Ansari

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 (disambiguation)
• Ansari (surname)