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 Saray-Jük (Сарай-Жүк) / Sarai-Dzhuk (Сарай-Джук), Saraichik or Kishi Saray (Кіші Сарай) in the Kazakh language, Saraychyq (Сарайчык) in modern Tatar, and Saray Maly (russian: Сара́й Ма́лый) literally ...

, the ''Little Sarai'' of the Golden Horde

Azerbaijan

* Sarai Village, an old Turkic village in Absheron, Baku * Saray, Qubadli 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 overlook ...

(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 Ethiopi ...

India

* Aminagar Sarai, 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 dis ...

of Punjab, India * Ber Sarai, 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 the ...

, Bihar * Sarai Khas, a village in Jalandhar District of Punjab, India * Jia Sarai, Delhi * Kheta Sarai, Uttar Pradesh * Laheria Sarai, Darbhanga, Bihar *

Mughal Sarai Mughalsarai (; English: '' Mughal Tavern''), officially known as Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar, is a city and a municipal board in the Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh. Located around from Varanasi, it is an important railway junction ...

, a popular railway junction in Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh * Mughal Serai, Punjab * Mughal Serai, Doraha, Punjab * Sarai, Raebareli, a village in Raebareli district, Uttar Pradesh * Sarai Aquil, 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, 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, Uttar Pradesh * Sulem Sarai, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh * Nampally Sarai, Andhra Pradesh * Yusuf Sarai, a locality in Delhi

Iran

* Sarai Village, 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, 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, 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 Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Pe ...

, 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 pio ...

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 by ...

(born 1981), female rapper * Sarai (tribe), 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 Sephardi ...

(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 l ...

'', 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 Gov ...

(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 ...