Sikandar
Sikandar is the Persian rendition of the name Alexander. When the Greek king Alexander the Great conquered Persia, the Persians called him Sikandar, meaning "defender" or "warrior". It is a variant of Iskandar.
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People
Rulers
- Alexander the Great, also known as Sikandar-i-Azam
- Sikandar Khan Ghazi, first wazir of Sylhet
- Sikandar Shah Miri, (also referred to as Sikandar 'Butshikan'), Sultan of Kashmir
- Sikandar Lodi of the Lodi dynasty
- Sikandar Shah, 2nd Ilyas Shahi Sultan of Bengal
- Nuruddin Sikandar Shah, Sultan of Bengal
- Sikandar Shah Suri, Sultan of new Delhi
Other people
- Sikandar Hayat Khan, politician in British India
- Sikandar Khan Khoso, Pakistani politician and poet
- Sikandar Kher, Indian actor
- Sikandar Jah, also known as Mir Akbar Ali Khan Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III, ruler of Hyderabad
- Sikandar Sultan, Pakistani businessman
- Sikander Bakht, Indian politician
- Sikander Bakht, Pakistani cricketer
- Sikandar Raza, Pakistani-Zimbabwean cricketer
Places
- Secunderabad, a city in Telangana, India
- Sekandar, Markazi, a village in Markazi Province, Iran
- Sikandar, Iran, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
- Sikandar Bagh, a fortified villa and garden in Lucknow, India, a sepoy stronghold during the Indian Mutiny
Media
- Sikandar (1941 film), a Bollywood film directed by Sohrab Modi
- Sikandar (2009 film), a Bollywood film directed by Piyush Jha
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