What is "ansari"

Ansari may refer to:

• Ansar (Islam), an Islamic term that literally means "helpers" and denotes the Medinan citizens that helped the Islamic prophet Muhammad after the Hijra
  • Banu Aws, one of the main Arab tribes of Medina which, along with the Khazraj, constituted the Ansar ("helpers")
  • Tala' al Badru 'Alayna, a traditional Islamic song that the Ansar sang to Muhammad upon his arrival at Yathrib after completing the Hijra
• Ansari, an alternate term for Alawites or Alawis
• Ansar Imam Mahdi, a 21st-century Shia movement, who believe in Ahmad al-Hassan is the messenger of the 12th imam
• Ansari (nesba), list of people with this surname
  • Ansari, Khwaja Abdullah, Persian Sufi poet.
• The Ansari mountains in Syria
• Ansari X Prize, a space competition that was won on October 4, 2004 - named after Amir Ansari and Anousheh Ansari of the Ansari family,
• Ansariye, Lebanon, a town in South Lebanon
• Banu Khazraj or Banu al-Khazraj, a Muslim ethnic group found in South Asia
• Momin Ansari, a Muslim community, found mainly in West and North India and the province of Sindh in Pakistan

Ansari ( Arabic: انصاری) is a nesbat - or nesba - used in the Middle East and South Asia. It originates from Ansar (Arabic: انصار), the Medinan people that helped Islamic prophet Muhammad when he migrated from Mecca to Medina. The literal meaning of Ansar is "supporters".