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Sikandar (sometimes Sikander) is Persian variant of Alexander, which is Ancient Greek for "defender" or "warrior" (literally "the man who repels [enemies]"). When Alexander of Macedonia conquered Persia, the Persians called him Sikandar lidi, a variant of Iskandar.

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• People
• Rulers
• Other people
• Places
• Media
• See also

People

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 film), an Indian Hindi-language film directed by AR Murugadoss
• Sikandar, a fictional villain in the 2001 Indian film Farz, portrayed by Mukesh Tiwari

See also

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

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