Alishar (Persian: علي شار)[a] is a village in, and the capital of, Alishar Rural District of Kharqan District, Zarandiyeh County, Markazi province, Iran.

[4] The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Duzaj.

[5] At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,487 in 401 households.

[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,048 people in 366 households.

[2] The 14th-century author Hamdallah Mustawfi listed Alishar as one of the main villages in the district of Kharraqan.