Sarai (city)

Sarai

1300

CHAGATAI KHANATE

GOLDEN HORDE

EMPIRE
OF THE
GREAT KHAN

ILKHANATE

GEORGIA

DELHI
SULTANATE

YADAVAS

Tungus

MYIN-
SAING

KHMER

BEYLIKS

MAMLUK
SULTANATE

GO-
RYEO

MAJAPAHIT

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Sarai, near the Caspian Sea, was the capital of the Golden Horde.

Sarai (Turki/Kypchak and Persian: سرای‎; also transcribed as Saraj or Saray; "mansion" or "court")^[1] was the name of possibly two cities near the lower Volga, that served successively as the effective capitals of the Cuman–Kipchak Confederation and the Golden Horde, a Turco-Mongol^[2] kingdom which ruled much of Northwestern Asia and Eastern Europe, from the 10th through the 14th century. There is considerable disagreement among scholars about the correspondence between specific archaeological sites and the various references to سرای‎, (Sarāy); سرای باتو‎ (Sarāy-i Bātū ,"the Sarai of Batu"); سرای برکه‎, (Sarāy-i Barka, "the Sarai of Berke"); سرای الجدید‎, (Sarāy al-Jadīd, "New Sarai"); and سرای المحروسه‎ (Sarāy al-Maḥrūsah, "Sarai Blessed [by God]") in the historical sources.^[3]