Ashk (given name)

Ashk is an ancient male given name of Iranian origin. It also appears as Aršaka,  Aršak, Արշակ, or Arsaces (Ἀρσάκης).

The name was held by the first kings of the Parthian (Arsacid) dynasty, as well as some Armenians.

Places

 * Arshak or Asaak, a capital city of Parthian Empire

People

 * Arshak II of Arsacid Armenia
 * Arshak or Artaxias I of Iberia
 * Arshak II of Iberia
 * Ashk Dahlén (born 1972), Swedish Iranologist and linguist
 * Ibrahim Khan Gauri, pen name Ashk