There are many mercenaries in Alexander's army, so that we can find most probably Türks among them. That is why I searched the book "Whos Who in the Age of Alexander the Great Prosopography of Alexanders Empire by Waldemar Heckel.
Here are the results:
name | who | possible Türkic name | meaning |
Agathocles (Agathokles) | Samian taxiarches in Alexander’s army (presumably a com- mander of allied infantry, perhaps mercen- aries) | okle: oglu | agit-: to lift higher |
Apama | there are two: Daughter of Spitamenes and Daughter of Artabazus. See s.v. Artacama. | apa ama | both mean Mutter |
Argilias | Son of Laonicus. A cavalryman from Orchomenus, he served with Alexander’s allied cavalry until the expedi- tion reached Ecbatana in 330 | argıl/ırgıl | fortune teller (<ırk-) |
Assacenus | Assakanos:. Indian dynast; leader of the Assacenians, whose kingdom centered on the area between the Panjkora (Guraeus) and Swat rivers. | khan | Türkic title |
Attalus | there are 4 | ata | father; atali: he who has a father (hw who has a past/a good family?) |
Bagodaras | Cobares, Gobares). For the name see Justi 60 (cf. Briant 740 for the rar- ity of Medes in the Alexander historians). A Mede – possibly a magus (C 7.4.8) – who remained with Bessus after he usurped the kingship | bagatur | the hero |
Balakros | there are 3 | balak | little child; Balak-er? |
Barsine | Daughter of Artabazus | bars | leopard |
Caranus | there are 2 | karanu | darkness (dark skinned?) |
Delios | phesian of unknown family, companion (hetairos) of Plato. Sent by the Asiatic Greeks to Alexander (perhaps at Corinth in 336) to encourage him to campaign against Persia (PM 1126d). | deli/teli | crazy, mad |
Erigyius | Son of Larichus and brother of Laomedon (A 3.6.5, 11.10). A Mytilenaean by birth (D 17.57.3), Erigyius was a naturalized Makedon, having been granted property in Amphipolis | erig | wild |
Euctemon | One of the spokesmen of the mutilated Greeks (cf. s.v. Theaetetus) who encountered Alexander’s army between the Araxes River and Persepolis. | öktem | proud, imposing |
Euthycles | Spartan, presum- ably a relative of the ambassador of the same name sent to the Persian court in 367 | ötük > Ötüklü | prayer; boots > with prayers; with boots |
Gergithius | Quintessential flatterer of Alexander | kerki: adze, mattock | kerkit: a kind of tool for webbing rugs |
Gorgatas | Gorgatas. A young Macedonian, Gorgatas was a favorite of the queen mother, Olympias, and taken against her wishes from the court to Asia by Amyntas son of Andromenes | korkut | still a Turkish name (korku: fear) |
Gorgias | Macedonian. Hetairos of Alexander. He commanded a battalion of discharged veterans in 324, but this does not mean that he himself was born ca. 380, as Berve ii.113 maintains. (There is an other Macedonian with this name) | gorgu/gorgi | fear (like in Gorgones) |
Gorgus [1]. (Gorgos). | reek from Iasus. Son of Theodotus and brother of Minnion (SIG3 307). Hoplophylax of Alexander, Gorgus was apparently also a shameless flatterer; for in Ecbatana in 324 he offered the King, whom he addressed as “son of Amun,” a golden crown worth some 3,000 staters and promised to supply armor and equipment for a siege of Athens (there is an other Greek with this name) | gorgu/gorgi | fear |
Harpalus | Son of Machatas (A 3.6.4), in all probability the nephew of Philip’s Elimeiot wife Phila | arpağ > arpağlı | magic > magical |
Holcias (Holkias, Olkias, Olcias). | Perhaps Illyrian, though Berve ii.283 identifies him as Macedonian (cf. Hoffmann 211–12). This enigmatic figure, who plays such an important role in the events described by the political pamphlet on The Last Days and Testament of Alexander the Great 373 and who may be the author of the tract, is attested only once outside the work: Holcias, a commander of infantry, led an uprising of some 3,000 troops against Antigonus in 319 bc. | alkı | praise |
Iolaus | there are 3 (2 of them Macedonian) | Yolluğ/Yollug | lucky |
Mauaces | Commander of the Sacae (i.e., Scythian) mounted archers (hippotoxotai) at Gaugamela | bayak | predecessor; bay: rich, numerous |
Musicanus (Mousikanos | Indian dynast of southwestern Sogdia; ruler of the Mushika. | buzi-kan | khan: the Türkic title |
Ochus (Ochos) | Son of Darius III and Stateira, | okuz/öküz: | bull |
Orontopates | Prominent Persian, as is clear from his later position at Gaugamela (331 bc) and son-in-law of Pixodarus, who had usurped the satrapy of Caria | oron | throne |
Orthagoras. | Author of a work called Indikoi Logoi, men- tioned by both Nearchus and Onesicritus. | orta: the middle | gor: place?, koru: protected place? |
Oropius | The name is uncertain and looks more like an ethnic, but it could be a corruption of an Iranian name. Dexippus makes the curious comment that Oropius ruled Susiana not by “ances- tral right” but as an appointee of Alexander | orop: to warp, to tie | to bridle |
Oxicanus | he form Oxycanus (given by Berve no. 587) is unattested in the MSS. Indian dynast, nomarches of a region of Sind, perhaps based at the city of Azeika (PtGeog 7.1.57; Eggermont 12). He did not submit to Alexander, who was sailing down the Indus from Alor (Musicanus’ realm; summer 325) and took two of his cities by assault, capturing Oxicanus in the second (A 6.16.1–2). | okuz/öküz: bull | khan: the Türkic title |
Parysatis | The youngest daughter of Artaxerxes III Ochus | pars/paris | leopard |
Porticanus | ndian dynast (Str 15.1.33 [701]), ruler of the Praesti (C 9.8.11; cf. Lassen ii2 186). Eggermont 11–12 would make him ruler of Pardabathra (PtGeog 7.1.58); hence we should distinguish between Oxicanus (A 6.16.1–2), who ruled Azeika | khan | Türkic title |
Sabictas | Possibly a high-ranking Persian – or perhaps a native Cappadocian – Sabictas was appointed satrap of Cappadocia near Taurus | sabık | it is a very old personal name (Sabık Basar) |
Satibarzanes | Satibarzanes. Noble Persian. Satrap of Areia and commander of the satrapal levies at Gaugamela (A 3.8.4). He is otherwise unattested in the battle. | satı-bars | satı-barsın? of SATI-BARS? Sati is a very old personal name. |
Sauaces | (Sabakes; Sauakes; also Sataces, Tasiakes or Stasiakes). Satrap of Egypt under Darius III, in late 333 bc Sauaces led the Egyptian contingent to Issus where he fell on the battlefield | sayak: from say-: to be respectful | or maybe sayak like yellow? |
Sibyrtius | Macedonian | Sibir/siber/Sawur, etc. | a Türkic peoples |
Sippas | The name is otherwise unattested. Sippas was left as strategos in Macedonia, when Antipater moved south into Thessaly in 323 | sıpa<sıp | 2-year-old colt; donkey colt |
Sisines | (Also Sisenes). Prominent Persian, but of unknown family back- ground. According to Curtius | sis: sharp stick | şişen: he who swells (fat), from „sɨš-, šɨš-, šiš-„1 to swell 2 swelling, tumour |
Sisygambis | (also Sisyngambris). Mother of Darius III, Oxyathres, and (possibly) Stateira and four other children | çiçek: flower | amb-: still, relaxed |
Tauriscus (Tauriskos) | Man of unknown family, apparently a Greek (cf. Pape & Benseler 1495).698 He was perhaps a mem- ber of Alexander’s army or entourage and befriended Harpalus, whom he persuaded to flee from Alexander shortly before the battle of Issus. | tau: mountain | er: warrior |
Teutamus (Teutamos). | Unattested in the Alexander historians, but possibly a mem- ber of the hypaspists (Argyraspids) during the King’s lifetime | toy- to get satiated | toy: a bird of pray, suffix -mis is very often in Old Türkic, like in the personal name Toktamis |
Thrasybulus | (Thrasyboulos; Thrasyboulus). Athenian. Son of Thrason. Born no later than 375; he appears in a naval list of 353/2 (IG ii2 1613.270); he served with Chares at the Hellespont. | oulu/oglu | the son of… |
Zopyrion | Macedonian. Zopyrion suc- ceeded Memnon as strategos of Thrace. He conducted an expedition, allegedly totaling 30,000 (J 12.2.16; 37.3.2), against the Getae, marching to the Borysthenes and besieging Olbia in 325 | çopur | pock-marked, veriegated |
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akontistai. | Javelin-men. | Akınla-: | to lead the warriors march |
gynaion | A “little woman.” , The term can be used affectionately of an older woman or pejoratively of a woman of low standing or of a mistress or common-law wife | kün | second wife, (kuma) |
hegemon | a military leader or commander | egemen | souvereign |
toxotai | archers | okçu | archer |
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