{{wikt}} '''Askar''' ({{langx|ar|rtl=yes|translation=army|عسكر}}; {{langx|so|Caskar|translation=policeman}}), {{tlit|ar|'''al-Askar'''}}, or '''Ashkar''' may refer to: {{tocright}}
==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== *{{intitle|askar}} *Askari (disambiguation) *Asgar (disambiguation) *Askariyeh (disambiguation) *Asgariyeh, a village in Mashhad County, Razavi Khorasan, Iran
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