{{wiktionary|bayan}} '''Bayan''' or '''Al-Bayan''' ({{langx|ar|البيان|link=no}}) may refer to:
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==Arts, entertainment and media== ===Literature=== * Bayán, the body of the works of the Báb, an Iranian religious leader **''Persian Bayán'', c. 1847 **''Arabic Bayán'', 1848 * ''Al-Bayan'' (journal), a 19th-century periodical in Cairo * ''Al Bayan'' (magazine), a business magazine in Lebanon * ''Al-Bayan'' (newspaper), in the United Arab Emirates * Ang Bayan, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Philippines
===Other uses in arts, entertainment and media=== * Bayan (accordion), Russian musical instrument * Bayan, the larger drum of the tabla set * ''Al-Bayan'' (radio station), the Islamic State's official radio station based in Iraq
==Businesses and organisations== * Bayan Telecommunications, a Philippine telecommunications company * Bayan Productions, a Philippine television production company * Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, or Bayan, an alliance of left-wing Philippine organizations * Al Bayan Holding Group, now Shamiekh Holding Group, a Saudi-based business conglomerate
==People== * Bayan (given name), including a list of people with the name * Bayan I (died 602), khagan of the Avar Khaganate 562–602 * Bayan II (died 617), khagan of the Avar Khaganate 602–617 * Bayan (son of Kubrat), or Batbayan, ruler of the Khazarian Bulgars 667–690 * Bayan of the Baarin (1236–1295), Mongol general of the Yuan Dynasty * Bayan of the Merkit (died 1340), Mongol general of the Mergid clan and official in the Yuan Dynasty * Bayan (khan) (r. 1302–1309), a khan of White Horde
==Places== * Bayan, Dashkasan, Azerbaijan * Bayan, Oghuz, Azerbaijan * Bayan, Qinghai, China * Bayan Township, Qinghai, China * Bayan, Bayan, North Lombok, Indonesia * Bayan, Purworejo, Indonesia * Bayan, Fars, Iran * Bayan, Hamadan, Iran * Bayan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran * Bayan, an ancient town near Khorramshahr, Iran * Bayan, Kuwait ** Bayan Palace * Bayan, Töv, Mongolia * Bayan, Republic of Buryatia, Russia * Bayan, Bayat, Turkey * Bayan County, Heilongjiang Province, China * Bayan Lake, Santmargats, Zavkhan Province, Mongolia * Bayan station (Qinghai–Tibet railway), China * Bayan (Airport) station, Hohhot, Mongolia * Bayan, a polity in the Philippines, originally a form of precolonial barangay
== Other uses== * ''Bayan''-class cruiser, of the Imperial Russian Navy ** {{ship|Russian cruiser|Bayan|1900}} ** {{ship|Russian cruiser|Bayan|1907}} * Bayan Islamic Graduate School, in Chicago, United States * Bayan University, in Khartoum, Sudan
==See also== {{srt}} *{{lookfrom|Al Bayan}} * Bhajan, an Indian devotional song * Bajan (disambiguation) * Bayani (disambiguation)
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