Bayan

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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 (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:
- 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 [zh], a sum of Darhan Muminggan United Banner
Bayan Obo, Dorbod [zh], a sum of Dorbod Banner
Bayan-Ulaan [zh], a sum of Urad Middle Banner

Xinjiang, China

Bayan Ovoo, Hoboksar [zh] , 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