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Iskandar or Eskandar is the Eastern variant of the given name Alexander after Alexander the Great, as preserved by various cultures such as Persia (now Iran) and others of the Middle East and Central Asia through works such as the Quran and Iskandarnamah. The Arabic version (اسكندر, إِسْكَنْدَر) may also add the definite-article prefix al-, giving al-Iskandar. Popularly, people know him as al-Eskandar, that literally adds "the great" to his name.

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Notable persons with the name include:

Given name

  • 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. 1412-1414), ruler of Persia
  • Skanderbeg (1405–1468), 15th century war lord and national hero of Albania
  • Eskandar II (died 1359), ruler of the Paduspanid dynasty
  • Iskander Akhmadeyev (born 1993), Russian footballer
  • Iskandar Dzhalilov (born 1992), Tajikistani footballer
  • Iskander Hachicha (born 1972), Tunisian judoka
  • Iskandar Jalil (born 1940), Singapore ceramist
  • Iskandar Khatloni (1954–2000), Tajikistani journalist
  • Iskander Mirza (1899–1969), first President of the Republic of Pakistan
  • Iskander Mominbekov (born 1986), Kazakhstani weightlifter
  • Iskandar Muda (c. 1583–1636), sultan of Aceh
  • Iskandar Safa (born 1955), French businessman
  • Eskandar Shora (fl. 1948), Iranian boxer
  • Iskandar Thani (1610–1641), sultan of Aceh

    • Surname

  • Affifa Iskandar (1921–2012), Iraqi singer
  • Anang Iskandar (born 1956), Indonesian police officer
  • Amin Iskander (born 1952), Egyptian politician, writer and activist
  • Azri Iskandar, Malaysian actor
  • Charbel Iskandar (born 1966), Lebanese actor
  • Djoko Iskandar (born 1950), Indonesian zoologist
  • Fazil Iskander (1929–2016), Soviet Russian novelist
  • FD Iskandar (born 1968), Malaysian businessman
  • Irawati Iskandar (born 1969), Indonesian tennis player
  • Layla Iskandar (born 1984), Lebanese singer
  • Laila Iskander, Egyptian entrepreneur and politician
  • Magda Iskander, Egyptian entrepreneur
  • Mohd Azlan Iskandar (born 1982), Malaysian squash player
  • Muhaimin Iskandar (born 1966), Indonesia politician and government minister
  • Nur Iskandar (born 1986), Indonesian footballer
  • Nouri Iskandar (born 1938), Syrian musicologist and composer
  • Samih Abdel Fattah Iskandar
  • Syaiful Iskandar (born 1985), Singaporean footballer
  • Qara Iskander (fl. 1420-1436), ruler of the Kara Koyunlu
  • Willem Iskander (1840–1876), Indonesian writer, nationalist, teacher and educator

    • References

    Iskandar Wikipedia
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