Sikandar is the

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rendition of the name

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. When the Greek

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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 ...

conquered Persia, the Persians called him Sikandar lidi, meaning "defender" or "warrior". It is a variant of '' Iskandar''.

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(BC 356–323), also known as Sikandar-i-Azam * Sikandar Khan Ghazi (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 (15th century), Sultan of Bengal * Sikandar Khan Lodi (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 (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 who served as the Premier of the Punjab, amon ...

(1892–1942), politician in British India * Sikandar Abu Zafar (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 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 *

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, a city in Telangana, India, named after Sikandar Jah * Sekandar, Markazi, a village in Markazi Province, Iran * Sikandar, Iran, 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'', its sequel film by Manav Shah

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