Ayrums
Tamgha of Ayrums | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkey, Georgia Formerly: Armenia | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Oghuz Turks |
Ayrums (Azerbaijani: Ayrımlar, in Persian often as Âyromlū) are a Turkic tribe,[1] considered to be a sub-ethnic group of Azerbaijanis after the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.[2][3] They have been historically associated with the area nearby the city of Gyumri (in present-day Armenia).[1]
History
In 1828, after the signing of the
During the late 19th and the early 20th centuries, some more migrated to Iran and
There is no relation between Ayrums and the Greek Orthodox Turkic-speaking Urum people. The confusion is rooted in the lack of the Turkic sound "-ı" in Persian and its consequent representation by "-u". The name Ayrum has various spellings in the English language, such as Eyrum, Eirom and Airom.
Notable Ayrums
- Persian Army, father-in-law of Reza Pahlavi
- Tadj ol-Molouk Ayromlou, Queen Consort of Iran, wife of Reza Pahlavi, mother of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- Mohammad-Hosayn Ayrom, General in the Persian Cossack Brigade[5]
- Mahmoud Khan Ayrom, General in the Persian Cossack Brigade[5]
- TBMM
- Şamil Ayrım, Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
See also
- Turkic peoples
- Battle of Ganja (1804)
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-71009-114-7.
- ISBN 978-0-8108-3550-4.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-313-27497-8.
- ISBN 978-600-90271-1-8.
- ^ .
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