Askari (disambiguation)

Askari, was a local soldier serving in the armies of the European colonial powers in Africa, particularly in the African Great Lakes, Northeast Africa and Central Africa.

Askari may also refer to:

People

• Hasan al-Askari (c. 846 – 874), the 11th Imam of Twelver Shia Islam
• Abu Hilal al-Askari (died 1005), an Islamic scholar
• Askari Mirza, sometimes known simply as Askari (1516 – 1557/1558), a son of Babur Mirza, the founder of the Mughal dynasty and Gulrukh Begum

Contemporary

• Ali Askari (1936–1978), Kurdish politician
• Askari Mian Irani (1940–2004), Pakistani painter
• Askari Mohammadian (born 1963), retired Iranian freestyle wrestler
• Hasan Askari (1919-1978), Pakistani scholar, literary critic, writer and linguist of modern Urdu language
• Hasan Askari Rizvi, Pakistani political scientist and military analyst
• Hossein Askari (born 1975), Iranian racing cyclist
• Hossein Askari (economist), Pakistani economist
• Jafar al-Askari (1885–1936), Iraqi politician, served twice as prime minister of Iraq
• Khwaja Hassan Askari (1921–1984), the last Nawab of Dacca was born at the Ahsan Manzil Palace in Dacca
• Malika Askari, Indian actress
• Rashid Askari (born 1965), Bengali-English writer, fictionist, columnist and academic
• Rouhollah Askari (born 1982), Iranian hurdler
• Sami al-Askari, Iraqi politician and member of the Iraqi National Assembly
• Sana Askari, Pakistani model and actress
• Sulaiman al-Askari, also known as Süleyman Askerî (1884–1915), military officer who served in the Ottoman Army
• Zainab Al Askari (born 1974), Bahraini actress, spokesmodel and model
• Askari X, the stage name of Ricky Murdock, an American hip-hop artist from Oakland, California

Places

• Askari, Iran (disambiguation), a number of places in Iran
  • Askari, Bushehr
  • Askari, Kangan, Bushehr Province
  • Asgari, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
• Askari, Lahore, Askari Housing Society, a residential community located in the south-eastern part of Lahore, Pakistan
• Askari Monument, a monument in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, a memorial to the askari soldiers who fought in the British Carrier Corps in World War I
• Al-Askari Shrine, or the ‘Askariyya Shrine, a Shī‘ah Muslim holy site in the Iraqi city of Sāmarrā
• Askari Public School, a private education institution in the city of Gujar Khan

Others

• Askari Aviation, an airline based in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
• Askari Bank, a commercial and retail bank in Pakistan
• Askari (film), a 2001 American drama film directed by David Lister
• Al-Askari mosque bombing (disambiguation)
  • 2006 al-Askari mosque bombing, which severely damaged the mosque and destroyed its golden dome
  • 2007 al-Askari mosque bombing, which destroyed the mosque's two remaining ten-story minarets
• Operation Askari, a military operation during 1983 in Angola by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War
• USS Askari (ARL-30), one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II

See also

• Ascari Cars, a British automobile manufacturer based in Banbury, England
• Askar (disambiguation), originally the Arabic word for "army" عسكر and its derivative عسكري (ʿaskarī) meaning "soldier"
• Askariyeh
• Asgariyeh