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Alexander the Great in the Quran

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Alexander the Great in the Quran

Summary

Alexander the Great in the Quran is a Quranic character[1]. It draws 461 Wikipedia views per month (quranic_character category, ranking #4 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alexander the Great in the Quran's instance of is recorded as Quranic character[3].
  • Alexander the Great in the Quran's Commons category is recorded as Iskandar Dhul-Qarnayn[4].
  • Alexander the Great in the Quran's facet of is recorded as Dhul-Qarnayn[5].
  • Alexander the Great in the Quran's facet of is recorded as Alexander the Great[6].
  • Alexander the Great in the Quran's different from is recorded as Alexander the Great[7].

Body

Definition and Type

Alexander the Great in the Quran's instance of is recorded as Quranic character[3].

Why It Matters

Alexander the Great in the Quran draws 461 Wikipedia views per month (quranic_character category, ranking #4 of 8).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8]

Related Entities

Alexander the Great Dhul-Qarnayn

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Quranic character
    Facet of → Dhul-Qarnayn, Alexander the Great
    Different from → Alexander the Great
    Aliases → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007293310005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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