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Sikandar is Persian for "defender" or "warrior". When Alexander of Macedonia conquered Persia, the Persians called him Sikandar lidi, a variant of Iskandar. People
Sikandar is claimed to have met a prolonged and painful death, [n] seemingly from elephantiasis, in April 1413. [4] [o] After his death, Sikandar's eldest son Mir was anointed as the Sultan, having adopted the title of Ali Shah. [4] Two years later, Mir was succeeded by Shadi Khan, who adopted the name Zain-ul-Abidin. [7] [1]
[11] [12] He was the son of the erstwhile king of Macedon, Philip II, and his fourth wife, Olympias (daughter of Neoptolemus I, king of Epirus). [13] Although Philip had seven or eight wives, Olympias was his principal wife for some time, likely because she gave birth to Alexander. [14] Roman medallion depicting Olympias, Alexander's mother
Sikandar Lodi agreed to these terms, and left. Historian Kishori Saran Lal theorizes that Vinayaka Deva had not lost Dholpur at all: this narrative was created by the Delhi chroniclers to flatter the Sultan. [7] In 1504, Sikandar Lodi resumed his war against the Tomar King's of Gwalior.
The Tomb of Sikandar Lodi. Sikandar Khan Lodi (r. 1489–1517) (born Nizam Khan), the second son of Bahlul, succeeded him after his death on 17 July 1489 and took up the title Sikandar Shah. His father nominated him as his successor and he was crowned sultan on 15 July 1489. He founded Agra in 1504 and built mosques.
If Alexander had been poisoned, he should surely have been given a massive dose which was absolutely certain to kill him at once. And yet Diaries, pamphlets and official calendars insist that twelve days elapsed between Medius's fateful banquet and the death of the king." [6] "The Funeral of Iskandar," Folio from a Shahnama (Persian Book of ...
Of those who accompanied Alexander to India, Aristobulus, Onesicritus, and Nearchus wrote about the Indian campaign. [6] The only surviving contemporary account of Alexander's Indian campaign is a report of the voyage of the naval commander Nearchus, [7] who was tasked with exploring the coast between the Indus River and the Persian Gulf. [6]
The Battle of the Hydaspes also known as Battle of Jhelum, or First Battle of Jhelum, was fought between Alexander the Great and Porus in May of 326 BCE. It took place on the banks of the Hydaspes River in what is now the Punjab province of Pakistan, [17] as part of Alexander's Indian campaign.