Barat
# Barat

Barat may refer to:

## People

### Given name

* Barat Ali Batoor (born 1983), Afghani photographer
* Barat Shakinskaya (1914–1999), Azerbaijani and Soviet stage and film actress

### Surname

* Anne-Marie Barat (1948–1990), French classical organist
* Carl Barât (born 1978), English musician, actor and author
* František Barát (born 1950), Czech footballer
* Kahar Barat (born 1950), Uyghur-American historian
* Leonid Barats, Russian actor, screenwriter and film producer
* Madeleine Sophie Barat (1779 – 1865), French Catholic saint
* Nicolas Barat (?–1706) French Catholic scholar of Hebrew works

## Places

* Barat, NWFP, Pakistan, a town
* Barát, the Hungarian name for Baraţi, a village in Romania
* Barat (Kanfanar), a village in Croatia
* Barat, Višnjan, a village in Croatia

### Schools

* Barat Academy in Chesterfield, Missouri, USA
* Barat College, former college in Lake Forest, Illinois, USA
* Groupe scolaire Sophie-Barat in Châtenay-Malabry, France
* Sophie-Barat-Schule in Hamburg, Germany

## Other uses

* Shab-e-barat is a Muslim holiday celebrated on the 14th night of the month of Sha'aban
* Lailatul Barat or Mid-Sha'ban, a Muslim holiday
* Baalat, 'Lady of Byblos', was the goddess of the city of Byblos, Phoenicia in ancient times.
* Baraat, a wedding procession in parts of south Asia
* Barat (wind)
* Barat (film), a 1942 Bollywood film
* West direction in Malay languages, both Indonesian and Bahasa Malaysia
