Bayan

Bayan may refer to:

Educational institutions

 * Bayan Islamic Graduate School, Chicago, IL

Places

 * Bayan-Aul, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan
 * Bayan Mountain, an ancient mountain name for part of Tarbagatai Mountains at Kazakhstan in Qing Dynasty period
 * Bayan Lepas, place in Penang, Malaysia which also houses Penang airport
 * Bayan Baru, a place in Penang, Malaysia ( next to Bayan Lepas )
 * 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
 * Bayan, Bayat

Mongolia
Bayan (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:
 * Bayan, Töv
 * Bayan-Adarga, Khentii
 * Bayan-Agt, Bulgan
 * Bayanbulag, Bayankhongor
 * Bayanchandmani, Töv
 * Bayandalai, Ömnögovi
 * Bayandelger, Sükhbaatar, a sum (district) of Sükhbaatar Province in eastern Mongolia
 * Bayandelger, Töv
 * Bayandun, Dornod
 * Bayangol, Övörkhangai
 * Bayangol, Selenge
 * Bayangovi, Bayankhongor
 * Bayanlig, Bayankhongor
 * Bayanjargalan, Dundgovi
 * Bayanjargalan, Töv
 * 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, 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, a paleontological site in the Gobi desert

Inner Mongolia, China

 * Bayannur prefecture-level city


 * Bayan Obo, mining settlement in Baotou
 * Bayan Obo, Darhan Muminggan, a sum of Darhan Muminggan United Banner
 * Bayan Obo, Dorbod, a sum of Dorbod Banner
 * Bayan-Ulaan, a sum of Urad Middle Banner

Xinjiang, China

 * Bayan Ovoo, Hoboksar, a Township of Hoboksar

Family name

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

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
 * Bayan Nuwayhed (born 1937), Palestinian journalist, academic and politician

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 production company of ABS-CBN Corporation
 * Ang Bayan, the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines

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

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