Ayrums are a Turkic-speaking

Turkic languages

The Turkic languages constitute a language family of at least thirty five languages, spoken by Turkic peoples across a vast area from Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean to Siberia and Western China, and are considered to be part of the proposed Altaic language family.Turkic languages are spoken...

 sub-ethnic group of Azeris in Caucasus

Caucasus

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. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, some migrated to Iran

Iran

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 and to Turkey

Turkey

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. At least six towns in northwestern Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

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 and northeastern Armenia

Armenia

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 have been named after the tribe: Ayrum

Ayrum

Ayrum is a town in the Tavush province of Armenia. The name reflects the presence of Ayrums in the area previously.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...

, Mets Ayrum

Mets Ayrum

Mets Ayrum is a town in the Lori Province of Armenia. The name reflects the presence of Ayrums in the neighborhood previously....

, Bağanis Ayrum

Baganis Ayrum

Bağanis Ayrum is a village in the Qazakh Rayon of Azerbaijan. The name indicates the presence of Ayrums in the vicinity....

, Quşçu Ayrım

Qusçu Ayrim

Quşçu Ayrım is a village in the Qazakh Rayon of Azerbaijan. The name signifies the presence of Ayrums in the vicinity at some point in the past....

, Yuxarı Ayrım

Yuxari Ayrim

Yuxarı Ayrım is a village in the Kalbajar Rayon of Azerbaijan. The name reflects the former presence of Ayrums in the vicinity....

, Mollaayrım

Mollaayrim

Mollaayrım is a village and municipality in the Tovuz Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 253....

. This is due to the fact that the traditional territory of the tribe lied in the area between the modern-day states of Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

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, Armenia

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

, and Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

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.

Notable Ayrums

• Noushafarin Ayromlou, Queen Mother
  Queen mother
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   of Iran
  Reza Shah
  Rezā Shāh, also known as Rezā Shāh Pahlavi and Rezā Shāh Kabir , , was the Shah of the Imperial State of Iran from December 15, 1925, until he was forced to abdicate by the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran on September 16, 1941.In 1925, Reza Shah overthrew Ahmad Shah Qajar, the last Shah of the Qajar...
  
  
• Tadj ol-Molouk Ayromlou, Queen Consort of Iran
• General Muhammad-Husayn Ayrom, General in the Persian Cossack Brigade
  Persian Cossack Brigade
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• General Teymūr Khan Ayromlou, General in the Persian Army
• Mahmoud Khan Ayrom, General in the Persian Cossack Brigade
  Persian Cossack Brigade
  The Persian Cossack Brigade was an elite cavalry unit formed in 1879 in Iran. During much of their history they were the only functional, effective military unit of the Qajar Dynasty...