Sarai

E344014

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 6
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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 ⓘ
Mengu-Timur → capital → Sarai ⓘ