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(sərī') , former city, S European Russia, near present-day Volgograd. Founded in 1241 by Batu Khan, it was (13th–15th cent.) the capital of the Tatar Golden Horde, to which the Russians paid tribute for more than 200 years. The city declined after Czar Ivan III threw off the Tatar yoke in 1480.


 
 
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Sarai, Saraj or Sarah can refer to:

Places

Other meanings

  • The Biblical figure Sarah.
  • Sarai is a white female rapper who had a hit song in July 2003 with "Ladies."
  • Sarai is Persian for a house. In Turkic Sarai means palace. This word was loaned by Russian (сарай) during the period of Mongol yoke with an opposite meaning shed. In Hebrew, Sarai means My Princess. In Urdu and Hindi, it means a place where travellers meet and exchange views. Places in Delhi named after the Hindi/Urdu meaning of Sarai include:
  • The Sarai Programme at CSDS is a space for interdisciplinary research and practice on urban space, media and information at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in Delhi, India.
  • Sarai is a name of a Jat clan from Punjab, mostly of the Sikh faith

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