Askar

Askar (; ), , or Ashkar may refer to:

Places

• Askar (camp), a Palestinian refugee camp near Nablus
• Al-Askar, the capital of Egypt in 750–868 AD
• Askar, Bahrain, a village
• Askar, Bangladesh, a village
• Aşkar, a village in Azerbaijan
• Askar, Iran, a village in Kerman Province
• Askar, a fictional ancient mythical civilisation in Robin Jarvis' Wyrd Museum Trilogy

People

• Abdimalik Askar (born 1975/1976), a Somali-American educator and politician
• Amin Askar (born 1985), an Ethiopian footballer
• Attila Aşkar (born 1944), a Turkish civil engineer
• Aziz Ben Askar (born 1976), a Moroccan footballer
• Mohamed Askar (born 1986), a Sri Lankan cricketer
• Osama Askar (born 1957), an Egyptian Army officer
• Ashkar Saudan, Indian actor in Malayalam cinema

Other uses

• Askar Capital, an investment bank in Iceland 2007–2010

See also

• Askari (disambiguation)
• Asgar (disambiguation)
• Askariyeh (disambiguation)
• Asgariyeh, a village in Mashhad County, Razavi Khorasan, Iran