Khoy Khanate

The Khoy Khanate (Persian: خانات خوی, romanized: Khānāt-e Khoy), also known as the Principality of Donboli (Persian: شاهزاده‌نشین دنبلی, romanized: Shāhzādeneshīn-e Donbolī), was a hereditary Kurdish khanate around Khoy and Salmas in Iran ruled by the Donboli tribe from 1210 until 1799. The khanate has been described as the most powerful khanate in the region during the second half of the 18th century. The official religion of this principality was originally Yezidism, until some rulers eventually converted to Islam. The principality has its origins under the Ayyubid dynasty and was ultimately dissolved in 1799 by Abbas Mirza. During this period, the status of principality oscillated between autonomous and independent.