Iskander
Proper noun
Meaning
Iskander (plural Iskanders)
A surname from Arabic.
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Examples
Kuhn, pp. 5, 12 and 125 Of the other novels of the early 1830s, Alroy is described by Blake as "profitable but unreadable", Blake (1967), p. 787 and The Rise of Iskander (1833), The Infernal Marriage and Ixion in Heaven (1834) made little impact.
However, this peaceful period was shattered with the rise of Qara Iskander between 1420 and 1436, who reportedly made Armenia a "desert" and subjected it to "devastation and plunder, to slaughter, and captivity".
Maryana Iskander is CEO and Evan Jones is Group Strategy Director of the Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator.
Images of it bear a resemblance to the Russian 9K720 Iskander missile which, although not purchased by China from Russia, could have been acquired from former Soviet states.
Like the Iskander, the DF-12 reportedly has built-in countermeasures including terminal maneuverability to survive against missile defense systems.
The career civil service officer Major-General (retired) Iskander Mirza became the country's first President, but the system did not evolved for more than the three years, when Mirza imposed the martial law in 1958.