Afşar
Afşar or Afshar (also spelled Avşar or Avshar) may refer to:
- Afshar tribe, a branch of the Turkic Oghuz people, and the founders of multiple dynasties and namesakes of many places
- Afshar language, the Turkic language spoken by the tribe
- Afsharid dynasty, the Iranian dynasty founded by members of the tribe
People
- Amir Khosrow Afshar (1919–unknown), Iranian diplomat and former foreign minister
- Esin Afşar (1936–2011), Turkish singer and stage actress
Places
Afghanistan
- Afshar district, a district of Kabul
Armenia
- Avshar, Ararat, a town in the Ararat Province
Azerbaijan
- Avşar, Aghjabadi, a village and municipality in the Aghjabadi Rayon
Iran
- Afshar District, a district in Khodabandeh County, Zanjan Province
- Afshar Rural District, a rural district in West Azerbaijan Province
- Afshar, Jolfa, a village in Daran Rural District, in the Central District of Jolfa County, East Azerbaijan Province
- Afshar, Meyaneh, a village in Kaghazkonan-e Shomali Rural District, in Kaghazkonan District, Meyaneh County, East Azerbaijan Province
- Afshar-e Olya, a village in Sanjabad-e Jonubi Rural District, Firuz District, Kowsar County, Ardabil Province
- Afshar, Sistan and Baluchestan, a village in Mehrestan County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province
- Afsharlu, a village in Qeshlaqat-e Afshar Rural District, Afshar District, Khodabandeh County, Zanjan Province
Turkey
- Afşar, Bala, a town in the district of Balâ, Ankara Province
- Afşar, Bolu, a village in the district of Bolu, Bolu Province
- Afşar, Dinar, a village in the district of Dinar, Afyonkarahisar Province
- Afşar, Elmalı, a village in the district of Elmalı, Antalya Province
- Afşar, Güdül, a village in the district of Güdül, Ankara Province
- Afşar, Kalecik, a village in the district of Kalecik, Ankara Province
- Afşar, Mengen, a village in the district of Mengen, Bolu Province
- Afşar Dam
Other
- Afshar experiment, a controversial physics experiment
- Afshar Operation, a 1993 military operation in the Afshar district of Kabul, Afghanistan
See also
- Afsar (film), a 1950 Bollywood film
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