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serais

  • plural
    of serai.
    serai
    noun
    (in Eastern countries) a caravansary.

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And he gave Ahmed the names of two or three serais frequented by traders of his nation.

From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang

"Je serais chez moi," was now her argument, and for food she could continue to work or beg.

From Our House And London out of Our Windows by Elizabeth Robins Pennell

These things are usually carried by travellers on camels, or in carts drawn by oxen; taking likewise tents along with them, to use when they do not find serais.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

Similarly for the repairs of serais a sum of rupees 100 per annum for each serai will be given.

From The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar by Demetrius Charles Boulger

The only works we can find constructed by him, with a view to the advancement of the interests of his subjects, were the merchants' serais, built in each city, and these were self-supporting.

From The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar by Demetrius Charles Boulger

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