BAJA, a market-town of Hungary, in the county of Baes, on the left bank of the Danube, 90 miles S. of Pesth. It was burned down in 1807, but has since been well built. It carries on a considerable trade in grain and pigs, and its four annual markets are largely attended. The Roman Catholics, the Greek Church, and the Jews have each a place of worship in the town, which also possesses a gymnasium, and a castle belonging to the Grassalkovich family. Population, 18,110.

BAJAZET I., sultan of the Turks, commenced to reign in 1389, and died in 1403. The well-known story of the iron cage, in which this monarch was said to have been carried about by his conqueror Timur, haβ no authority, and probably originated in a mistake as to the word for a litter, in which Bajazet was carried.

BAJAZET II., son of Mahomet II., succeeded his father as sultan in 1481, and died in 1512. See Constantinople and Turkey.