Shah ( bn, নূরউদ্দীন সিকান্দর শাহ, fa, ) was the Sultan of Bengal in 1481 CE for a brief number of days. Early life and background Sikandar was born in the 15th-century into a ruling cl ...

(15th century), Sultan of Bengal *

Sikandar Khan Lodi Sikandar Khan Lodi ( fa, ; died 21 November 1517), born Nizam Khan ( fa, ), was 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 a ...

(1458–1517), Sultan of Delhi *

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 ...

(died 1559), Sultan of Delhi *

Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III Nawab Mir Akbar Ali Khan Siddiqi Bahadur, Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III (11 November 1768 – 21 May 1829), was the 3rd Nizam/Ruler of Hyderabad, India from 1803 to 1829. He was born in Chowmahalla Palace in the Khilwath, the second son of Asaf ...

(1768–1829), Nizam of Hyderabad

Other people

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 (British India), Punjab who served as the Prime ...

(1892–1942), politician in British India *

Sikandar Abu Zafar Sikandar Abu Zafar (19 March 1918 – 5 August 1975) was a Bangladeshi journalist and poet. Early life and education Zafar passed the entrance examination in 1936 from Tala B Dey Institute in Satkhira. He received his IA degree from Ripon College, ...

(1918–1975), Bangladeshi journalist and poet *

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, ...

(1918–2004), Indian politician *

(born 1957), Pakistani cricketer *

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'', ' ...

(born 1982), Indian actor *

Sikandar Sultan Sikandar Sultan is a Pakistani entrepreneur and philanthropist who is the 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 an independent comp ...

, Pakistani businessman *

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 ...

(born 1986), Pakistani-Zimbabwean cricketer.

Places

Secunderabad Secunderabad, also spelled as Sikandarabad (, ), is a twin city of Hyderabad and one of the six zones of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in the Indian state of Telangana. It is the headquarters of the South Central Railway ...

, a city in Telangana, India, named after Sikandar Jah *

Sekandar, Markazi Sos Kondar ( fa, سسكندر, also Romanized as Seskandar and Seskondar; also known as Sekandar, Sekander, and Suskandūr) is a village in Baqerabad Rural District, in the Central District of Mahallat County, Markazi Province, Iran Ir ...

, a village in Markazi Province, Iran *

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, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran *

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

* ''Sikandar'' (1941 film), an Indian film by Sohrab Modi about Alexander the Great * ''Sikandar'' (2009 film), an Indian Hindi-language film directed by Piyush Jha * ''Sikander'', a 2013 Indian Punjabi-language film ** ''

Sikander 2 ''Sikander 2'' is an Indian Punjabi-language action film directed by Manav Shah and written by Dheeraj Rattan. It stars Kartar Cheema, Guri and Sawan Rupowali in lead roles. The film was released theatrically on 2 August 2019. It is a sequel ...

'', its sequel film by Manav Shah

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