Khoy City

in West Azerbaijan province
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Tomb of Shams Tabrizi in KHOY Tomb of Shams Tabrizi in KHOY (Thumbnail)
Tomb of Shams Tabrizi in KHOY
Tomb of Pourya-ye Vali in KHOY Tomb of Pourya-ye Vali in KHOY (Thumbnail)
Tomb of Pourya-ye Vali in KHOY
Tomb of Shams Tabrizi in KHOY Tomb of Shams Tabrizi in KHOY (Thumbnail)
Tomb of Shams Tabrizi in KHOY
Khoi Khoi (Thumbnail)
Khoi
Khoi Khoi (Thumbnail)
Khoi
Tomb of Pourya-ye Vali in KHOY Tomb of Pourya-ye Vali in KHOY (Thumbnail)
Tomb of Pourya-ye Vali in KHOY
Tomb of Pourya-ye Vali in KHOY Tomb of Pourya-ye Vali in KHOY (Thumbnail)
Tomb of Pourya-ye Vali in KHOY
Mahlezan church in KHOY Mahlezan church in KHOY (Thumbnail)
Mahlezan church in KHOY
Khoy is one of the ancient regions of Iran with a moderate climate. The capital city being Khoy located 807 km. from Tehran. The word Khoy means 'salt', as the primary settlers in this region were the Medes due to the presence of a salt quarry here, called it as such. According to ancient records Khoy was a place having great importance, and was one of the branches of the Silk Road connecting east to west and passed through this city in pre-Islamic ages.

History Of Khoy:
Khoy was named in ancient times for the salt mines that made it an important spur of the Silk Route. 3000 years ago, a city existed on the area where Khoy is located nowadays, but its name became Khoy only from 14th centuries ago. In 714 BC, Sargon II passed the region of which Khoy is part of in a campaign against Urartu.
In the Parthian period, Khoy was the gateway of the Parthian Empire in the Northwest. Around the year 37 BC, Marc Anthony had crossed the plain that is located between Khoy and Marand during one of the many and frequent Roman-Parthian Wars.

One of the important historic elements of the city is the St. Sourp Sarkis church. Armenian documents wrote that the date of the making has to be either 332 or 333 AD. In the city and its surrounding villages, churches are seen and it is reported that Armenians have always been comprising a significant amount of the cities population, but the city was never an "Armenian city" (as in comprising a vast majority).
By the first half of the 11th century the Byzantine emperors were actively trying to round off their eastern territories, in an attempt to absorb the unstable Armenian dynasties. In 1021-2 emperor Basil II led his army as far as Khoy within 175 km of Dvin, and obtained the surrender of royalty from the Artsruni dynasty of Van.
In 1210, the city was conquered by the forces of Kingdom of Georgia sent by Tamar the Great under the command of Zakaria and Ivane Mkhargrdzeli. This was a response to the sacking of Georgian-controlled Ani which occurred in 1208 and left 12,000 Christians dead.
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Tomb of Shams Tabrizi in KHOY
Tomb of Pourya-ye Vali in KHOY
Tomb of Shams Tabrizi in KHOY
Khoi
Khoi
Tomb of Pourya-ye Vali in KHOY
Tomb of Pourya-ye Vali in KHOY
Mahlezan church in KHOY
Stone gate of Khoy
Stone gate of Khoy
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EXPLORE ATTRACTIONS IN Khoy
Category: Minarets, Mausoleums
Shams Tabrizi's tomb in Khoy, beside a tower monument in a memorial park, has been nominated as a World Cultural Heritage Center by UNESCO.
St. Sarkis Cathedral also known as Surp Sarkis Cathedral is geographically located in Khoy (Wes Azerbaijan Province). in some documents, it has been written that ...
Category: Mosques
Situated in the central part of the city, this mosque is related to the Eilkhani era. After being destroyed, it was reconstructed in the Qajar period. It has beautiful ...
The said bazaar is to the eastern part of the city parallel to Taleqani and Enqelab streets. This bazaar is a remnant of Safavid, Zandiyeh and the Qajar periods ...
Category: Bridges
This bridge was constructed at 2 km. southeast of Khoy on the river which is 40 km. from Khoy - Salmas Road in the years 1170-1200 AH., under the orders of Ahmad ...
This fort dates to 7th century BC. and is located in the village of Qarah Ziyaedin. The said fort has been constructed in three places within a duration of 50 years. ...
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