Bayan may refer to:

Eduational Institutions

Bayan Islamic Graduate School Bayan Islamic Graduate School is a private, non-sectarian Islamic graduate school based in Orange, California with its campus located in Chicago, Illinois. It offers accredited Master of Arts degrees in four subject areas: Islamic Studies, Islami ...

, Chicago, IL

Places

*Bayan-Aul, Pavlodar,

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

*Bayan Mountain, an ancient mountain name for part of

Tarbagatai Mountains The Tarbagatai Mountains ( mn, , , translit. ''Tarvagatai nuruu'', literally: "range with marmots"; ; kk, Тарбағатай жотасы, ''Tarbağatai jotasy'') are a range of mountains located in the north-western parts of Xinjiang, China, ...

at Kazakhstan in

Qing Dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

period *

Bayan Lepas Bayan Lepas is a town in the Malaysian state of Penang. It is located within the Southwest Penang Island District, near the southeastern tip of Penang Island. Founded in the 19th century, Bayan Lepas has various industries. History Bayan Lep ...

, place in Penang, Malaysia which also houses Penang airport *

Bayan Baru Bayan Baru is a town in the Malaysian state of Penang. It is located within the Southwest Penang Island District, adjacent to the Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone. The township was created in the 1970s following the establishment of the zone. Si ...

, a place in Penang, Malaysia ( next to Bayan Lepas ) * Bayan, Dashkasan, Azerbaijan *

Bayan, Oghuz Bayan is a village and municipality in the Oghuz Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located ...

, Azerbaijan *

Bayan County Bayan County () is a county of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang. It borders Mulan County to the east, Bin County to the south, Hulan Distr ...

, in Harbin city, Heilongjiang Province, China * ''Bayan'' or ''Piyan'', an old name for

Khorramshahr Khorramshahr ( fa, خرمشهر , also romanized as ''Khurramshahr'', ar, المحمرة, romanized as ''Al-Muhammerah'') is a city and capital of Khorramshahr County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 170,976, in ...

, Iran *

Bayan, Fars Beyan ( fa, بيان, also Romanized as Beyān and Bayān; also known as Baigun, Qal‘eh Beig, Qal‘eh-ye Beyg, and Qal‘eh-ye Beyk) is a village in Shahidabad Rural District, Mashhad-e Morghab District, Khorrambid County, Fars Province, Iran ...

, a village in Fars Province, Iran *

Bayan, Hamadan Bian ( fa, بيان, also Romanized as Bīān and Bayān) is a village in Gamasiyab Rural District, in the Central District of Nahavand County, Hamadan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also call ...

, a village in Hamadan Province, Iran *

Bayan area Bayan () is a residential area and district within Kuwait City in the Hawalli Governorate of Kuwait, consisting of 13 blocks, and situated approximately 15 kilometres away from the core areas of Kuwait City. Its naming was inspired by the fact that ...

an area within the Hawalli governorate of Kuwait *

Bayan (political entity) In early Philippine history, Barangay is the term historically used by scholars to describe the complex sociopolitical units which were the dominant organizational pattern among the various peoples of the Philippine archipelago , . in the peri ...

, the historic term for a Country or Polity in early Philippine history; used today to describe a municipality, or to denote one's homeland or country. *

Bayan, Sistan and Baluchestan Bayan ( fa, بايان, also Romanized as Bāyān; also known as Beyān) is a village in Ladiz Rural District, in the Central District of Mirjaveh County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic o ...

, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran *

Bayan, Bayat Bayan is a village in the Bayat District of Çorum Province Çorum ( tr, ) is a province in the Black Sea Region of Turkey, but lying inland and having more characteristics of Central Anatolia than the Black Sea coast. Its provincial capit ...

Mongolia

Bayan ( mn, Баян, ''rich, wealth'') is a common place name element in both Mongolia and Inner Mongolia: * two Aimags (provinces) of Mongolia: **

Bayan-Ölgii Province Bayan-Ölgii ( mn, Баян-Өлгий, ; xal, Байн-Өлгий, ; kk, Бай-Өлке / Bai-Ölke, ; "Rich region") is the westernmost of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. The country's only Muslim and Kazakh-majority aimag, it was ...

, the westernmost of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia **

Bayankhongor Province The Bayankhongor Province or Bayanhongor Aimag, , "Rich Darling Province" is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. It is located in the southwest of the country and, at 116,000 square kilometers, it is one of the largest aimags. The capi ...

, one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia *

Bayankhongor Bayankhongor ( mn, Баянхонгор, lit=''righ soft'', or ''rich sweetheart'') is the capital of the Bayankhongor Province (aimag) in Mongolia. The administration of the Bayankhongor Sum (district) is also located in the same place. The city ...

