Lashkar
Lashkar (Persian: لشکر) may refer to:
- Lascar, a type of sailor or militiaman employed by the British in South Asia (modern Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan)
- Lashkar, A Family name common in Bangladesh, Pakistan
- Laskhar (novel), a novel by Mukul Deva
- Lashkar Gah, a city in southern Afghanistan
- Lashkar, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran
- Lashkar, Gwalior, an area of the city of Gwalior, formerly a separate town
- Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a militant organization in Pakistan
- Lashkar-e-Omar, a Pakistani Islamic fundamentalist organization
- Lashkar-e-Qahhar, an Islamist group that claimed responsibility for the 11 July 2006 Mumbai Train Bombings
- Lashkar-e-Taiba, an Islamist terrorist organization in South Asia
See also
- Lascar (disambiguation)
- Lashkari (disambiguation)
- Laskar (disambiguation)
- Askar (disambiguation), an Arabic word derived from the Persian one
- Askari
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