Ayrums

Ayrums (Azerbaijani: Ayrımlar) are a sub-ethnic group of Azerbaijanis in the Caucasus.[1] During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, some migrated to Iran and to Turkey.[2] At least six towns in northwestern Azerbaijan and northeastern Armenia have been named after the tribe: Ayrum, Mets Ayrum, Bağanis Ayrum, Quşçu Ayrım, Yuxarı Ayrım, Mollaayrım. This is because the traditional territory of the tribe lay in the area between the modern-day states of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. There is no relation between Ayrom's and the Greek Orthodox, Turkic-speaking Urum people. The confusion is rooted from the lack of the Turkic sound "-ı" in Persian and its consequent representation by "-u".

Notable Ayrums

See also

References

  1. ↑ Azerbaijanis. Great Soviet Encyclopædia.
  2. ↑ Mansoori, Firooz (2008). "17". Studies in History,Language and Culture of Azerbaijan (in Persian). Tehran: Hazar-e Kerman. p. 245. ISBN 978-600-90271-1-8.
  3. 1 2 "The Army and Creation of the Pahlavi State in Iran, 1921-1926 - Stephanie Cronin". 1997. Retrieved 31 October 2012 – via Google Books.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.