Sikandar Khan Ghazi

Sikandar Khan Ghazi (Persian: سکندر خان غازی‎, Bengali: সিকান্দার খান গাজী, Sikandar Khān Ghāzī) also known as Sikander Shah (Persian: سکندر شاه‎, Bengali: সিকান্দর শাহ) was the first wazir of the Gour (North Sylhet) under the Lakhnauti Kingdom ruled by Shamsuddin Firuz Shah. Prior to this, Khan was one of the commanders of the Battles of Gour during the Conquest of Sylhet in 1303. Early Persian manuscripts and inscriptions relating to Shah Jalal name Sikandar Khan Ghazi as well, highlighting his role as a commander in the battles.

Sikandar Khan Ghazi's maternal uncle was the Sultan of Lakhnauti, Shamsuddin Firuz Shah. He was of Turco-Persian tradition, and entered Bengal alongside Firuz.

Sikandar Khan was appointed as a commander of an army and took part in many expeditions across Bengal. He defeated Raja Matuk of the Sundarbans in South Bengal. He accompanied Firuz in the conquests of Sonargaon and Satgaon, in order to reach the Sylhet region.

Shaykh Burhan ad-Din, a Muslim living in Gour, notified Shamsuddin Firuz Shah of the injustice he was facing and Firuz ordered Sikandar to lead the expedition to Gour. Sikandar's army, however, were inexperienced in the foreign hilly terrain and had no option but to retreat back to Bengal to avoid casualties. When Shah Jalal arrived in Bengal, Sikandar met him and greeted him with respect. He asked the cleric to join him in the expedition and that it is not the Raja's wealth and property which he wants but rather to propagate Islam in the Sylhet region. With the assistance of Shah Jalal and Syed Nasiruddin, the Conquest of Gour was successful. The King of the Gour Kingdom, Raja Gour Govinda escaped to Harong Hurong cave and was never heard of again.

Following the conquest, Sikandar was made the wazir and ruled over Srihatta.

Khan drowned whilst journeying on a boat in the Surma River and his body was never found. He was succeeded by Haydar Ghazi, who was appointed by Shah Jalal. This shows that Khan's death took place before 1346, which was the year of Shah Jalal's death. There is a poem found in the biography of Shah Jalal, Tarikh-e-Jalali, which mentions the incident.