Alexander the Great
(d. 334 B.C.E. )
Arabic al-Iskandar. Conqueror of Egypt and the Persian Achaemenid Empire and founder of cities. Often identified with Dhu al-Qarnayn, “the two-horned” of the Quran ( 18:83–94 ), who figures prominently in Muslim eschatology by serving the cause of the righteous. Considered a Muslim believer and by some a prophet.