Sikandar is the Persian rendition of the name Alexander. When the Macedonian 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
- Alauddin Khalji (1266–1316), Sultan of Delhi, who minted coins using the title Sikandar-e-Sani (The Second Alexander)
- 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
- Sikandar Shah, Sultan of Bengal (1358–1390)
- Nuruddin Sikandar Shah (15th century), Sultan of Bengal
- Sikandar Khan Lodi (1458–1517), Sultan of Delhi
- Sikandar Shah of Gujarat, ruler of Gujarat Sultanate (died 1526)
- 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
- Sikandar (2025), an Indian Hindi-language film directed by AR Murugadoss
See also
- Iskandar (disambiguation)
- İskender (disambiguation)
- Sikandarabad (disambiguation)
- Sikanderpur (disambiguation)
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