Ansari (Panipat)
The Ansaris of Panipat are descended from Khwaja Abdullah Pir of Herat, one of whose descendants settled in Panipat, which was a centre of learning and was already famous for its Mashaikh and Auliya. == History == According to Tazkiratus Saleheen of Muhammad Abdul Aleem, Khwaja Malik Ali son of Birak Shah, the King of Herat, who was a descendant in the seventeenth generation of Khwaja Abdullah Ansari through his son Muhammad Khwaja.