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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]

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In 1828, after the signing of the Treaty of Turkmenchay by which Iran lost the khanates (provinces) of Erivan and Nakhchivan, Iranian Crown Prince Abbas Mirza invited many of the Turkic tribes that would be otherwise subjected to rule by the Russian Empire to move inside Iran's newly established borders.[1] The Ayrumlu were one of them and were settled in Avajiq, a district to the west of Maku.[1] They are associated with numerous villages in Iran's West Azerbaijan province and are completely sedentary in contemporary times.[1]

During the late 19th and the early 20th centuries, some more migrated to Iran and Turkey.[4] The Ayrums also live in the westernmost reaches of the present-day Republic of Azerbaijan, where they live as a semi-nomadic people.[3] 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. They predominantly follow the Shia branch of Islam.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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