METHOD OF TRANSLITERATION; ABBREVIATIONS; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. HISTORY; 3. THE THREE TOWNS; 4. EARLY MONUMENTS; 5. MOSQUES AND MINARETS; 6. THE CHATR? ITS ORIGIN, ITS BASIC FORM AND ITS VARIANTS IN BAYANA; 7. WATERWORKS; 8. DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE; 9. MANSIONS, SEMI-PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND LATER MONUMENTS; 10. HISTORIC EDIFICES IN THE TOWNS AND VILLAGES OF THE BAYANA REGION; 11. EPILOGUE; APPENDICES; APPENDIX I: HISTORICAL INSCRIPTIONS OF BAYANA AND ITS REGION: APPENDIX II: THE GENEALOGY OF THE AU?AD?S OF BAYANA; APPENDIX III: FUNERARY CHATR?S AND OTHER TOMBS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.