Beyazid

Beyazid (also spelled Beyazıt, Bayezid, Bayazid, Bajazet, Beyazit, Bejazid or Bayazit), an Arabic, Persian, and Turkish name, from the Arabic بايزيد, meaning "father of Yazid", may refer to:

People

• Bayezid I (1347–1403), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1389 to 1402
• Bayezid II (1447–1512), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512
• Şehzade Bayezid (1525–1561), son of Sultan Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire and his wife Hürrem Sultan
• Bayazid Bastami (804–874 or 877/78), Persian Sufi
• Bayazid (Jalayirids), Shaikh Bayazid Jalayir, Jalayirid Prince and governor of Soltaniyeh from 1382 to 1384

Places

• Beyazıt Square, a district on the European side of Istanbul
  • Bayezid II Mosque
  • Beyazıt Tower
• Doğubeyazıt ("East Beyazıt" in Turkish), a city and district of Ağrı Province, Turkey
• Gavar (Novo-Bayazet/"New Beyazit"), a town in Armenia

Other uses

• Bajazet (play), a 1672 play by Jean Racine
• Bajazet (opera), a 1735 opera by Antonio Vivaldi

See also

• Yazid (disambiguation)