Bayan may refer to:

Educational institutions

Bayan Islamic Graduate School Bayan Islamic Graduate School is a private 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, Islamic Leadership, ...

, Chicago, IL

Places

*Bayan-Aul, Pavlodar,

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

*Bayan Mountain, an ancient mountain name for part of Tarbagatai Mountains at Kazakhstan in

Qing Dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...

period *

Bayan Lepas Bayan Lepas is a suburb of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. Located near the southeastern tip of Penang Island, south of the city centre, it is home to the Penang International Airport, the third busiest airport in Malaysia, as we ...

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

Bayan Baru Bayan Baru is a neighbourhood of George Town, Penang, George Town in the States and federal territories of Malaysia, Malaysian state of Penang. Located south of the Central George Town, Penang, city centre, it lies within the suburb of Bayan Lepa ...

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

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

Khorramshahr Khorramshahr (; ) is a city in the Central District of Khorramshahr County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It is also known in Arabic by the local ethnically Arab population as Al-Muhamma ...

, Iran * Bayan, Fars, a village in Fars Province, Iran * Bayan, Hamadan, a village in Hamadan Province, Iran * Bayan area an area within the Hawalli governorate of Kuwait * Bayan (political entity), 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, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran * Bayan, Bayat

Mongolia

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

Bayan-Ölgii Province Bayan-Ölgii ( ) is the westernmost of the 21 Aimags of Mongolia, aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. The country's only Islam in Mongolia, Muslim and Kazakh people, Kazakh-majority aimag, it was established in August 1940. Its capital is Ölgii (cit ...

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

Bayankhongor Province The Bayankhongor Province or Bayanhongor Aimag 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 capital of the aimag shares the ...

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

Bayankhongor Bayankhongor () 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 is at an elevation of 1859 m above sea level, and has a populatio ...

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

Bayanzürkh Bayanzürkh ( ; ) is one of nine districts of the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar. It is subdivided into 20 subdistricts. It is the largest district in the capital and lies in the southeast of the city. It was established in 1965. In 2023 it h ...

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

Bayan, Töv Bayan ( ), also Maanit ( ), is a district of Töv Province in Mongolia Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It covers an area of , with a population of 3.5&nb ...

Bayan-Adarga, Khentii Bayan-Adarga () is a sum (district) of Khentii Province in eastern Mongolia. In 2010, its population was 2,205.Bayan-Agt, Bulgan **

Bayanbulag, Bayankhongor Bayanbulag (, ''rich spring'') is a sum (district) of Bayankhongor Province in southern Mongolia. In 2006, its population was 2,143. Climate Bayanbulag has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification ''BSk'') with mild summers a ...

Bayanchandmani Bayanchandmani () is a sum of Töv Province in Mongolia. It lies on the main road going west and then north from the national capital. In 2011, the population was 3,783. Administrative divisions The district is divided into three bags A b ...

, Töv **

Bayandalai, Ömnögovi Bayandalai (, Rich ocean) is a sum (district) of Ömnögovi Province in southern Mongolia. In 2009, its population was 2,316.

Bayandelger, Sükhbaatar Bayandelger (, 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 climate (Köppen climat ...

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

Bayandelger, Töv Bayandelger ( ) is a district in the west of Mongolia's Töv Province. As of the 2005 census, it had a population of 1,226 inhabitants in 429 households. History The district (or sum) was founded in 1923 under the name Gün ( ) and as part of th ...

Bayandun, Dornod Bayandun ( is a sum (district) of Dornod Province in eastern Mongolia. In 2009, its population was 2,936. Administrative divisions The district is divided into four bags A bag, also known regionally as a sack, is a common tool in the form ...

** Bayangol, Övörkhangai ** Bayangol, Selenge ** Bayangovi, Bayankhongor ** Bayanlig, Bayankhongor ** Bayanjargalan, Dundgovi **

Bayanjargalan, Töv Bayanjargalan (, Rich happiness) is a sum of Töv Province in Mongolia Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It covers an area of , with a population of 3.5&nb ...

** Bayankhairkhan, Zavkhan ** Bayankhangai, Töv ** Bayankhutag, Khentii ** Bayanmönkh, Khentii ** Bayannuur, Bulgan ** Bayannuur, Bayan-Ölgii ** Bayan-Öndör, Bayankhongor ** Bayan-Öndör, Orkhon ** Bayan-Öndör, Övörkhangai ** Bayan-Önjüül, Töv ** Bayan-Ovoo, Bayankhongor **

Bayan-Ovoo, Khentii Bayan-Ovoo ( 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 climate (Köppen climate classification ''Dwb'') with war ...

