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Khoy ( ), also spelt Khoi, Khuy, Khvoy and Xoy, is a city in West Azarbaijan Province

West Azarbaijan Province

West Azarbaijan or West Azerbaijan is one of the 30 provinces of Iran of Iran.The province of West Azarbaijan covers an area of 39,487 km?, or 43,660 km? including Lake Urmia....
, Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
. It is located north of the state capital, Urmia

Urmia

Urmia or Orumieh , is the capital of the West Azerbaijan Province, a district and a city located in northwestern Iran. It is situated on the western side of Lake Urmia near the Turkey border....
, and 807 km north-west to Tehran

Tehran

Tehran is the capital and largest city of Iran, and the administrative center of Tehran Province. Tehran is a sprawling city at the foot of the Alborz mountain range with an immense network of highways unparalleled in Western Asia....
. The region's economy is based around agriculture

Agriculture

Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the animal husbandry of domestication animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more Population density and Social stratification societies....
, particularly the production of fruit, grain, and timber. Khoy is nicknamed as the Sunflower

Sunflower

The sunflower is an annual plant in the family Asteraceae and native to the Americas, with a large flowering head . The stem can grow as high as 3 meters , and the flower head can reach 30 cm in diameter with the "large" seeds....
city of Iran. As of 2006 census, the city had a population of 178,708, with an estimated 2008 population of 184,409.

was fortified at various times in its history, most recently by the Qajar dynasty

Qajar dynasty

The Qajar dynasty is a common term to describe Iran under the ruling Qajar royal family that ruled Iran from 1794 to 1925. In 1794 the Qajar family took full control of Iran as they had eliminated all their rivals, including Lotf 'Ali Khan, the last of the Zand dynasty, and had reasserted Persian sovereignty over the former Iranian terr...
in the Nineteenth Century.

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Khoy ( ), also spelt Khoi, Khuy, Khvoy and Xoy, is a city in West Azarbaijan Province

West Azarbaijan Province

West Azarbaijan or West Azerbaijan is one of the 30 provinces of Iran of Iran.The province of West Azarbaijan covers an area of 39,487 km?, or 43,660 km? including Lake Urmia....
, Iran

Iran

Urmia

Tehran

Agriculture

Sunflower

Architecture

Khoy was fortified at various times in its history, most recently by the Qajar dynasty

Qajar dynasty

Shams Tabrizi

Shams-e-Tabrizi or in full, Shams al-Din Mohammad died 1248) was an Iranian peoples Sufi mysticism born in the city of Tabriz in Azarbaijan ....
, renowned Iranian poet and mystic.

History

Khoy was located on the Silk Road

Silk Road

The Silk Road is an extensive interconnected network of trade routes across the Asian continent connecting East, South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean world, including North Africa and Europe....
.

Khoy was the capital of the Emirate of Khoy (Her), born out of the Vaspurakan

Vaspurakan

Vaspurakan was first a province and then a kingdom of Greater Armenia during the Middle Ages centered around Lake Van. The region is considered to be the cradle of Armenian civilization....
Kingdom between 908 and 1021. Between 1208 and 1210 it was occupied by the forces of Tamar of Georgia

Tamar of Georgia

Tamar , of the Bagrationi dynasty, was Queen Regnant of Georgia from 1184 to 1213. The first woman to rule Georgia in her own right, Tamar presided over the "Golden age" of the medieval Georgian monarchy....
.

On 15 July 1478 (14 Rabi' II 883), in the Battle of Khoy, Sultan Khalil (Khalil Mirza) was killed and his forces dispersed by generals Bayandur and Sulayman Beg leading the confederated forces of Ya'qub, who then took the Akkoyunlular

Ak Koyunlu

The Ak Koyunlu or Aq Qoyunlu, also called the White Sheep Turkomans , was an Oghuz Turks tribal federation, that ruled parts of present-day Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, northern Iraq, and western Iran from 1378 to 1508....
throne.

Khoy again came under Persian rule during the Seljuq period. After the death of Persian Emperor Nadir Shah Afshar in 1747 by the leader of the Dumbuli Azeri tribe, Khoy once again broke away from Persia along with several other states, including Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country that is located approximately in the center of Asia....
, becoming the Khanate of Khoy (1747-1813). The return of Khoy to Persia was precipitated by the Russian threat during the Russo-Persian Wars

Russo-Persian Wars

The Russo-Persian Wars were a series of wars fought between the Russian Empire and Persia in the 18th and 19th centuries, the most important of which were:...
.

Khoy was attacked by Russia

Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
in 1827. In 1911 it was occupied by Turkish

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
troops, followed in World War I

World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
by Russia

Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
n troops, who withdrew in 1917. In World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
it was again occupied by Soviet

Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
troops, who remained until 1946.

Famous places

Tomb of Shams Tabrizi
Shams Tabrizi

Shams-e-Tabrizi or in full, Shams al-Din Mohammad died 1248) was an Iranian peoples Sufi mysticism born in the city of Tabriz in Azarbaijan ....
Bastam and Bolourabad historical castles
Khatoon [old] bridge
Old stone gate of the city
Old bazaar of Khoy

Famous people

Grand Ayatollah Abul-Qassim Khoei
Javad Khan
Javad Khan

Javad khan Ziyad oghlu Qajar a member of the royal Qajar family, the Khan of Ganja khanate. During the first Russo-Persian War , Ganja, Azerbaijan was considered by Russians as a town of foremost importance....
Qajar Khoei
Abbas Zaryab Khoi
Abbas Zaryab Khoi

Abbas Zaryab was a prominent historian, translator, literature Professor and Iranologist. He was the author of several books, including a life of Muhammad, and articles in the Persian encyclopedia , as well as Iranica....