Khoy ( Persian خوی , Azeri. Xoy ), Ger ( Armenian Հեր, Խոյ ) is a city in the north-west of Iran , in the province of Western Azerbaijan north of Lake Urmia . The administrative center of the Khoy Shakhrestan . The population is 184.4 thousand people, the majority of the population are Azerbaijanis , there are also Kurds . The basis of the region’s economy is agriculture: the cultivation of fruits and grains . An important center of the forest industry.
| City | |
| Hoi | |
|---|---|
| Persian. خوی azerb. Xoy arm Խոյ | |
 | |
| A country |  Iran |
| Ostan | West Azerbaijan |
| Shahrestan | Hoi |
| History and Geography | |
| Center height | |
| Timezone | UTC + 3: 30 |
| Population | |
| Population | 182,000 people ( 2006 ) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +98 461 |
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History
The first written references to the city relate to ancient Armenian texts, in particular, in the 7th century book “ Ashkharatsuyts ” by Anania Shirakatsi , the city is called Ger and is referred to as the administrative center of the 9th Gavar Ashkhara Parskahayk Great Armenia .
In antiquity, part of the Parskaik province of Greater Armenia [1] .
In ancient times, the Great Silk Road passed through the city. The 15th-century Spanish historian Rui González de Clavijo wrote while traveling to Samarkand :
| Here, near this city of Khoy, Upper Armenia ends and Persia begins; many Armenians live in the city ... Persia ends in this city and Armenia begins [2] . |
In 1514, the famous Chaldyran battle between the Ottoman and Safavid armies took place near the city of Khoy, which culminated in the victory of the Ottoman Sultan Selim I [3] . In the XVIII century, the city was the capital of the Khoy Khanate - a feudal state in South Azerbaijan . At the beginning of the XIX century, he was repeatedly engaged in the Russian army during numerous Russian-Persian , as well as Russian-Turkish wars . From 1941 to 1946 he was occupied by the Red Army .
In the late 1980s, the city was led by the future president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad .
Population
In the past, the city was inhabited mainly by Armenians .
Thus, the English diplomat and special envoy to the Persian Shah, James Morier , who visited Khoy in 1808, wrote:
| About 10,000 souls live here [in the city of Khoi], most of them are Armenians. Muslims live in a separate quarter. |
As a result of the Russian-Persian and Russian-Turkish wars, most of the Armenians who supported Russia were forced to leave Khoi and its environs, and Kurds and Azerbaijanis settled in their place. At the beginning of the 20th century, Khoy is described as a city with a population fluctuating between 20 and 35 thousand people, “with the exception of a small number of Armenians, the Muslim population (Persians and Azerbaijani Turks) ... [4] "
As of 2006, the population of the city was estimated at 182,000 people, mainly Azerbaijanis and Kurds.
Famous Natives
- Mkhitar Heratsi - Armenian physician of the 12th century
- Jahanshah - the ruler of the state of Kara-Koyunlu from 1435 to 1467 , an Azerbaijani poet .
- Golamreza Agazadeh - politician, president of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.
- Ahmad Khatami - Iranian writer, public figure, specialist in literature of Azerbaijan.
- Muhammad-Amin Riahi is an Iranian historian, a specialist in the Azerbaijani language, one of the authors of the Iranica Encyclopedia.
Notes
- ↑ Robert H. Hewsen. The Geography of Ananias of Širak: Ašxarhacʻoycʻ, the Long and the Short Recensions. - Reichert, 1992 .-- P. 179.
- ↑ Rui Gonzalez De Clavijo. Travel diary in Samarkand to Timur’s court. Part 4.
- ↑ Columbia Encyclopedia. Khoy: Chaldiran Battle. "Nearby, in 1514, Selim I, an Ottoman sultan, defeated Shah Ismail of Persia at the battle of Chaldiran . "
- ↑ Khoy, a city in Persia // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Links
- The site of the city of Khoy (Pers.)
See also
- Khoy Khanate
- Chaldyran battle