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Al-Ansar are mainly in the gulf and other Arab countries. However other people which only have the name "Ansari" are different to the tribe Al-Ansar (الاوس و الخزرج). Some of the people claim to be from Al-Ansar but they are not, they just have the name "Ansari" in their name and so they try to blend in with Al-Ansar (الاوس و الخزرج). We realize that people with surname (Al-Ansari) are all Arab and mainly from the gulf regions. And people who only have the name "Ansari" in their name are not from Arab countries. This is because Al-Ansar (الاوس و الخزرج) are not related to these people who only have the name "Ansari" in their name.

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Al-Ansari (الأنصاري) surname is used in the Middle East and other Arab nations. The surname Al-Ansari originates from Al-Ansar (الأنصار), the Medinan people that helped Islamic prophet Muhammad when he migrated from Mecca to Medina. The literal meaning of Ansar is "supporters

Arabic usage

The surname Al-Ansari is used among Arabs. Mostly in the gulf and other Arab nations. Al-Ansar Tribe (الاوس و الخزرج) has also other family names that are from either الاوس or الخزرج which are called Al-Ansar. Al-Ansar are and is one of the most old Arab tribes in the history of the Arabic tribes.

Iranian usage

On the other hand, the name "Ansari" can be used in Iran and south-Asian countries but is different to the surname Al-Ansari (الأنصاري) as the people who have just the name Ansari in their name are not a tribe and are not related to each other in any way of form, and are not related to the tribe Al-Ansar (الاوس و الخزرج).

This is different to the tribe Al-Ansar (الاوس و الخزرج) which do NOT live and are NOT from either Iran or south Asian countries or any other non-Arab countries. All of Al-Ansar are related to each other as الاوس و الخزرج are cousins and are from one grandfather.

And people who have the name "Ansari" in their name are not related to each other and are not related to the tribe Al-Ansar (الاوس و الخزرج).

Mostly people who only have Ansari in their name not Al-Ansari , live in non-Arab countries and are from non-Arab countries. And people from the tribe Al-Ansari (الأنصاري) live in and are from Arab countries mostly the Middle East.

South Asian usage

The name "Ansari" can be seen used as a name in Pakistan, northern India and Bangladesh. However it is most definitely not used as a surname and these people who have The name Ansari in their name are not a tribe in Pakistan, northern India or Bangladesh and are most often not related to the tribe Al-Ansar (الاوس و الخزرج) .

Al-Ansar (الاوس و الخزرج ) are different from the people that only have the name Ansari in their name in culture, tradition and nationality.

There might be some and only some people from the south asain countries say that they are originally from Saudi Arabia. But there is nothing that claims this for sure as there is a huge difference between people with that have the name "Ansari" in their name and the tribe Al-Ansar (الاوس و الخزرج). As the tribe Al-Ansar live in middle eastern countries and other Arab countries.

