Ansari (nesbat)

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

The name itself is not used as a surname among Arabs, patronymics is 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 kind of 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.

In contrast, Iranians use surnames instead of Patronimics. In Iran, it has become a a Surname, since Iranian use surnames. This has also happened with the "Tabatabai", also originally a Nesbat.

The Ansari surname goes as far as being used in Pakistan and northern India.

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• The Ansar, who helped Muhammad.
• Hojjat ol-Islam Majead Ansari, the Iranian Vice President of Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Emeritus of Squash
• Anousheh Ansari, an Iranian-American entrepreneur, first Iranian astronaut and backer of the Ansari X-Prize
• Abu Omar al-Ansari is the founder of Jeish al Taiifa al Mansoura organization in Iraq
• Khajeh Abdollah Ansari (1006-1088) a famed Persian mystic and poet
• Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari (1880-1936) an Indian nationalist and political leader
• Khalid A H Ansari, an Indian entrepreneur Chairman of Mid-Day Newspaper based in Mumbai, India and Chairman
• Morteza Ansari, He was the biggest Islamic scientist(1850)who born in Dezful (south of Iran).
• Dr. Zaigham Ansari (1962), a famed Pakistani born Child and adult psychiatrist in Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S.A