Ansari
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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 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, who believe Ahmad al-Hassan is the messenger of the 12th imam
See also
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