Afşar is a surname derived from Turkish. It has several variants such as Afshar and Avşar. Notable people with the surname include:
Amīr Aṣlān Afshār (1919–2021), Iranian diplomat and politician Amir Khosrow Afshar (1919–1999), Iranian diplomat and former foreign minister Ebrahim Afshar (died 1749), Shah of Persia during the Afsharid Empire Esin Afşar (1936–2011), Turkish singer and stage actress Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar (1944–2022), Iranian British life peer in the House of Lords Hamid Ullah Afsar (1895–1974), Indian Urdu poet and writer Hoda Afshar (born 1983), Iranian-Australian photographer and artist Hülya Avşar (born 1963), Turkish actress, singer, and businesswoman Iraj Afshar (1925–2011), Iranian historian and scholar Jamshid Afshar, Iranian fighter pilot Kamran Afshar Naderi (born 1959), Iranian architect Kerim Afşar (1930–2003), Turkish actor Mahnaz Afshar (born 1977), Iranian actress Nader Shah Afshar (1688–1747), Shah of Iran, founder of an Iranian empire and the Afsharid dynasty Nazak Afshar, French-Iranian woman imprisoned in Iran Shahriar Afshar (born 1971), Iranian-American physicist
See also Afşar (disambiguation)
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