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district and See also:town in the See also:province of See also:Azerbaijan, See also:Persia, towards the extreme See also:north-See also:west frontier, between the See also:Urmia See also:Lake and the See also:river See also:Aras. The district contains many flourishing villages, and consists of an elevated See also:plateau 6o m. by 10 to 15, highly cultivated by a skilful See also:system of drainage and See also:irrigation, producing fertile meadows, gardens and See also:fields yielding See also:rich crops of See also:wheat and See also:barley, See also:cotton, See also:rice and many kinds of See also:fruit. In the See also:northern See also:part and bounding on Maku lies the See also:plain of Chaldaran (Kalderan), where in See also:August 1514 the See also:Turks under See also:Sultan See also:Selim I. fought the Persians under Shah See also:Ismail and gained a See also:great victory. The town of KHOI lies in 38° 37' N., 45° 15' E., 77 M. (90 by road) N.W. of See also:Tabriz, at an See also:elevation of 3300 ft., on the great See also:trade route between See also:Trebizond and Tabriz, and about 2 M. from the See also:left See also:bank of the Kotur Chai (river from Kotur) which is crossed there by a seven-arched See also:bridge and is known See also:lower down as the Kizil Chai, which flows into the Aras. The walled part of the town is a See also:quadrilateral with faces of about 1200 yds. in length and fortifications consisting of two lines of bastions, ditches, &c., much out of repair. The See also:population See also:numbers about 35,000, a third living inside the walls. The Armenian See also:quarter, with about Soo families and an old See also:church, is outside the walls. The See also:city within the walls forms one of the best laid out towns in Persia, cool streams and lines of willows See also:running along the broad and See also:regular streets. There are some See also:good buildings, including the See also:governor's See also:residence, several mosques, a large See also:brick See also:bazaar and a See also:fine See also:caravanserai. There is a large transit trade, and considerable See also:local See also:traffic across the See also:Turkish border. The city surrendered to the Russians in 1827 without fighting and after the treaty of See also:peace (Turkman Chai, Feb.

1828) was held for some See also:

time by a See also:garrison of 3000 See also:Russian troops as a See also:guarantee for the See also:payment of the See also:war See also:indemnity. In See also:September 1881 Khoi suffered much from a violent See also:earthquake. It has See also:post and See also:telegraph offices.

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