Khoy (Persian: خوی, Azerbaijani: خوی/Xoy, Kurdish: Xoy), also spelt Khoi or Khvoy, is a city in West Azarbaijan Province, Iran. It is located north of Urmia. The region's economy is based around agriculture, particularly the production of fruit, grain and timber. As of 2004, the city had a population of approximately 176,300. [1] “Farsi” redirects here. ... The Kurdish language is the language spoken by Kurds. ... This article is about the Iranian province; for similar uses, see Azerbaijan (disambiguation). ... Urmia (Persian: ارومیه, Azeri: Urmu, UrumiyÉ™, Kurdish: Wurmê, Syriac: ܐܘܪܡܝܐ; previously called رضائیه, Rezaiyeh) is a district and a city located in northwestern Iran. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Khoy is well known for the tomb of Shams-e Tabrizi, renowned Iranian post and mystic. It was also located on the Silk road. Khoy has been under attacked by Russia in 1827 and Turkey in 1911. During World War II, the city was under the control of the Soviet Union. Shams Tabrizi in a circa 1503 copy of his disciple Rumis poem, the Diwan-e Shams-e Tabriz-i Shams-e-Tabrīzī (Persian: , d. ... The Silk Road extending from Southern Europe through Arabia, Egypt, Persia, India till China. ... Year 1827 (MDCCCXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

The city's population is mostly Azeri and Kurdish. Some (e.g. Ahmad Kasravi) feel that the name of Khoy is an indication that more Kurds once lived there, since Khoy is a Kurdish word meaning salt. [2] Another explanation for the name originates from the shape of the city, because it is in the shape of a hole and it is next to "Avrin" mountain.^{[citation needed]} This article is about the Azerbaijani ethnic group. ... Languages Kurdish Religions Predominantly Sunni Muslim also some Shia, Yazidism, Yarsan, Judaism, Christianity Related ethnic groups other Iranian peoples (Talysh Baluch Gilak Bakhtiari Persians) The Kurds are an ethnic group who consider themselves to be indigenous to a region often referred to as Kurdistan, an area which includes adjacent parts... Ahmad Kasravi Tabrizi (b. ... The Kurdish language is the language spoken by Kurds. ... For other uses, see Salt (disambiguation). ...

famous people

• Ayatollah khoi
• Dr. Abbas Zaryab Khoi
• Mohammad Amin riahi
• Gholam Reza Aghazadeh, Vice president of government