Bayat (tribe)
Bayat (Azerbaijani: Bayat tayfası; Persian: بیات; Turkish: Bayat boyu; Turkmen: Baýat taýpasy) is one of the Oghuz tribes in Turkmenistan, Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria. When Oghuz Turks started to migrate from the Aral steppes to Khorasan in the 11th and 13th centuries, Bayat people spread throughout the region. They are sub-ethnic groups of Turkmens and Azerbaijanis. The Bayats are Muslim and speak a southern dialect of Azerbaijani language in Azerbaijan and Iran, or their own dialect of Turkish in Turkey, and Ersari dialect of Turkmen in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The ancient Turkmen proverb says: "Kayi and Bayat tribes shall lead the people" (Turkmen: "Il başy - gaýy-baýat").
Tamgha of Bayats, which represents the Eurasian eagle-owl according to Mahmud al-Kashgari. According to Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur, the Tamgha represents the snowy owl | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Iran, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Syria | |
| Languages | |
| Azerbaijani, Turkish, Turkmen and Persian | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Oghuz Turks |
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