The (with a long second ā, ) are persons descended, or claiming descent, from the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
(with a short second a) is an Arabic word meaning 'most noble'.
Ashraf may also refer to:
Asharaf or Ashraf, a Somali clan claiming descent from Muhammad Ashraf, East Azerbaijan, a village in Keyvan Rural District, in the Central District of Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran Ashraf (name), including a list of people with this name Behshahr, formerly Ashraf or Ashraf ol Belād, a city in Mazandaran, Iran Camp Ashraf, a camp in Iraq's Diyala province, headquarters of the exiled People's Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK) List of Ashrāf tribes in Libya
See also Al-Ashraf (disambiguation) Ashrafi (disambiguation) Ashrafiya (disambiguation) Ashrafiyya (disambiguation)