Ma'ana “Mai-kan-saniya” (Boukephalos) a tsohuwar Girka, watakila saboda goshi mai faɗi ko alamar ƙonawa a kafadarsa. Bucephalus shine sanannen dokin yaki a tarihi. Tatsuniya ta ce an miƙa shi ga Sarki Philip II daga hannun Philonicus na Thessalia a kan babban kuɗi na talenti 13, amma babu wanda ya iya sarrafa ruhinsa mai daji. Matashin Alexander, bayan ya lura cewa dokin ya firgita ne kawai da inuwa ta kansa, sai ya juya shi zuwa hasken rana don ya kwantar masa da hankali. Da sarki Philip ya ga haka, ya yi shahararriyar furucin: “Ya ɗana, nemi daular da ta dace da kai kuma ta cancanci kai, domin Masadonia ta yi ƙanƙanta a gare ka!”
Daga Filayen Yaki zuwa Marar Mutuwa
Bucephalus ya raka Alexander a duk faɗin yakin sa daga Girka har zuwa tsakiyar Indiya. Ya ɗauki ubansa cikin mafi muni daga cikin faɗa-faɗa, daga Granicus da Issus zuwa Gaugamela da Yakin Hydaspes. A shekara ta 326 K.Z., a lokacin yakin Indiya, ya mutu ko dai saboda raunukan yaki ko tsufa (kusan shekaru 30). Don girmama shi, Alexander ya kafa birnin Alexandria Bucephala a bakin kogin Jhelum a Pakistan na yau.
Gadon Al'adu
A tarihin fasaha da adabi, Bucephalus ya kasance alamar iko, aminci, da basira mai kaifi. A al'adun Gabas, inda ake yawan danganta Alexander da “Iskandar,” ana nuna Bucephalus a matsayin aboki mai aminci wanda aka ba shi halaye na al'ajabi. Ya kasance ainihin “rūha” a bayan mafi girman mai mamaye a tarihin, yana wakiltar alaƙa wadda ta zarce filin fama.
