serai

Example Sentences

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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 Boulger, Demetrius Charles

Au cas que lesdits sujets de PEtat du Congo ne soient pas ramen�s dans ce village avant midi cejourd'hui, je serai oblig� de faire � leur �gard des d�marches qui me sembleront bonnes.

From Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo by Strang, Herbert

I'll take a room at a native serai in Bombay—for atmosphere—and meet you at the station.

From Caravans By Night A Romance of India by Hervey, Harry

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 Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

Then he proceeded quickly to a small serai on the other side of the Chandni Chauk.

From Barclay of the Guides by Strang, Herbert