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Dhu'l-Qarnayn
ذو القرنين ar ذوالقرنین fa
Figure in the Quran
- Also called Qissat Dhulqarnayn, Qissat Dhi al-Qarnayn, Dhū'l-Qarnayn
A life on the record,
dated by its sources.
Roles, not beliefs
Overview
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Life
Affiliation
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What this means
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Texts
In the texts
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Connections
How Dhu'l-Qarnayn connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Identification 9
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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identified with Alexander the Great king of Macedonia and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia (356–323 BC) -
identified with Cyrus the Great founder of the Achaemenid Empire (559–529 BC) -
identified with Darius I The fourth and greatest Achaemenid emperor (522–486 BC) -
identified with Gilgamesh Sumerian ruler and protagonist of the Epic of Gilgamesh -
identified with Heraclius Byzantine emperor from 610 to 641 -
identified with Imru' al-Qays ibn 'Amr Second Lakhmid king - identified with Messiah ben Joseph Messiah in Jewish eschatology
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identified with Moses Abrahamic prophet said to have led the Israelites out of Egypt -
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identified with Oghuz Khagan legendary khan of the Turkic people, eponymous ancestor of Oghuz Turks
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