Ansari (nesba)

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".

Arabic usage

The name itself is not used as a surname among Arabs; patronymics are used instead. The word is added as a title to the end of the name, if one has an ancestor who was an Ansar. This use of a name is called "Nesbat" in Arabic, meaning "relation". In modern times, however, the surname Al-Ansari is widely used in many Persian Gulf and Arab nations. Most Ansaris claim ancestry to Abu Ayyub al-Ansari.

Iranian usage

In contrast to Arabic usage, Iranians use surnames instead of patronymics. In Iran, Ansari has become a surname. This has also happened with the "Tabatabai", also originally a Nesbat.

South Asian usage

The Ansari surname is used in Pakistan, northern India and Bangladesh, to show a lineage or ancestral link to the Ansar of Medina.

Over a period of time, others, and many of the new Muslim converts, in India also identified themselves as Ansari, to show reverence to their Islamic faith. Many of them in northern India and Pakistan have their roots going back to West Asia (Middle East), who came to Indian sub-continent for various reasons and then later settled down there. Often, but not necessarily, Ansari is used to identify a caste, as well which is common in South Asian culture.

Notable Ansari people

Ansari companions of Muhammad
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

Notable Ansari Women

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

Notable Ansari Scientist

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.

First Naats in islam

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^[1]^[2] in 622 CE.^[3] 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.^[4]^[5] The Banu al-Khazraj are renowned for their generosity and hospitality.
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References

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