Sarai, Serai, or Saraj may refer to:

Places

Sarai (city) Sarai (also transcribed as ''Saraj'' or ''Saray'', from Persian ''sarāy'', "mansion" or "court") was the name of possibly two cities near the lower Volga, that served successively as the effective capitals of the Golden Horde, a Turco-Mongol kin ...

, a large medieval city, and the capital city of the Golden Horde * Saray-Jük, the ''Little Sarai'' of the Golden Horde

Azerbaijan

Sarai Village Saray ( fa, ساراي , also Romanized as Sarāy ; also known as Saray and Sarāy) is a village in Jazireh Rural District, Ilkhchi District, Osku County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, ...

, an old Turkic village in Absheron, Baku *

Saray, Qubadli Saray is a village in the Qubadli District of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boun ...

a village in Karabakh, occupied by Armenians * Sarai Masjid, is a mosque of the 15th century, which is included in Shirvanshah's palace complex in Baku, Azerbaijan *

Gulustan Palace Gulustan Palace ( az, Gülüstan sarayı), formerly known as Gulustan Wedding Palace Complex during the Soviet era is the main state convention center of the Azerbaijani government. It is located on Baku's highland, on Istiglaliyyat Street overloo ...

(Gülüstan Sarai) during the Soviet era is the main state convention center of the Azerbaijani government

Afghanistan

* Chaga Serai, (Asadabad) in the Kunar River valley, at the confluence of the Pech River

Eritrea

* Serai, An ancient province in the state of

Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...

India

Aminagar Sarai Aminagar Sarai is a town and a ''nagar panchayat'' in Baghpat district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the oldest town in the Meerut commissionary area. Demographics At the 2001 India census, Aminagar Sarai had a population of 15,2 ...

, Uttar Pradesh * Bal-Sarai, a village in

Amritsar District Amritsar district is one of the twenty three districts that make up the Indian state of Punjab. Located in the Majha region of Punjab, the city of Amritsar is the headquarters of this district. As of 2011, it is the second most populous distr ...

of Punjab, India *

Ber Sarai Ber Sarai is a small neighbourhood located between Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and IIT Delhi in the South West district of Delhi, India. Overview The neighborhood comprises two distinct sections: Ber Sarai Village and Ber Sarai Delhi De ...

, Delhi *

Begusarai Begusarai is the industrial and financial capital of Bihar and the administrative headquarters of the Begusarai district, which is one of the thirty-eight districts of the Indian state of Bihar. The district lies on the northern bank of th ...

, Bihar *

Sarai Khas Sarai-Khas (affectionately known as "Biby Pind" and "Sarawa") is a village in Jalandhar district Jalandhar district is a district in Doaba region of the state of Punjab, India. District headquarters is Jalandhar city. Before the Partition ...

, a village in Jalandhar District of Punjab, India *

Jia Sarai Jia Sarai is an urban village in the south of New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the governmen ...

, Delhi * Kheta Sarai, Uttar Pradesh * Laheria Sarai, Darbhanga, Bihar * Mughal Sarai, a popular railway junction in Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh * Mughal Serai, Punjab *

Mughal Serai, Doraha Mughal Serai, Doraha or Doraha Sarai is located at Doraha in Ludhiana District. Its popularly known as 'Mughal Caravan Serai'. This is often confused with this place as RDB fort (Serai Lashkari Khan). RDB fort, the fort shown in movie Rang De ...

, Punjab *

Sarai, Raebareli Sarai is a village in Lalganj block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located 19 km from Lalganj, the block and tehsil headquarters. As of 2011, it has a population of 902 people, in 173 households. It has one primary schoo ...

, a village in Raebareli district, Uttar Pradesh *

Sarai Aquil Sarai Akil is a town and a nagar panchayat in Kaushambi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Demographics In 2001, the India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about t ...

, Uttar Pradesh *

Sarai Kale Khan ''For other places with the same name, see Wazirabad (disambiguation)'' Sarai Kale Khan is a village in South East Delhi district in Delhi. This is a Gurjar village of clan Basista/Bosatta. This place is remotely connected to other parts of De ...

, Delhi *

Sarai Mir Sarai Mir is a town and a nagar panchayat in Azamgarh district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Demographics As per the 2011 Indian Census, Sarai Mir had a total population of 19,055, of which 9,760 were males and 9,295 were females. Popul ...

, Uttar Pradesh *

Sarai Rohilla railway station Delhi Sarai Rohilla railway station (station code: DEE) is situated about from old Delhi railway junction in India. It is managed by Delhi Division of Northern Railway zone. Many trains from Delhi to Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat st ...

, Delhi *

Sarai Shishgaran Sarai Shishgaran is a town in Auraiya district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest co ...

