Akhalkalaki, plain of, i. 87 and note.
Character of the soil, 442
Akhalkalaki (Toporovan) river, i. 76, 78, 87, 88, 92
Akhaltsykh, town in Northern Armenia, visited and described, i. 58–61 and 64–71.
History, i. 66–67;
was captured and partly razed by the Russians in 1828, 67;
the Mussulman pop. emigrated into Turkey and the town received large bodies of Armenian immigrants, ibid.;
reasons given by inhabitants for the decline in prosperity, 68;
pop. in 1833, 67;
in 1886 and 1891, 65 and note 2;
description of the modern town, 68;
of the old town, 69;
of the Jewish quarter, 70;
schools in, see under Education.
Mileage to Akhalkalaki, 72
Akhaltsykh river, i. 57, 73
Akhaltsykh-Imeritian Mts., i. 430, 431, 433, 434, 438, 441
Akhashen, valley of, i. 74
Akhashen, village of, i. 75
Akhavank (Iskele), residence on the mainland of the Katholikos of Akhtamar, ii. 126
Akhbaba Dagh, peak of the northern border heights of Erzerum, ii. 203, 227
Akhbaba Dagh, Lake Chaldir, i. 438