While there are some descendants of Al-Ansar in south asia, notably the Lahore Ansari from Pakistan descended from Shaikh Ilam-ud-din Ansari, most people of this surname cannot rightly claim such decent.
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  • Khwaja Muhammad Latif Ansari, scholar and descendant of Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, the descendant of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari
  • Sa'id ibn Aws al-Ansari (died 830), Arab linguist and narrator of hadith
  • Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (1006–1088), Persian mystic and poet, and one of the descendants of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari
  • Shams al-Din al-Ansari al-Dimashqi (1256–1327), Syrian Arab geographer
  • Zakariyya al-Ansari (1420–1520), Egyptian Sufi mystic
  • Morteza Ansari (1781–1864), Shia jurist from Dezful, Iran
  • Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, (Hindi: ख़्वाजा अहमद अब्बास) (7 June 1914 – 1 June 1987), popularly known as K. A. Abbas, was an Indian film director.
  • Sheikh Sadiq Ali Ansari (active 1901), Indian politician
  • Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari (1880–1936), Indian nationalist and political leader
  • Abdul Qaiyum Ansari (1905–1973), Indian active in the freedom struggle of India
  • Mateen Ansari (c. 1915–1943), Indian soldier awarded George Cross for conspicuous gallantry in British army
  • Abdul Haq Ansari (1931–2012), Indian Islamic philosopher
  • Zafar Ishaq Ansari (1932–2016), Pakistani scholar of Islamic Studies
  • SM Razaullah Ansari (born 1932), Indian physicist
  • Mohammad Ebrahim Ansari (1936–2011), Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja
  • Maulana Mohammad Abbas Ansari (born 1936), revolutionary Shiite Muslim leader in Jammu & Kashmir and Founder of Ittihadul Muslimeen
  • Mohammad Hamid Ansari (born 1937), Vice President of India
  • Muhammad Hanif Ansari (1937–1985), Pakistani politician, businessman and philatelist
  • Mohammed Jaber Al-Ansari (born 1939), Bahraini philosopher
  • Jamshed Ansari (c. 1945–2005), Pakistani film, television and radio actor
  • Allama Mustafa Hussain Ansari, (1945–2006), Kashmiri writer and public speaker
  • Furkan Ansari (born 1948), Indian politician
  • Zain Ansari (born 1950), Pakistani politician
  • Majid Ansari (born 1950), Iranian Vice President of Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
  • Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein al-Ansari (born 1952), Shia scholar from Najaf, Iraq
  • Afzal Ansari (born 1953), Indian politician
  • Siamak Ansari (born 1969), Iranian television actor and director
  • Amir Ansari (born 1970), Iranian-American entrepreneur
  • Khalid A. H. Ansari, Indian entrepreneur, Chairman of Mumbai's Mid-Day Newspaper
  • Aziz Ansari (born 1983), American stand-up comedian
  • Faris Muslim al Ansari (born 1984), Afghan held in Guantanamo
  • Jaber Ansari (born 1987), Iranian footballer
  • Fahad Al Ansari (born 1987), Kuwaiti footballer
  • Akbar Ansari (born 1988), English cricketer
  • Karim Ansarifard (born 1990), Iranian footballer
  • Zafar Ansari (born 1991), English cricketer
  • Abdulaziz Rashid Al Ansari (born 1992), Qatari footballer
  • Abdur Razzaque Ansari, Indian nationalist, freedom fighter and a weavers revolution leader
  • Gholamreza Ansari, Iranian diplomat
  • Ali Ansari, Iranian-British history professor
  • Khizar Humayun Ansari, British race relations academic
  • Salim Miya Ansari, Nepalese politician
  • Mukhtar Ansari, Indian politician
  • Sibakatullah Ansari, Indian politician
  • Master Taj-ud-Din Ansari, Pakistani politician
  • Rais Ansari, Indian Urdu poet
  • Sahar Ansari, Pakistani Urdu poet, critic and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics
  • Mohammad Ansari, Pakistani cricketer
  • Ali Al Ansari, UAE paralympic athlete
  • Faheem Ansari, Indian accused of terrorism
  • Mustafa al-Ansari, Saudi accused of terrorism
  • Asad Ansari, Pakistani-Canadian accused of terrorism
  • Keyvan Ansari, Iranian imprisoned student leader
  • Mukhtar Ansari, Indian politician
  • Sibakatullah Ansari, Indian politician
  • Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari, Chief Justice (Retd.), Patna High Court

    • Keep in mind that all of the people mentioned above are just people that have the name "Ansari" in their name and are NOT from the tribe Al-Ansar (الاوس و الخزرج).

    As they have the name Ansari in their name used as just a name and not a surname like the tribe Al-Ansar (الاوس و الخزرج) that are not related to the people mentioned above in any way of form.

    Al-Ansari and Ansari are different from each other in traditions, culture and nationalities. As Al-Ansari (الأنصاري) are Arab and the people who have the name Ansari in their name are not arabs and are not related to the tribe Al-Ansar (الاوس و الخزرج).

  • Anousheh Ansari (born 1966), Iranian-American entrepreneur, first Iranian astronaut and backer of the Ansari X Prize
  • Nazenin Ansari, Iranian journalist in exile
  • Bushra Ansari (born 1956), Pakistani television presenter
  • Noushafarin Ansari (born 1939), Indian-born Iranian librarian, educator and manager

    • Keep in mind that all of the people mentioned above are just people that have the name "Ansari" in their name and are NOT from the tribe Al-Ansar (الاوس و الخزرج).

    As they have the name Ansari in their name used as just a name and not a surname like the tribe Al-Ansar (الاوس و الخزرج) that are not related to the people mentioned above In any way of form.
  • Abu al-Qasim al-ZahrawiAbu al-Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas Al-Zahrawi (936–1013), (Arabic: أبو القاسم خلف بن العباس الزهراوي‎‎) also known in the West as Albucasis, was an Arab Muslim physician and surgeon who lived in Al-Andalus.

    • Keep in mind that all of the people mentioned above are just people that have the name "Ansari" in their name and are NOT from the tribe Al-Ansar (الاوس و الخزرج).

    As they have the name Ansari in their name used as just a name and not a surname like the tribe Al-Ansar (الاوس و الخزرج) that are not related to the people mentioned above

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  • Tala' al Badru 'AlaynaTala‘ al-Badru ‘Alaynā (Arabic: طلع البدر علينا) is a traditional Islamic song known as nasheed that the Ansar sang to the Islamic prophet Muhammad upon his arrival at Yathrib after completing the Hijra in 622 CE. The song is currently over 1400 years old, and one of the oldest in the Islamic culture.
  • Banu AwsThe Banū Aws (Arabic: بنو أوس‎‎ Arabic pronunciation: [bænuː ˈæws], "Sons of Aws") or simply Aws (Arabic: أوس‎‎; also Romanized as Aus) was one of the main Arab tribes of Medina. The other was Khazraj, and the two, constituted the Ansar ("helpers [of Muhammad]") after the Hijra.
  • Banu KhazrajThe Banu al-Khazraj (Arabic: بنو الخزرج‎‎) was one of the tribes of Arabia during Muhammad's era. The Banu al-Khazraj are renowned for their generosity and hospitality.
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