Lashkar
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Lashkar (Persian: لشکر), a Persian word for army, may refer to:
- Lascar, a type of sailor or Militiaman employed by the British in South Asia(Bangladesh, India, Pakistan).
- A town in Madhya Pradesh that is now part of the Gwalior municipality in India. It was the capital of historical Gwalior State.
- Lashkar-e-Toiba, an Islamist terrorist organization in South Asia
- Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
- Laskhar (novel), a novel by Mukul Deva
[edit] See also
- Laskar (disambiguation), variant spelling
- Lashkar, Pakistani tribal militias, formed in and around FATA lands, formed in summer of 2008
- Lashkar Gah, a city in southern Afghanistan
- Lashkar-e-Qahhar, an Islamist outfit that claimed responsibility for the 11 July 2006 Mumbai Train Bombings
- Lashkar-e-Omar, a Pakistani Islamic fundamentalist organization
- Askar (disambiguation), Arabic word derived from the Persian one
- Lashkar-e-Jung, an Iraqi terrorist organization
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