Ansari Family
Ansari may refer to: People *Ansar (Islam), an Islamic term that literally means "helpers" and denotes the Medinan citizens that helped the Islamic prophet Muhammad after the Hijra *Ansari (nesba), people known as Ansari or Al-Ansari as a nesba *Ansari (surname), contemporary people known as Ansari or Al-Ansari as a surname **Banu Aws, one of the main Arab tribes of Medina which, along with the Khazraj, constituted the Ansar ("helpers") *Momin Ansari, a Muslim community, found mainly in the world and West and North India and the province of Sindh in Pakistan *Ansari, an alternate term for Alawites or Alawis Places *Ansari mountains, in Syria *Ansariye, Lebanon, a town in South Lebanon *Dupuk Ansari, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran Other uses * Ansari X Prize, a former space competition *Ansar Imam Mahdi, a 21st-century Shia movement that believes Ahmad al-Hassan is the messenger of the 12th imam See also * Ansar (other) * Ansari (surname) Ansari or Al Ansari is ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ansar (Islam)
The ''Ansar'' ( ar, الأنصار, al-Anṣār, The Helpers’ or ‘Those who bring victory) were the local inhabitants of Medina who, in Islamic tradition, took the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers (the '' Muhajirun'') into their homes when they emigrated from Mecca during the ''hijra''. They belonged to the tribes of Banu Khazraj and Banu Aus. Background The Medinese, which consisted of Aws and Khazraj, along with their Jewish allies, Banu Nadir, Banu Qurayza, and Banu Qaynuqa, were involved in degenerating years of warfare such as battle of Sumair, battle of Banu Jahjaha of Aus-Banu Mazin of Khazraj, battle of Sararah day, battle of Banu Wa'il ibn Zayd, battle of Zhufr-Malik, battle of Fari', battle of Hathib, battle of Rabi' day, first battle of Fijar in Yathrib (not Fijar war between Qays with Kinana in Mecca), battle of Ma'is, battle of Mudharras, and second battle of Fijar in Yathrib. The Medinese also even contacted against foreign invaders came from outsi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ansari (nesba)
. Not to be confused with Momin Ansari (Indian traditional weaving community). Al-Ansari or Ansari is an Arab community, found predominantly in the Arab and South Asian countries. The meaning of the word 'Ansari' is supporter, the community are known as Ansari. Historically, the community produced the sage, scholars and philosopher. The Ansari are an Urdu-speaking community, although the Ansari clan of Gujarat have Gujarati as their mother tongue.K. S. Singh, ''People of India Uttar Pradesh'', Volume XLII Part Two. Manohar Publications Notable Ansaris Medieval * Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, a prominent companion of Muhammad * Ansari ( other companions of Muhammad) * Sa'id ibn Aws al-Ansari (died 830), Arab linguist and narrator of hadith * Yaqub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari (d.767), Hanafi Muslim Jurist and scholar *Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi (936–1013), also known as Albucasis, Arab Muslim physician and surgeon who lived in Al-Andalus * Alāʾ al‐Dīn ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ansari (130 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ansari (surname)
Ansari or Al Ansari is a typically Muslim surname mainly found in the Middle East and South Asia. People with the surname Al-Ansari or Ansari are said to be the descendants of the Ansar tribesmen of Medina. Notable Ansaris include: A–K * Abbas Ansari (born 1992), Indian sportsman and shooter * Abdolreza Ansari (1925–2020), Iranian politician *Abdulaziz Rashid Al Ansari (born 1992), Qatari footballer *Abdul Haq Ansari (1931–2012), Indian Islamic philosopher *Abdul Qaiyum Ansari (1905–1973), Indian active in the freedom struggle of India * Abdur Razzaque Ansari, Indian Muslim nationalist, freedom fighter, and a weavers revolution leader *Afzal Ansari (born 1953), Indian politician *Akbar Ansari (born 1988), English cricketer of Pakistani descent * Akram Ansari (born 1954), Pakistani politician *Ali Ansari (born 1967), Iranian-British history professor * Ali Al Ansari, Emirati paralympic athlete * Allama Mustafa Hussain Ansari, (1945–2006), Kashmiri writer and public spea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Banu Aws
The Banū Aws ( ar, بنو أوس , "Sons of Aws") or simply Aws ( ar, أوس, also romanised as Aus) was one of the main Arab tribes of Medina. The other was Khazraj, and the two, constituted the Ansar ("helpers f Muhammad) after the Hijra.. The Aws tribe descend from the ancient tribe al-Azd, a branch of the Qahtanite Arabs Aws and Khazraj were known as ''Banū Qayla'' ( ) in pre-Islamic era. Etymology The word ''al-Aws'' means "the gift", probably a contraction for ''Aws Manāt'' ( ar, أوس مناة, "the gift of Manāt"). The name was changed in Islamic times to ''Aws Allāh'' ( ar, أوس الله). Early history About AD 300 during the emigration of Kahlān from Yemen prior to the Great Flood of Mar'ib Dam, Thaʻlaba bin ʻAmr, grand father of al-Aws, separated from his tribe and settled in Yathrib (Medina), which was then controlled by Jewish clans, and the Banu Qayla were subordinate to the Jews for some time, until Mālik bin Ajlān of Khazraj asserts in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Momin Ansari
The Momin Ansari ( ur, مومن أنصاري) or saudagar are a Muslim community found mainly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal. The surname originated from Ansar tribe, the Medinan people who helped the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, in his migration from Mecca to Medina. They were the first tribe in Arabia to accept Islam. The literal meaning of Ansar is "supporter". In North India, the community are known as Ansari while in Maharashtra the community are known as Momin or saudagar The community are found throughout India, but Varanasi District, in Uttar Pradesh, is always regarded by most Momin as the centre of their community. In that city, the Ansari are said to make up a third of the city's population. Important Ansari neighbourhoods in the city include Madanpura, Adampura and Jaitpura. There are many people outside South Asia with the surname Ansari; however, this article is strictly about a Muslim South Asian community. History The Ansaris of North India are mainly ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alawites
