# 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 (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

## 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