, the capital of Bayankhongor Aimag * two Düüregs (districts) of the capital Ulan Bator: ** Bayangol **

Bayanzürkh Bayanzürkh (, ''rich heart'') is one of nine Düüregs (districts) of the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar. It is subdivided into 20 Khoroos (subdistricts). It is the largest district in the capital and lies in the southeast of the city. It was ...

* many Sums (districts) in different Aimags: **

Bayan, Töv Bayan ( mn, Баян, also Maanit, Maan't, Мааньт, Rich) is a sum of Töv Province in Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russi ...

Bayan-Adarga, Khentii Bayan-Adarga ( mn, Баян-Адарга) is a sum (district) of Khentii Province in eastern Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russi ...

** Bayan-Agt, Bulgan **

Bayanbulag, Bayankhongor , native_name_lang = mn , nickname = , settlement_type = District , motto = , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_c ...

Bayanchandmani Bayanchandmani ( mn, Баянчандмань) is a sum of Töv Province in Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north ...

, Töv **

Bayandalai, Ömnögovi Bayandalai ( mn, Баяндалай, Rich ocean) is a sum (district) of Ömnögovi Province in southern Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, borde ...

Bayandelger, Sükhbaatar Bayandelger ( mn, Баяндэлгэр, Rich expanse) is a sum (district) of Sükhbaatar Province in eastern Mongolia. The population (as of 2009) of the sum is 4,569 including 1,169 in the sum center. Climate Bayandelger has a cold semi-arid ...

, a sum (district) of Sükhbaatar Province in eastern Mongolia **

Bayandelger, Töv Bayandelger ( mn, Баяндэлгэр, Rich wide) is a sum in the west of Mongolia's Töv Province. In 2005, it had 1226 inhabitants in 429 households. History The sum was founded in 1923, under the name Gün sum and as part of the khoshuu of ...

Bayandun, Dornod Bayandun ( mn, Баяндун, zh, 巴彥敦) is a sum (district) of Dornod Province in eastern Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by R ...

** Bayangol, Övörkhangai **

Bayangol, Selenge Bayangol ( mn, Баянгол, Mongolian: ''rich river'') is a sum (district) of Selenge Province in northern Mongolia. The capital town of the district is officially named ''Baruunkharaa''. In 2008, its population was 5,028.Bayangovi, Bayankhongor ** Bayanlig, Bayankhongor **

Bayanjargalan, Dundgovi Bayanjargalan ( mn, Баянжаргалан, Rich happiness) is a sum (district) of Dundgovi Province in central Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in Eas ...

** Bayanjargalan, Töv ** Bayankhairkhan, Zavkhan **

Bayankhangai Bayankhangai ( mn, Баянхангай, Rich Khangai) is a Sums of Mongolia, sum of Töv Province in Mongolia. Khangai ( mn, Хангай) provident lord, munificent king, generous gracious lord or bountiful king Districts of Töv Province ...

, Töv **

Bayankhutag, Khentii Bayankhutag ( mn, Баянхутаг, ''rich noble'') is a sum (district) of Khentii Province in eastern Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bord ...

** Bayanmönkh, Khentii **

Bayannuur, Bulgan , native_name_lang = mn , settlement_type = District , nickname = , motto = , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption ...

** Bayannuur, Bayan-Ölgii ** Bayan-Öndör, Bayankhongor **

Bayan-Öndör, Orkhon Erdenet ( mn, Эрдэнэт, literally "with treasure") is the third-largest city in Mongolia, with a 2018 population of 98,045, and the capital of the aimag (province) of Orkhon. Located in the northern part of the country, it lies in a valley ...

** Bayan-Öndör, Övörkhangai ** Bayan-Önjüül, Töv **

Bayan-Ovoo, Bayankhongor Bayan-Ovoo ( mn, Баян-Овоо, Rich ovoo) is a sum (district) of Bayankhongor Province in southern Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bord ...

Bayan-Ovoo, Khentii Bayan-Ovoo ( mn, Баян-Овоо, Rich ovoo, zh, 巴彥敖包) is a sum (district) of Khentii Province in eastern Mongolia. The sum had a population in 2008 of 1,581 and an area of 3,381 km². Climate Bayan-Ovoo has a continental clima ...

, a sum (district) of Khentii Province in eastern Mongolia **

Bayan-Ovoo, Ömnögovi Bayan-Ovoo ( mn, Баян-Овоо, Rich ovoo) is a sum (district) of Ömnögovi Province in the Gobi Desert of southern Mongolia. The seat lies at Erdenetsogt. History The sum was established on May 26, 1924. Geography and climate The sum is l ...

Bayantal, Govisümber , native_name_lang = mn , settlement_type = Districts of Mongolia, District , nickname = , motto = , image_skyline = , imagesize ...

