CHAPTER IV.

BAKTCHÉSERAI AND TCHOUFOUT KALEH.

Description of Baktchéserai—The palace of the Khans—Pouschkin’s fountain—The great council-room—The hareem—The cemetery—The tomb of Dilara Bikéh—The gorge of Tchoufout Kaleh—Acheláma—Tchoufout Kaleh—The Karaim Jews, or those who reject the Talmud—Their very ancient origin—Probable descendants of Sadducees—Their high character—Tomb of the beautiful Nenekedjàn—The crypt town of Kirkor 37