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The name "ascar" is the Arab word for "soldier". The Eritrean Ascari originated from a mercenary Arab group employed by the Ottoman Empire and called Basci Buzuks. This irregular force was created in Eritrea by the Albanian adventurer Sagiak Hassan, who worked for local Eritrean tribes in the second half of the XIX century.

In 1885 the Italian colonel Tancredi Saletta, commanding officer of the Italian troops during the conquest of Eritrea, brought the Basci Buzuks (with their armaments and families) into Italian service as irregular auxilaries. In 1889 the first four regular battalions of Eritrean soldiers were created in Asmara. Those Eritrean troops were incorporated into the Italian colonial Army with the name Ascari.

In the beginning they were not allowed even to wander around the streets of their own indigenous city. But once they succumbed to their Italian masters and admitted in their full hearts that they are inferior than their bosses, they were allowed to go school only and up until the fourth grade and to learn the supremacy of the Italian race alone. In no way were they allowed to wander around the city roads with out a permit though. The permit was needed to polish the shoe of the Italian soldiers and for the women for some sexual services. The Eritrians are proud of their history and have a colorful one too.

We askaris do not stand for racial prejudice and do not tolerate it. Please refrain from hatefull comments.

~~~~~~@sm@rino@sc@ri~~~~~~

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Hometown

Asmera

Country

Eritrea

Occupation

Occupied by Fascist Italy

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