Askar

Askar (Arabic عسكر, 'army'), (Somali Caskar, 'Police'), Al 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