, Uttar Pradesh *

Sulem Sarai Sulem Sarai is a locality/township of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most ...

, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh *

Nampally Sarai Nampally Sarai" Tipu Khan sarai" is a heritage resting place (caravanserai) located at Nampally in Hyderabad, India. The 'Nampally Sarai' or 'Tipu Khan Sarai"' was built by Nawab Tipu Khan Bahadur who was High Ranking Official, Elite Mansabdar ...

, Andhra Pradesh *

Yusuf Sarai Yusuf Sarai is a locality in South Delhi. It lies on the Sri Aurobindo Marg close to AIIMS, New Delhi, and accommodates both residential as well as market places . It is named after historic Yusuf Sarai, one of many sarais (inns or rest hous ...

, a locality in Delhi

Iran

, East Azerbaijan, Iran * Sarai, East Azerbaijan, Iran * Sarai, Isfahan, Iran * Sarai, Iran, Kermanshah Province, Iran

North Macedonia

Saraj municipality Saraj ( mk, , sq, Saraj) is one of the ten municipalities that make up the city of Skopje, the capital of the Republic of North Macedonia. * '' Saraj'', which means "palace" in Turkish, is also the name of the village where the municipal seat ...

, a municipality in Greater Skopje **

Saraj, Skopje Saraj ( mk, , sq, Saraj) is a village in Skopje, within North Macedonia. It is the seat of Saraj Municipality. Demographics According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 6265 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedoni ...

, a village near Skopje; seat of the Saraj municipality * Saraj, Bosilovo, a village * Saraj (Resen), a neoclassical estate in Resen built by Ahmed Niyazi Bey

Pakistan

Sarai Alamgir Sarai Alamgir ( pnb, ) is the main town of Sarai Alamgir Tehsil, located in the Gujrat district in the north of the Punjab province of Pakistan. Sarai Alamgir is one of four tehsils of Gujrat district. Sarai Alamgir covers on the eastern ba ...

, a town in northern Pakistan *

Sarai Alamgir Tehsil Sarai Alamgir Tehsil (Urdu: ) is one of four administrative areas, or Tehsils, in the District of Gujrat. The Tehsil is located on the eastern bank of the Jhelum River across from the larger town of Jhelum. East of the Tehsil is the Upper Jhelum C ...

, a tehsil in the Gujrat District in Punjab, Pakistan * Serai Naurang, a town in Lakki Marwat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan

Russia

* Sarai, Russia, name of several inhabited localities in Russia

Turkey

Saray, Van Saray ( ku, Sêrê) is a district and town in the Van Province of Turkey. The current mayor is Caziye Duman from the Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey), Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) 2020 Iran–Turkey earthquakes, An earthquake in February 202 ...

, also spelled Sarai

People

*''Sarai'', the original name of the biblical

Sarah Sarah (born Sarai) is a biblical matriarch and prophetess, a major figure in Abrahamic religions. While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a piou ...

Sarai (rapper) Sarai Marie Howard (born January 23, 1981) is an American rapper. Biography 2001–2004: Music Shortly after relocating to Atlanta, Sarai signed a record deal with Epic Records. She thus became the first white female rapper to be represented b ...

(born 1981), female rapper *

Sarai (tribe) The Jat people ((), ()) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subse ...

, a Jat clan from Punjab, mostly of the Sikh faith *

Sarai Givaty Sarai Givaty-Luboschits ( he, שרי גבעתי; ) is an Israeli actress, singer-songwriter, and model As a musician, she is also known by her stage name ESH. Early life Born Sarai Givaty (or Givati) in Tiberias, Israel, to a family of Sephardic ...

(born 1982), an Israeli actress and model

Other

Sarai (resting place) A caravanserai (or caravansary; ) was a roadside inn where travelers ( caravaners) could rest and recover from the day's journey. Caravanserais supported the flow of commerce, information and people across the network of trade routes covering ...

or caravanserai, a caravan station where travellers would rest * Sarai, a common name of ''

Shorea robusta ''Shorea robusta'', the sal tree, sāla, shala, sakhua, or sarai, is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The tree is native to India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Tibet and across the Himalayan regions . Evolution Fossil evidence from lig ...

'', a tree native to the Indian subcontinent *

The Sarai Programme at CSDS The Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) is an Indian research institute for the social sciences and humanities. It was founded in 1963 by Rajni Kothari and is largely funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research Govt ...

(the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, an Indian research institute for the social sciences and humanities in Delhi) * Sarai Records, an independent label founded by

Teena Marie Mary Christine Brockert (March 5, 1956 – December 26, 2010), known professionally as Teena Marie, was an American singer-songwriter, musician, composer, arranger, and producer. She was known by her childhood nickname Tina before taking the sta ...

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