Ansari
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Ansari may refer to:
- Ansari (nisbat)Ansari (nisbat)Ansari is a nisbat or second name common in South Asia and Middle East. It originates from Ansar the Medinan people that helped Islamic prophet Muhammad when he migrated from Mecca to Medina. Ansari is also used as a surname by the large Momin community of North India, Nepal and Pakistan...
, list of people with this surname - Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (1006–1088), Persian Muslim scholar and Sufi
- Momin AnsariMomin AnsariThe Momin Ansari or Ansari, are a Muslim community, found mainly in West and North India, and the province of Sindh in Pakistan. A small number of Ansaris are also found in the Terai region of Nepal. The community were once known as al ansar, although the term is now obsolete. In North India, the...
, a Muslim ethnic group found in South Asia - Ansari, an alternate term for AlawiAlawiThe Alawis, also known as Alawites, Nusayris and Ansaris are a prominent mystical and syncretic religious group centred in Syria who are a branch of Shia Islam.-Etymology:...
s - The Ansari mountains
- Ansariye, Lebanon, a town in South Lebanon
- Ansari X PrizeAnsari X PrizeThe Ansari X Prize was a space competition in which the X Prize Foundation offered a US$10,000,000 prize for the first non-government organization to launch a reusable manned spacecraft into space twice within two weeks...
, a space competition that was won on October 4, 2004