![The romance and legend of Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) was recounted endlessly in Islamic art and literature from Southern Russia to the gates of India, often under the name of Iskandar. The romance and legend of Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) was recounted endlessly in Islamic art and literature from Southern Russia to the gates of India, often under the name of Iskandar.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/D96CGH/the-romance-and-legend-of-alexander-the-great-356-323-bc-was-recounted-D96CGH.jpg)
The romance and legend of Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) was recounted endlessly in Islamic art and literature from Southern Russia to the gates of India, often under the name of Iskandar.
![Farid al-Din `Attar | "Shaikh San'an beneath the Window of the Christian Maiden", Folio18r from a Mantiq al-tair (Language of the Birds) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art Farid al-Din `Attar | "Shaikh San'an beneath the Window of the Christian Maiden", Folio18r from a Mantiq al-tair (Language of the Birds) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/is/original/DT4820.jpg)
Farid al-Din `Attar | "Shaikh San'an beneath the Window of the Christian Maiden", Folio18r from a Mantiq al-tair (Language of the Birds) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
![Constellations of Ursa Major (right), Draco and Cepheus (left) from Persian Manuscript 373 | Wellcome Collection Constellations of Ursa Major (right), Draco and Cepheus (left) from Persian Manuscript 373 | Wellcome Collection](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0030655/full/full/0/default.jpg)