Alışar (also, Alyshar, Alishar, and Alisher) is a village and municipality in the Sharur District of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan.
It is located 5 km in the south-west from the district center, on the bank of the Araz River, on the Sharur plain.
National Hero of Azerbaijan Maharram Seyidov was born in this village.
[1] Alışarlar (Alyshars)- is the branch of the Sofulu tribe of Turkic Kengerli (Kangars) who participated in ethnogeny of Azerbaijanis.
Basically, they are live in the Alışar (Alyshar) village of the Sharur District.