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 ar ...
, people known as Ansari or Al-Ansari as a nesba
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Ansari (surname), 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, in Syria
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Ansariye, Lebanon, a town in South Lebanon
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Dupuk Ansari, 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 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 ...
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Ansari (surname)
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