Bayantes, Zavkhan Bayantes ( mn, Баянтэс, zh, 巴彥铁斯) is a sum of Zavkhan Province in western Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia ...

** Bayantsagaan, Bayankhongor ** Bayantsagaan, Töv **

Bayantsogt Bayantsogt ( mn, Баянцогт also Dund-Urt) is a sum of Töv Province in Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north ...

, Töv ** Bayantümen, Dornod ***

Baruun Bayan-Ulaan, Övörkhangai Baruun Bayan-Ulaan ( mn, Баруун Баян-Улаан, West rich red) is a sum (district) of Övörkhangai Province in southern Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked ...

***

Züünbayan-Ulaan, Övörkhangai Züünbayan-Ulaan ( mn, Зүүн Баян-Улаан, East rich red) is a sum (district) of Övörkhangai Province in southern Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked coun ...

Bayan-Uul, Dornod Bayan-Uul ( mn, Баян-Уул, Rich mountain) is a sum (district) of Dornod Province in eastern Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by ...

** Bayan-Uul, Govi-Altai ***

Uulbayan, Sükhbaatar Uulbayan ( mn, Уулбаян, Mountain rich) is a sum (district) of Sükhbaatar Province in eastern Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered ...

Bayanzürkh, Khövsgöl Bayanzürkh ( mn, Баянзүрх, ''lit. "rich heart"'') is a sum (district) of Khövsgöl aimag (province) in Mongolia. The area is about , of which are pasture. In 2000, the sum had 4202 inhabitants, mainly Darkhad. The center, officially ...

, a sum (district) of Khövsgöl aimag (province) * ''

Bayanzag The Flaming Cliffs site (also known as Bayanzag ( zh, 巴彥扎格), Bain-Dzak or Bayn Dzak) ( mn, Баянзаг ''rich in saxaul''), with the alternative Mongolian name of mn, Улаан Эрэг (''red cliffs''), is a region of the Gobi Desert ...

'' or

Flaming Cliffs The Flaming Cliffs site (also known as Bayanzag ( zh, 巴彥扎格), Bain-Dzak or Bayn Dzak) ( mn, Баянзаг ''rich in saxaul''), with the alternative Mongolian name of mn, Улаан Эрэг (''red cliffs''), is a region of the Gobi Desert ...

, a paleontological site in the Gobi desert

Inner Mongolia

Bayannur Bayannur or Bayannao'er (; mn, ''Bayannaɣur qota'', Mongolian Cyrillic Баяннуур хот) is a prefecture-level city in western Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. Until 1 December 2003, the area was called Bayannur League. Ba ...

prefecture-level city *

Bayan Obo Bayan'obo Mining District, ( Mongolian: ''Bayan Oboɣ-a Aɣurqai-yin toɣoriɣ'', Баян-Овоо Уурхайн тойрог ( mn, italic=yes, "rich" + ovoo); ), or Baiyun-Obo or Baiyun'ebo, is a mining town in the west of Inner Mongolia, ...

, mining settlement in Baotou

Family Name

* Bayan, the variant source of family name Fu (富), meaning "rich or wealth", whom dwell in

Aohan Banner Aohan Banner ( Mongolian: ''Aoqan qosiɣu''; ) is a banner of southeastern Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China, bordering Liaoning province to the south. It is under the administration of Chifeng Chifeng ( zh, s=赤峰市), also known ...

People

* two Mongol generals of the Yuan Dynasty: **

Bayan of the Baarin Bayan of the Baarin (Mongolian language, Mongolian: Баян; 1236 – January 11, 1295), or Boyan (), was an ethnic Mongols, Mongol general of the Yuan dynasty of China. He was known to Marco Polo as "Bayan Hundred Eyes" (probably from a confusion ...

(1236–1295) and **

Bayan of the Merkid Bayan of the Merkid (died 1340), or Bayan (), was a Mongol general of the Merkid clan and an official in the Yuan dynasty. Life Bayan was born into a family with military background. Many of his family members had served as soldiers during the ...

(died 1340), Mongol general of the Mergid clan and official in the Yuan Dynasty *

Buyan (khan) Bayan (or Buyan; Naiyan) ( kk, Баян хан) (r. 1302–1309) was one of the most famous khans of White Horde. "Bayan" means "rich" and "buyan" means "good deed/act" (as in religion or belief) in the Kazakh language. When Bayan became ...

, aka Bayan, the Khan of the Blue Horde *

Bayan I Bayan I reigned as the first khagan of the Avar Khaganate between 562 and 602. As the Göktürk Empire expanded westwards on the Eurasian Steppe during the 6th century, peoples such as the Avars (also known as the ''Pseudo-Avars'', ''Obri'' ...