The Alawis, Alawites ( ar, علوية ''Alawīyah''), or pejoratively Nusayris ( ar, نصيرية ''Nuṣayrīyah'') are an ethnoreligious group that lives primarily in Levant and follows Alawism, a sect of Islam that originated from Shia Islam. The Alawites revere Ali (Ali ibn Abi Talib), considered the first Imam of the Twelver school. The group is believed to have been founded by Ibn Nusayr during the 9th century. Ibn Nusayr was a disciple of the tenth Twelver Imam, Ali al-Hadi and of the eleventh Twelver Imam, Hasan al-Askari. For this reason, Alawites are also called ''Nusayris''. Surveys suggest Alawites represent an important portion of the Syrian population and are a significant minority in the Hatay Province of Turkey and northern Lebanon. There is also a population living in the village of Ghajar in the Golan Heights. Alawites form the dominant religious group on the Syrian coast and towns near the coast, which are also inhabited by Sunnis, Christians, and Ismail ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ansari Mountains
The Coastal Mountain Range ( ar, سلسلة الجبال الساحلية ''Silsilat al-Jibāl as-Sāḥilīyah'') also called Al-Anṣariyyah is a mountain range in northwestern Syria running north–south, parallel to the coastal plain.Federal Research Division, Library of Congress (2005"Country Profile: Syria"page 5 The mountains have an average width of , and their average peak elevation is just over with the highest peak, Nabi Yunis, reaching , east of Latakia. In the north the average height declines to , and to in the south. Name Classically, this range was known as the Bargylus; a name mentioned by Pliny the Elder. The el, Μπάργκυλος, Bargylus) had its roots in the name of an ancient city-kingdom called Barga most probably located in the vicinity of the mountains; it was a city of the Eblaite Empire in the third millennium BC, and then a vassal kingdom of the Hittites, who named the mountain range after Barga. In the medieval period were known as the Jabal Ba ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ansariye, Lebanon
Al-Ansariyyah, Ansariyeh, or Insariye (Insârîyé) ( ar, الأنصارية) is a town in South Governorate in Lebanon, 62 km from Beirut and 20 km south of Sidon. The area is 7.35 km² and is situated near the sea facing it from an altitude of 144 m. T. E. Lawrence wrote about the community of Ansariya in his 1922 book ''Seven Pillars of Wisdom.'' " main component of the coast population was the community of Ansariya, those disciples of a cult of fertility, sheer pagan, anti-foreign, distrustful of Islam, drawn at moments towards Christians by common persecution. The sect, vital in itself, was clannish in feeling and politics. One Nosairi would not betray another, and would hardly not betray an unbeliever. Their villages lay in patches down the main hills to the Tripoli gap. They spoke Arabic, but had lived there since the beginning of Greek letters in Syria. Usually they stood aside from affairs, and left the Turkish Government alone in hope of reciprocity. Mixed among the Ansar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dupuk Ansari
Dupuk Ansari ( fa, دوپوك انصاري, also Romanized as Dūpūk Anṣārī; also known as Dapūk Anşārī) is a village in Susan-e Gharbi Rural District, Susan District, Izeh County, Khuzestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni .... At the 2006 census, its population was 266, in 50 families. References Populated places in Izeh County {{Izeh-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ahmad Al-Hassan
Ahmed Al-Hasan has been called the most prominent of figures claiming to be the messianic Promised al-Yamani, in the chaos following the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. In Twelver Shi'ism Islam, the majority religion of Iraq, al-Yamani is "the deputy of the Mahdi, the Twelfth Imam, and a precursor to his Reappearance" and to End Times. Al-Hasan, who was born and lives (or lived) in Iraq, publicly began his "religious call" in 2002. As of April 2019, his whereabouts was unknown. Life Ahmad al-Hassan was born in Basra, Iraq. His uncle, Muhsin ibn Saleh, attested that the family tree traces back to Muhammad al-Mahdi. This was corroborated by Sayyed Hasan bin Muhammad Ali al-Hamami (son of the late Marja' Sayed Muhammad Ali Musawi al-Hamami, a tribal leader from Bani Abas) and two other regional clerics. In an interview given in 2007, Ahmed Al-Hasan reported that he had received a bachelors degree in Civil Engineering while living in Basra, Iraq. He also reportedly received s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ansar (other)
Ansar, Al Ansar, or Al-Ansar may refer to: Groups and organizations * Al-Ansar (Iraq), a Communist guerrilla group in Iraq active from 1979 to 1988 * Ansar (Islam), citizens from Medina who helped Muhammad * Ansar (military), a class of Arabian warriors * Ansar (Sudan), a Sufi religious movement in the Sudan * Ansar Brigade, a Syrian rebel group * Bangladesh Ansar, an internal security force in Bangladesh People * Ansar, the nickname used by US President George W. Bush for José María Aznar, prime minister of Spain * Ansar Burney, Pakistani-Arab human rights activists *Manny Ansar, founder-director of the Festival au Désert in Mali Places Iran * Ansar, Hamadan, a village in Hamadan Province, Iran * Ansar, North Khorasan, a village in North Khorasan Province, Iran * Ansar Rural District, in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran Other places * Ansar, India, a village in Siwan district of Bihar, India * Ansar, Kazakhstan, a rural locality in Akmola Region * Ansar, Lebanon, a village i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |