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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Sikandar Mirza''' (or '''Iskander/Alexander Mirza''') (died 1613) was an Armenian merchant who travelled from [[Aleppo]] to [[Lahore]] and became a trusted figure within [[Akbar]]'s court in the [[Mughal Empire]].<ref name=jstor>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/44146996 "Mirza Zulqarnain - An Armenian Noble"] by Ruquiya K. Husain, ''[[Proceedings of the Indian History Congress]]'', Vol. 59 (1998), pp. 260-265. Via Jstor.org {{subscription required}}</ref><br />
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According to [[Mesrovb Jacob Seth]], he married Lady Juliana (died 1598),<ref name="Seth">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BlreO8bmK30C&pg=PA205|title=Armenians in India, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: A Work of Original Research|last=Seth|first=Mesrovb Jacob.|publisher=Asian Educational Services|year=2005|place=New Delhi|isbn=81-206-0812-7|pages=205}}</ref><ref>Not to be confused with [[Lady Juliana of Agra]]</ref> a doctor in Akbar's [[seraglio]],<ref name=seth93>[https://books.google.com/books?id=BlreO8bmK30C&pg=PA93 Seth, p. 93.]</ref> and the daughter of the Armenian chief justice [[Abdul Hai (chief justice)|Abdul Hai]].<ref name=seth2>[https://books.google.com/books?id=BlreO8bmK30C&pg=PA2 Seth, p. 2.]</ref> Seth says she was given to Sikandar by Akbar.<ref name=seth3>[https://books.google.com/books?id=BlreO8bmK30C&pg=PA3 Seth, p. 3.]</ref><br />
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His son was [[Mirza Zulqarnain]] (c. 1594 – c. 1656) who was an important official within the court of [[Shah Jahan]].<br />
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