(6th-century–602), Avar khagan *

Bayan II Bayan II was an Avar khagan Khagan or Qaghan (Mongolian:; or ''Khagan''; otk, 𐰴𐰍𐰣 ), or , tr, Kağan or ; ug, قاغان, Qaghan, Mongolian Script: ; or ; fa, خاقان ''Khāqān'', alternatively spelled Kağan, Kagan, ...

(died 617), Avar khagan *

Bayan (son of Kubrat) Batbayan ( bg, Батбаян) ruled the Khazarian Bulgars mentioned by Theophanes and Nicephorus after the Khazars defeated the Bulgars and Old Great Bulgaria disintegrated. There is a scholarly theory that he may have been the same person as ...

, son of Kubrat Khan *

Bayan Mahmoud Al-Zahran Bayan Mahmoud Al-Zahran is one of the first four female attorneys in Saudi Arabia. Career Al-Zahran trained as a legal consultant for three years, representing dozens of clients in family disputes, criminal and civil cases. Her initial focus was do ...

, Saudi lawyer

Music

*''Bayan'', the larger drum of the

tabla A tabla, bn, তবলা, prs, طبلا, gu, તબલા, hi, तबला, kn, ತಬಲಾ, ml, തബല, mr, तबला, ne, तबला, or, ତବଲା, ps, طبله, pa, ਤਬਲਾ, ta, தபலா, te, తబల� ...

set *

Bayan (accordion) The bayan ( rus, бая́н, p=bɐˈjan) is a type of chromatic button accordion developed in the Russian Empire in the early 20th century and named after the 11th-century bard Boyan. Characteristics The bayan differs from western chromati ...

, Russian accordion

Media

* ''Al Bayan'' (newspaper), a newspaper in the Arab Emirates *''Al Bayan'', an Iraqi newspaper affiliated to the

Islamic Dawa Party The Islamic Dawa Party, also known as the Islamic Call Party ( ar, حزب الدعوة الإسلامية, Ḥizb ad-Daʿwa al-Islāmiyya), is an Shia Islamist political party in Iraq. Dawa and the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council are two of th ...

* ''Al Bayan'' (magazine), a Lebanese business magazine * ''Al-Bayan'' (journal), a 19th-century periodical in Cairo * ''Al-Bayan'' (radio station), an Iraq-based radio station of ISIS *

Bayan Telecommunications Bayan Telecommunications Inc. (BayanTel) is a telecommunications company headquartered in Quezon City, Philippines serving areas in Metro Manila, Bicol and local exchange service areas in the Visayas and Mindanao regions combined, cover a popula ...

, a major telecommunications carrier in the Philippines * Bayan Productions, a co-production of

ABS-CBN ABS-CBN (an initialism of its two predecessors' names, Alto Broadcasting System and Chronicle Broadcasting Network) is a Television in the Philippines, Philippine Commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast broadcast network, network tha ...

, which is produced by Trip na Trip, Kabuhayang Swak na Swak and Urban Zone

Religious books

*The

Bayán In Bábism, Bayán ( ar, بیان), or exposition, denotes the whole body of the works of the Báb. It also refers more specifically to a set of two books written by the Báb around 1848: *''Persian Bayán'', written in Persian *'' Arabic Bayán'' ...

, meaning exposition, is a set of two books written by the Báb around 1848: **''

Persian Bayán The ''Persian Bayán'' ( fa, بیان - "expression") is one of the principal scriptural writings of the Báb, the founder of Bábi religion, written in Persian. The Báb also wrote a shorter book in Arabic, known as the Arabic Bayán. Conte ...

'', written in Persian **''

Arabic Bayán The ''Arabic Bayán'' is a book written by the Báb around 1848. Its larger sister book is the ''Persian Bayán''. The work is incomplete, containing only eleven Vahids. Each Vahid serves as a chapter and contains nineteen Abwab. The grammar i ...

'', written in Arabic

Social and political groups

Bayan Muna Bayan Muna () is a party-list in the Philippines, a member of the leftist political coalition Makabayan. The motto of the party is ''"New Politics, the Politics of Change"'', against "traditional, elitist, pro-imperialist politics". Its platform i ...

, a leftist political party in the Philippines

Military

* ''Bayan''-class cruiser, a class of armored cruisers of Imperial Russian Navy **The

Russian cruiser Bayan (1900) The cruiser ''Bayan'' (Russian: ''Баян'') was the name ship of the four armoured cruisers built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The ship had to be built in France because there was no available capac ...

, namesake of the class

Other

Al Bayan Holding Group Shamiekh Holding Group (), formerly Al Bayan Holding Group ( ar, مجموعة البيان القابضة) is a Saudi-based business conglomerate headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Its subsidiaries provide real estate development and manage ...