serai
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Swinging his horse around, he rode straight at serai and battery.
From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Louis Tracy
The defenders of the serai were hard pressed.
From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang
Yakoob Beg had even detailed off to take care of the serai and its occupants a large number of the old Khitay, or Yangy Mussulmans, who were generally employed throughout the city as domestic servants.
From The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar by Demetrius Charles Boulger
Leaving the serai again the following morning, we did a short march of some six or seven miles only, down to the river.
From A Kut Prisoner by H. C. W. Bishop
Our next halt, which we reached in the middle of the morning, was a serai standing by itself on a low ridge.
From A Kut Prisoner by H. C. W. Bishop
He had asked for the Afghan serais merely to avoid them; his imposture might be discovered if he came among genuine merchants.
From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang
Then pointing to the grave, he said: "When I lie there—Je serais sans souci!"
From Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
The most approved permanent camps or "posts" were mud serais flanked by bastions at the alternate angles and overlooking a yard or "kraal."
From Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute by Theo. F. Rodenbough
"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
Massive archways, ruined forts and serais, placid water-tanks, lovely gardens, feathery toddy-palms, plantain-hedges, and throngs of picturesque people make the approach to historic Delhi a scene long to be remembered.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Thomas Stevens
