Ashirabad was a village in the territory of the Echmiadzin uezd of the former Iravan governorate, in the former Ashtarak district, and present-day Kotayk province. It was located near the village of Arzini. The name of the village was marked on the five-verst map of the Caucasus. It had been within the territory the former Nairi district from 1972.

The village was solely inhabited by Azerbaijanis: 136 in 1873, 155 in 1886, 162 in 1897, 180 in 1908, 281 in 1914 and 27 Azerbaijanis in 1916. The village inhabitants were attacked, massacred or expelled from the village by Armenian armed formations in 1918. The village was inhabited by Armenians in 1920. After the establishment of Soviet power in present-day Armenia, the Azerbaijanis who survived were able to return to their ancestral lands. The village was inhabited by 24 Azerbaijanis in 1922. In 1926–1930 the Azerbaijanis were forcibly removed from the village which was abolished in 1950. At present, it is ruined.

The toponym was coined by combining the words “ashirat” meaning “a generation, dynasty” and “abad”, meaning “a city, a town, a village, a settlement”.