Bayat may refer to:

• Bay'at, Islamic word for allegiance

Family name

• Bayat (name), originally referring to a Turkic clan from Iran, now a common surname in central and southern Asia and the Middle East

(Includes a list of people with this name)

Places

• Bayat, Afyonkarahisar, a district in Turkey's Afyonkarahisar Province founded by members of the clan
• Bayat, Çorum, a district in Turkey's Çorum Province founded by members of the clan
• Boyat, Aghjabadi, Azerbaijan
• Boyat, Neftchala, Azerbaijan
• Boyat, Shamakhi, Azerbaijan
• Boyat, Ujar, Azerbaijan
• Bayat, Indonesia, a subdistrict in Klaten Regency, Central Java, Indonesia

In music

• Bayat, Bayati or Bayat-e-Turk, and Bayati-i-Kurd, makams (musical mode) in Turkish and Iranian music
• Maqam Bayat

See also

• Bay'at al-Imam, an Islamic organisation in Jordan

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