The name Alexander occurs 6 times in the New Testament — see full concordance— and describes up to five different men: The first Alexander to appear on the Biblical stage is a brother of Rufus and son of Simon of Cyrene, who was pressed to carry Jesus' cross on his way to Golgotha ...
Baba then gave strange nicknames to some of the men mandali: Boribunder, an Indian port; Bunder, meaning Monkey; Cylinder (of an engine); Dalindar, meaning Hopeless; Grinder, Plunder, and Sikandar in honor of Alexander the Great; Wonder and others. He gave himself a new nickname, Samand...