Al Iskandar Al Maqduni

Alexander, king of the Greeks, who came out of the city of Macedon. This picture is given in the "Fihrist" in the words of Abu Sahl ibn Nawbakht, and is a narrative of Persian character on which the museum makes no judgement. ²

He invaded the land of Persia, killed Dara son of Dara the king and seized his kingdom. He destroyed the cities, burned what was in the kinds of building of the knowledge carved in stone and wood, and copied what was gathered in the records of Istakhr, carrying it into the Greek and Coptic tongues. He took from the science of the stars, medicine and the natural sciences, and sent them to Egypt. ²