Sarai

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Sarai was the capital city of the Golden Horde, a major Mongol khanate that dominated parts of Eastern Europe and the Eurasian steppe in the 13th and 14th centuries.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sarai canonical 4
New Sarai 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mongol city
archaeological site
former capital
historical city
capitalOf Golden Horde
Ulus of Jochi
currencyUsed Golden Horde dirhams
declinePeriod late 14th century
destroyedBy Timur
destroyedInYear 1395
flourishedInCentury 13th century
14th century
foundedBy Batu Khan
governedBy Batu Khan
Berke
Uzbek Khan
hadBuildingType bazaars
mosques
palaces
hadFunction diplomatic center
economic center
political center
hadPopulationType nomadic elements
urban
hadReligion Christianity
Islam
shamanism
hasVariantName Old Sarai
linked to: Sarai Batu

Sarai Batu
knownFor administration of the Golden Horde
multicultural population
trade
languageUsed Kipchak Turkic
linked to: Kipchak languages

Mongolian
Persian
linked to: Persian language
locatedIn Golden Horde
locatedInPresentDay Russia
locatedInRegion Eastern Europe
Eurasian steppe
locatedOnRiver Volga River
onTradeRoute Silk Road network
linked to: Silk Road routes

Volga trade route
partOf Mongol Empire
partOfHistoricalRegion Lower Volga region
successor New Sarai
linked to: Sarai
timeOfEstablishment 13th century
usedBy Mongol rulers
khans of the Golden Horde

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Batu Khan placeOfDeath Sarai
Sarai successor New Sarai
linked to: Sarai
Ulaghchi powerBase Sarai
Uzbek Khan capital Sarai
Uzbek Khan deathPlace Sarai