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Detailed explanation-1: -His name is recorded as both Iskandar () and Sikandar () in Classical Persian literature . He is known as Eskandar-e Maqdūnī ( “Alexander the Macedonian") in modern Iranian Persian.

Detailed explanation-2: -The legend of Alexander the Great spread across Europe and the Middle East in the Middle Ages. In Persian he is Iskandar or Sikandar, and the name is still sometimes borne by modern Iranians (and Indians), as is that of his Persian opponent, Daryush.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Macedonian king Alexander the Great (256–323 BCE), known in Persian as Iskandar, is celebrated in the Shahnameh as the valiant figure who defeats the Achaemenid dynasty and takes the role of a great Iranian King. However, in keeping with the epic, many of his achievements were exaggerated and fictionalized.

Detailed explanation-4: -Alexander’s name took local flavors-in Persia, he was called “Iskander”, possibly a shortened form of “Al-Iskander.” Iskander also took the form of Sikander or Sikandar. Did you know that Sikandar, in Persian and Hindi, means “conqueror” or “warrior”?

Detailed explanation-5: -Iskandar, Iskander, Askander, Eskinder, or Scandar (Arabic: (Persian: Eskandar or Skandar), is a variant of the given name Alexander in cultures such as Iran (Persia), Arabia and others throughout the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia.