Alexander the great's 3 last wishes

Alexander the great was the Greek king during 300 BC. He is considered as the most successful commander in the history of man-kind with all unbeaten battles. His was tutored by Aristotle who was a Greek Philosopher until the age of 16. When Alexander was 30 years old, he conquered a large piece of land that stretched from Lonian Sea (now connecting Italy to Greece) to the Himalayas, northern part of Indian subcontinent. It was one of the largest empires in the ancient world.

During the time when he was dying while on his way back home he made 3 wishes to his general to be done after his death. The generals promised to follow his wishes after he pass away. The wishes were:

1.     “My physicians alone must carry my coffins.”

2.     “I desire that when my coffins is being carried to the grave, the path leading to the graveyard must be covered with all the gold, silver all the precious treasure which I have collected during my kingship.”

3.     “My last wish is that both my hands be kept dangling out of my coffin.”

It’s hard to believe that these are the wishes made by someone who conquered half of the world in such a short time. It shows the limit of modesty and down to earth personality of a person one can possess. There is some deep reasoning behind the wishes which he had made.

1.     He wanted physicians to carry his coffins because he wanted to show the world that no one can save anyone from death, not even his doctors and physicians. A man should not take his life for granted rather he should be prepared that one day he will face death.

2.     The second wish was to tell the people that despite a person collect so much of treasure in his life time, not a single bit of it will go with him once he died.

3.     And the third wish was to show the world that once a person is dead he goes from the world empty handed.

He is quoted to have said:
"I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians."

Written by: 
-  Ahmed Ahsan Khan