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) 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 home ...

, citizens from Medina who helped Muhammad * Ansar (military), a class of Arabian warriors * Ansar (Sudan), a Sufi religious movement in the Sudan *

Ansar Brigade The 19th Division ( ar, الفرقة 19) was a Syrian rebel group which fought in the Syrian Civil War. The group was created in June 2013 in the western countryside of the Aleppo Governorate as a part of a foreign-funded project to unify local F ...

, 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 Ansar Burney ( ur, انصار برنی; born 14 August 1956) is a Pakistani human and civil rights activist and former caretaker Federal Minister for human rights in Pakistan cabinet from 2007 to 2008. He graduated with Masters in Law from K ...

, Pakistani-Arab human rights activists * Manny Ansar, founder-director of the Festival au Désert in Mali

Places

Iran

Ansar, Hamadan Ansar ( fa, انصار, also Romanized as Anşār; also known as Kachal Aḩmad) is a village in Mehraban-e Sofla Rural District, Gol Tappeh District, Kabudarahang County, Hamadan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republi ...

, a village in Hamadan Province, Iran *

Ansar, North Khorasan Ansar ( fa, انصار, also Romanized as Anşār) is a village in Howmeh Rural District, in the Central District of Maneh and Samalqan County, North Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and al ...

, a village in North Khorasan Province, Iran * Ansar Rural District, in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran

Other places

* Ansar, India, a village in

Siwan district Siwan district is one of the districts of Bihar state, India. Siwan town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Siwan district is a part of Saran Division since 1972. The district was previously also known as Aliganj Siwan after th ...

of Bihar, India * Ansar, Kazakhstan, a rural locality in Akmola Region *

Ansar, Lebanon Ansar (; also spelled Insar) is a village in the Nabatieh Governorate region of southern Lebanon located between Nabatieh and Tyre, Lebanon, next to the village of Doueir. It has a population of 31,970. History After the 1982 Israeli invasion ...

, a village in south Lebanon

Sports teams

* Al Ansar FC, a Lebanese association football team **

Al Ansar FC (women) Al Ansar Football Club ( ar, نادي الأنصار الرياضي السيدات) was the women's team of the Lebanese association football club Ansar. Founded in 2007 as one of the first women's teams in Lebanon, Ansar withdrew their women's ...

, a defunct Lebanese women's association football team * Al Ansar Club (Libya), a Libyan association football team *

Al-Ansar FC (Medina) Al-Ansar Football Club ( ar, نادي الأنصار) is a Saudi Arabian professional multi-sports club based in Medina that plays in the Saudi Second Division, the third tier of Saudi football. It was founded in 1953. The club play their home g ...

, a Saudi Arabian association football club *

Al-Ansar (Saudi Arabia, basketball) Al-Ansar is a professional basketball club based in the city of Medina in the Al Madinah Province, Saudi Arabia that plays in the Saudi Premier League. They competed in the 2000 and 2010 Arab Club Championships. Achievements *Saudi Arabia Pr ...

, a Saudi Arabian basketball team *

Ansar Howara SC Ansar Howara Sporting Club ( ar, نادي أنصار حوارة الرياضي ) is a Lebanese football club based in Houara, Lebanon, that competes in the . History Founded in 1988, the club gained promotion to the Lebanese Second Division ...

, a Lebanese association football team *

Ansar Al Mawadda SC Ansar Al Mawadda Sporting Club ( ar, نادي انصار المودة الرياضي) is a Association football, football club based in Tabbaneh, a district in Tripoli, Lebanon, Tripoli, Lebanon, that competes in the . Established in 1968 as ...

, a Lebanese association football team

Other uses

* Anshar, also spelt Anšar, an ancient Babylonian sky god

, a number of Islamist groups active in the Arab world * Ansar-e Hezbollah, a militant conservative Islamic group in Iran * Ansar al-Sunna (Mozambique), an Islamist militant group active in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique * Ansar Dine, a Tuareg Islamist group, accused of having links with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and other Islamist groups * Ansari (disambiguation) * Ansaru, a Nigerian Islamist group, in conflict with the Nigerian state * Ansarullah (Ahmadiyya), an auxiliary organization of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community *

Anser (disambiguation) Anser may refer to: People * Anser (poet), poet of ancient Rome * Anser Farooq, Canadian lawyer Other uses * ANSER, a security and defense analysis group * ''Anser'' (bird), a genus of geese * Anser (putter), a model of golf club made by Pin ...

* Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna, an Iraqi Sunni insurgent group that fought against US Troops and their local allies during the Iraq War * Nuwaubian Nation, formerly the Ansaaru Allah Community, a black nationalist group in the US {{disambiguation, geo