The Ansaris are an Arabic speaking community, though the descendants of those who settled elsewhere outside of Arabia, speak the native language of the regions they settled in.

They are found throughout the middle east and South Asia.

They arrived there when the son of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari took part in the Muslim conquest of Khorasan and settled in Herat.

[2] They are descended from the Sufi saint Abdullah Ansari and migrated to India in 1526 under the Mughal Sultan Babur.

[3] Some Ansari settlements in south Asia can be found in, Yusufpur, Saharanpur, Lucknow Firangi Mahal Jais or Jayas and Kakori.