Sarai, Serai, or Saraj may refer to:

Places

  • Sarai (city), a large medieval city, and the capital city of the Golden Horde
  • Saray-Jük, 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, a 15th-century mosque in Shirvanshah's palace complex in Baku
  • Gulustan Palace, the main state convention center of the Azerbaijani government, referred to as Gülüstan Sarai during the Soviet era

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

India

  • Aminagar Sarai, Uttar Pradesh
  • Ber Sarai, Delhi
  • Begusarai, Bihar
  • Sarai Khas, a village in Jalandhar District of Punjab,
  • Jia Sarai, 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, Punjab
  • Sarai, Raebareli, a village in Raebareli district, Uttar Pradesh
  • Sarai Aquil, Uttar Pradesh
  • Sarai Kale Khan (disambiguation), Delhi
  • Sarai Mir, Uttar Pradesh
  • Sarai Rohilla railway station, Delhi
  • Sarai Shishgaran, Uttar Pradesh
  • Sulem Sarai, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
  • Nampally Sarai, Andhra Pradesh
  • Yusuf Sarai, a locality in Delhi
  • Sarai metro station, Delhi, India

Iran

  • Sarai Village, East Azerbaijan
  • Sarai, East Azerbaijan, Iran
  • Sarai, Isfahan, Iran
  • Sarai, Iran, Kermanshah Province

Iraq

  • Sarai Mosque, late 12th century mosque in Baghdad, Iraq
  • Zuqaq al-Sarai, an old street in downtown Baghdad

North Macedonia

  • Saraj municipality, 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, a city in the Gujrat District, Punjab
  • Sarai Alamgir Tehsil, a tehsil in the Gujrat District, Punjab
  • Sarai Sidhu, a city in the Khanewal District, Punjab
  • Serai Naurang, a town in Lakki Marwat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

Russia

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

Turkey

  • Saray, Van, also spelled Sarai

People

  • Sarai, the original name of the biblical Sarah
  • Sarai (rapper) (born 1981), female rapper
  • Sarai (tribe), a Jat clan from Punjab, mostly of the Sikh faith
  • Sarai Bareman, a Samoan New Zealand born former footballer
  • Sarai Givaty (born 1982), an Israeli actress and model
  • Reza Saraj (1965–2024), Iranian politician who was the head of foreign intelligence for the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Other

  • Sarai (resting place) or caravanserai, a caravan station where travelers would rest
  • Sarai, a common name of Shorea robusta, a tree native to the Indian subcontinent
  • The Sarai Programme at CSDS (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

See also

  • Saray (disambiguation)
  • Sarah (disambiguation)