Iskandar

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Iskandar, Iskander, Askander, Eskinder, or Scandar (Persian: اسکندر Eskandar or سکندر Skandar), is the Middle East variant of the given name Alexander after Alexander the Great, as preserved by various cultures such as Iran (Persia), Arabia and others of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia through works such as the Iskandarnamah and Sirr al-Asrar.

The Arabic version may also add the definite-article prefix al-, giving al-ʾiskandar (Arabic: الاسكندر,الإِسْكَنْدَر).

al-Iskandarīyah ("of Alexander") is the Arabic name of the Egyptian city of Alexandria.

Given name[]

Iskandar[]

• Sultan Iskandar (disambiguation), names of several Muslim rulers who share the same title and name
• Iskandar-i Shaykhi (died 1403), ruler of the Afrasiyab dynasty from 1393 to 1403. He was the son and successor of Kiya Afrasiyab
• Iskandar (Timurid dynasty) (fl. 1412 – c. 1414), ruler of Persia
• Iskandar Dzhalilov (born 1992), Tajikistani footballer
• Iskandar Jalil (born 1940), Singapore ceramist
• Iskandar Khatloni (1954–2000), Tajikistani journalist
• Iskandar Muda (c. 1583 – c. 1636), sultan of Aceh
• Iskandar Safa (born 1955), French businessman
• Eskandar Shora (fl. 1948), Iranian boxer
• Iskandar Thani (1610–1641), sultan of Aceh
• Iskandar bin Rahmat (1979–), convicted murderer in Singapore.
• Iskandar Ramis (1946–), vice governor of Bengkulu

Iskander[]

• Iskander Hachicha (born 1972), Tunisian judoka
• Iskander Mirza (1899–1969), first President of the Republic of Pakistan

Eskandar[]

• Eskandar II (died 1359), ruler of the Paduspanid dynasty

Eskinder[]

• Eskinder Nega (1969-), Ethiopian journalist.
• Eskinder Desta (Iskinder Desta) (1934-1974), member of the Ethiopian Imperial family and naval officer.
• Eskender Mustafaiev (1981-), Russian-Ukrainian paralympic swimmer.
• Eskender (Kwestantinos II or Constantine II) (1471-1494), Emperor of Ethiopia.

Scandar[]

• Scandar Copti (born 1975), Palestinian Israeli filmmaker

Skandar[]

• Skandar Keynes (born 1991), English political advisor and former actor

Others[]

• Skanderbeg (1405–1468), 15th century war lord and national hero of Albania

Surname[]

Iskandar[]

• Affifa Iskandar (1921–2012), Iraqi singer
• Anang Iskandar (born 1956), Indonesian police officer
• Azri Iskandar, Malaysian actor
• Charbel Iskandar (born 1966), Lebanese actor
• Djoko Iskandar (born 1950), Indonesian zoologist
• Irawati Iskandar (born 1969), Indonesian tennis player
• Layla Iskandar (born 2002), Lebanese footballer
• Mohd Azlan Iskandar (born 1982), Malaysian squash player
• Muhaimin Iskandar (born 1966), Indonesia politician and government minister
• Noer Muhammad Iskandar (1955–2020), Indonesian Islamic cleric
• Nur Iskandar (born 1986), Indonesian footballer
• (1958–2020), Indonesian voice actress
• Nouri Iskandar (born 1938), Syrian musicologist and composer
• Samih Abdel Fattah Iskandar
• Syaiful Iskandar (born 1985), Singaporean footballer

Iskander[]

• Amin Iskander (born 1952), Egyptian politician, writer and activist
• Fazil Iskander (1929–2016), Soviet Russian novelist
• Laila Iskander, Egyptian entrepreneur and politician
• Magda Iskander, Egyptian entrepreneur
• Maryana Iskander, incoming CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation
• Qara Iskander (fl. 1420 – c. 1436), ruler of the Kara Koyunlu
• Willem Iskander (1840–1876), Indonesian writer, nationalist, teacher and educator

Military[]

• 9K720 Iskander, a Russian missile system.

See also[]

• İskender (disambiguation)

References[]

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