, a sum (district) of Khentii Province in eastern Mongolia ** Bayan-Ovoo, Ömnögovi ** Bayantal, Govisümber ** Bayantes, Zavkhan ** Bayantsagaan, Bayankhongor ** Bayantsagaan, Töv ** Bayantsogt, Töv ** Bayantümen, Dornod *** Baruun Bayan-Ulaan, Övörkhangai *** Züünbayan-Ulaan, Övörkhangai ** Bayan-Uul, Dornod ** Bayan-Uul, Govi-Altai *** Uulbayan, Sükhbaatar ** Bayanzürkh, Khövsgöl, a sum (district) of Khövsgöl aimag (province) * '' Bayanzag'' or

Flaming Cliffs The Flaming Cliffs site (also known as Bayanzag, Bayn Dzak) ( ''rich in saxaul''), with the alternative Mongolian name of (''red cliffs''), is a region of the Gobi Desert in the Ömnögovi Province of Mongolia, in which important fossil finds ha ...

, a paleontological site in the Gobi desert

Inner Mongolia, China

Bayannur Bayannur or Bayannao'er ( zh, c=巴彦淖尔市, p=bāyànnàoěr; ''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 ...

prefecture-level city *

Bayan Obo Bayan'obo Mining District ( Mongolian: , zh, s=白云鄂博矿区), or Baiyun-Obo or Baiyun'ebo, is a mining district in the west of Inner Mongolia, China. It is under the administration of Baotou City, the downtown of which is more than to the ...

, mining settlement in Baotou * , a sum of Darhan Muminggan United Banner * , a sum of Dorbod Banner * , a sum of

Urad Middle Banner Urad Middle Banner ( Mongolian: ; zh, s=乌拉特中旗) is a banner of Inner Mongolia, China. It is located in the west of the region, and administratively is part of Bayan Nur City. It has a total area of and in 2020 had a population of 112,1 ...

Xinjiang, China

* , a Township of Hoboksar

Family name

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

Aohan Banner Aohan Banner ( Mongolian: ; zh, s=敖汉旗) is a banner of southeastern Inner Mongolia, China, bordering Liaoning province to the south. It is under the administration of Chifeng City, to the west. Administrative divisions Aohan Banner is mad ...

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 confusio ...

(1236–1295) and ** Bayan of the Merkid (died 1340), Mongol general of the Mergid clan and official in the Yuan Dynasty * Buyan (khan), 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 (died 617), Avar khagan * Bayan (son of Kubrat), son of Kubrat Khan * Bayan Mahmoud Al-Zahran, Saudi lawyer * Bayan Nuwayhed (born 1937), Palestinian journalist, academic and politician

Music

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

tabla A ''tabla'' is a pair of hand drums from the Indian subcontinent. Since the 18th century, it has been the principal percussion instrument in Hindustani classical music, where it may be played solo, as an accompaniment with other instruments a ...

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 chromatic ...

, 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 () is an Iraqi Shia Islamist political movement that was formed in 1957 by seminarians in Najaf, Iraq, and later formed branches in Lebanon and Kuwait. The Party backed the Iranian Revolution and also Ayatollah Ruholla ...

* ''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 popu ...

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

ABS-CBN Corporation ABS-CBN Corporation is a Mass media in the Philippines, Filipino Media conglomerate, media company based in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the largest entertainment television and film production, Broadcast syndication, progra ...

* Ang Bayan, the official news organ of the

Communist Party of the Philippines The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP; ) is a far-left, Marxist–Leninist–Maoist revolutionary organization and communist party in the Philippines, formed by Jose Maria Sison on 26 December 1968. The CPP has been fighting a gue ...

Religious books

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

Persian Bayán The ''Persian Bayán'' ( - "expression") is one of the principal scriptural writings of the Báb, the founder of Bábism, written in Persian. The Báb also wrote a shorter book in Arabic, known as the '' Arabic Bayán''. Content The Persian Ba ...

'', written in Persian **'' Arabic Bayán'', written in Arabic

Social and political groups

Bagong Alyansang Makabayan The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan () or Bayan () is an alliance of left-wing Philippine organizations. It was founded on International Workers' Day, May 1, 1985 as part of the opposition during the Marcos dictatorship. Politics Ideology The ...

or BAYAN, an alliance of left-wing Philippine organizations *

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 platf ...

, 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), namesake of the class

Other

* Al Bayan Holding Group