Alarodians, name by which the inhabitants of Urardhu were known to Herodotus, ii. 67 and note 4;
were joined with the Matienians, etc., in 18th satrapy of the Persian empire, 68
Alashkert, plain of, i. 148, ii. 2 seq. and [Fig. 108], 384, 389, 400, 401, 404.
Elevation of, ii. 3
Alexander I., Emperor of Russia, extends great privileges to the Protestant emigrants from Würtemberg on their arrival in Georgia, i. 97.
Encourages Protestant missionary enterprise, 99.
His humane and liberal policy towards the Dukhobortsy, 103
Alexander Severus, Roman Emperor, i. 287
Alexandropol (Gümri), Russian fortress town on the Arpa Chai visited and described, i. 124–132, 330, 443, 445, 453, 455, 462, 467. ii. 46 note.
Visited by Emperor Nicholas I. in 1836, i. 125.
History and description of city, 124–125, 127–129;
pop., 124 and note 1;
is almost exclusively inhabited by Armenians, 124;
who have inherited the love of building of their forefathers, 127;
but their churches and other buildings are pretentious and commonplace, 128.
Greek chapel of St. George with Byzantine picture of St. George and the Dragon, 129.
Schools in, see under Education
Alexandropol, plain of, i. 122, 131, 133, 134, 442. ii. 404
Ali Bey, chief of Karapapakhs at Karakilisa (Alashkert), ii. 6, 255
Ali Bey, chief of Sipkanli Kurds, ii. 267, 268
Ali Gedik, village near Charbahur on the Murad, ii. 352