Ansari may refer to:
People
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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 home ...
, an Islamic term that literally means "helpers" and denotes the Medinan citizens that helped the Islamic prophet Muhammad after the Hijra
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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 ...
, people known as Ansari or Al-Ansari as a nesba
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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 ...
, contemporary people known as Ansari or Al-Ansari as a surname
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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. ...
, one of the main Arab tribes of Medina which, along with the Khazraj, constituted the Ansar ("helpers")
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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 m ...
, 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
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 Isla ...
or Alawis
Places
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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 ...
, in Syria
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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 1 ...
, a town in South Lebanon
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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 th ...
, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
Other uses
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Ansari X Prize, a former space competition
*Ansar Imam Mahdi, a 21st-century Shia movement that believes
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 ...
is the messenger of the 12th imam
See also
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Ansar (disambiguation)
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 w ...
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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 ...
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