Sikandar

Sikandar is the Persian rendition of the name Alexander. When the Greek king Alexander the Great conquered Persia, the Persians called him Sikandar lidi, meaning "defender" or "warrior". It is a variant of Iskandar.

People

Rulers

• Alexander the Great (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 (died 1559), Sultan of Delhi
• Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III (1768–1829), Nizam of Hyderabad

Other people

• Sikandar Hayat Khan (1892–1942), politician in British India
• Sikandar Abu Zafar (1918–1975), Bangladeshi journalist and poet
• Sikander Bakht (1918–2004), Indian politician
• Sikander Bakht (born 1957), Pakistani cricketer
• Sikandar Kher (born 1982), Indian actor
• Sikandar Sultan, Pakistani businessman
• Sikandar Raza (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, 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

See also

• Iskandar (disambiguation)
• İskender (disambiguation)
• Sikandarabad (disambiguation)
• Sikanderpur (disambiguation)