Amanat is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Abbas Amanat (born 1947), Iranian-American historian Agha Hasan Amanat (1815–1858), Urdu poet, writer and playwright Hossein Amanat (born 1942), Iranian-Canadian architect Omar Amanat, American businessman Shafqat Amanat Ali (born 1965), Pakistani classical singer Sana Amanat, American comic book creator and editor