serai
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And next day, in the serai where he had put up in Peshawar, Ahmed learnt from Sherdil that his name stood thirty-second on the list of candidates for the Guides.
From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang
He bethought himself of his goods in the serai.
From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang
Taimur Khan's fort and serai are in the midst of all this, and are very poor and ruinous, but the walls are high, and they have a balakhana.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
The defenders of the serai were hard pressed.
From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang
He went back to the serai and dismissed the coolie.
From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang
There, serais Fort Warren, where we kept our rebel prisoners during the war.
From The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America by William Francis Butler
Beyond the walls, the suburbs formerly extended four coss to the north, but are now all in ruins, except a few tombs, mosques, and goodly serais, in which no persons now dwell.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Robert Kerr
To settle his undecided mind, you repeat: "Je serais," and you may lay great emphasis on ais, bleating for thirty seconds like a sheep in distress.
From John Bull, Junior or French as She is Traduced by Max O'Rell
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
The tall, slender lady rode nearer to the gate and looked haughtily in, while the little girl-rider cried out: "Tu y serais!"
From Dr. Dumany's Wife by Mór Jókai