lashkar
noun
lashkar
1 American
[lash-ker]
/ ˈlæʃ kər /
noun
Lashkar
2
American
[luhsh-ker]
/ ˈlʌʃ kər /
noun
Lashkar
British
/ ˈlʌʃkə /
noun
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In the year 1879 the tribe of the Wazirs had been incited by their Mullahs to rise, and they came down suddenly with their lashkar on the little frontier town of Tank.
From Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches by T. L. (Theodore Leighton) Pennell
"Does this other letter tell of the lashkar, too?"
From King of the Khyber Rifles by Talbot Mundy
We keep hearing of that lashkar that we can't locate, under a mullah whose name seems to change with the day of the week.
From King of the Khyber Rifles by Talbot Mundy
Word from O-C Khyber Rifles to effect that lashkar is collecting.
From King of the Khyber Rifles by Talbot Mundy
"What knowest thou of the lashkar that is gathering?"
From King of the Khyber Rifles by Talbot Mundy
We meet farmer Niamatullah Dilsoz in the Marjah district - south of Helmand's capital, Lashkar Gah - while he is harvesting wheat.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2023
The order was issued by the vice and virtue department of the Taliban government in Helmand province to barbers in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2021
The order in Helmand province was issued by the provincial Taliban government’s vice and virtue department to barbers in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2021
Critical infrastructure in Kunduz, Kandahar, and Lashkar Gah has been destroyed, she told Reuters.
From Reuters ● Sep. 2, 2021
Lashkar = an army; often applied in Afghanistán to a small body of men going out from a tribe for warlike purposes, but they may be going for peaceful purposes—hence the English “lascar.”
From Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches by T. L. (Theodore Leighton) Pennell
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