Bayan

Bayan may refer to:

Places

• Bayan-Aul, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan
• Bayan, Dashkasan, Azerbaijan
• Bayan, Oghuz, Azerbaijan
• Bayan County, in Harbin city, Heilongjiang Province, China
• Bayan or Piyan, an old name for Khorramshahr, 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

Mongolia

Bayan (Mongolian: Баян, rich, wealth) is a common place name element in both Mongolia and Inner Mongolia:

• two Aimags (provinces) of Mongolia:
  • Bayan-Ölgii Province, the westernmost of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia
  • Bayankhongor Province, one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia
• Bayankhongor, the capital of Bayankhongor Aimag
• two Düüregs (districts) of the capital Ulan Bator:
  • Bayangol
  • Bayanzürkh
• many Sums (districts) in different Aimags:
  • Bayannuur, Bayan-Ölgii
  • Bayan-Öndör, Bayankhongor
  • Bayan-Ovoo, Bayankhongor
  • Bayanbulag, Bayankhongor
  • Bayangovi, Bayankhongor
  • Bayanlig, Bayankhongor
  • Bayantsagaan, Bayankhongor
  • Bayan-Agt, Bulgan
  • Bayannuur, Bulgan
  • Bayandun, Dornod
  • Bayantümen, Dornod
  • Bayan-Uul, Dornod
  • Bayanjargalan, Dundgovi
  • Bayan-Uul, Govi-Altai
  • Bayantal, Govisümber
  • Bayan-Adarga, Khentii
  • Bayankhutag, Khentii
  • Bayanmönkh, Khentii
  • Bayan-Ovoo, Khentii, a sum (district) of Khentii Province in eastern Mongolia
  • Bayanzürkh, Khövsgöl, a sum (district) of Khövsgöl aimag (province)
  • Bayan-Ovoo, Ömnögovi
  • Bayandalai, Ömnögovi
  • Bayan-Öndör, Orkhon
  • Baruun Bayan-Ulaan, Övörkhangai
  • Bayan-Öndör, Övörkhangai
  • Bayangol, Övörkhangai
  • Züünbayan-Ulaan, Övörkhangai
  • Bayangol, Selenge
  • Bayandelger, Sükhbaatar, a sum (district) of Sükhbaatar Province in eastern Mongolia
  • Uulbayan, Sükhbaatar
  • Bayan, Töv
  • Bayan-Önjüül, Töv
  • Bayanchandmani, Töv
  • Bayandelger, Töv
  • Bayanjargalan, Töv
  • Bayankhangai, Töv
  • Bayantsagaan, Töv
  • Bayantsogt, Töv
  • Bayankhairkhan, Zavkhan
  • Bayantes, Zavkhan
• Bayanzag or Flaming Cliffs, a paleontological site in the Gobi desert

Inner Mongolia

• Bayannur prefecture-level city
• Bayan Obo, mining settlement in Baotou

People

• two Mongol generals of the Yuan Dynasty:
  • Bayan of the Baarin (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 (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

Music

• Bayan, the larger drum of the tabla set
• Bayan (accordion), Russian accordion

Media

• Al Bayan (newspaper), a newspaper in the Arab Emirates
• Al Bayan, an Iraqi newspaper affiliated to the Islamic Dawa Party
• 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, a major telecommunications carrier in the Philippines
• Bayan Productions, a co-production of ABS-CBN, which is produced by Trip na Trip, Kabuhayang Swak na Swak and Urban Zone

Religious books

• The Bayán, meaning exposition, is a set of two books written by the Báb around 1848:
  • Persian Bayán, written in Persian
  • Arabic Bayán, written in Arabic

Social and political groups

• Bayan Muna, 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

See also

• Bhajan, an Indian devotional song
• Bajan (disambiguation)
• Bayani (disambiguation)