Saray

Saray or Seray is a word of Persian origin (سرای sarai) which means "palace". It may refer to:

Buildings

  • Saray (building), a castle/palace/headquarters in the Ottoman Empire
  • Palace of the Shirvanshahs is a 15th-century palace built by the Shirvanshahs and described by UNESCO as "one of the pearls of Azerbaijan's architecture"
  • Bogdan Saray, an Eastern Orthodox church in Istanbul, Turkey
  • Ismailiyya Palace is a historical building that currently serves as the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan
  • Gulustan Palace during the Soviet era is the main state convention center of the Azerbaijani government
  • Grand Serail, Ottoman barracks and seat of the prime minister of Lebanon
  • Petit Serail, an administrative building in Ottoman Beirut, destroyed in 1951
  • Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, a resort located on the west crescent of The Palm in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • Agha Gahraman Mirsiyab Saray is an 18th-century Azerbaijani saray and caravanserai located in Karabakh region of Azerbaijan

Places

Azerbaijan

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Sarajevo, the capital city and largest urban centre of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Iran

Iraq

  • Saray Azadi, a square in the old town centre in the Kurdish city of Sulaymania

Turkey

Ukraine

  • Bakhchisaray (Bağçasaray/Bahçesaray), the former capital of the Crimean Khanate, literally "garden palace"

People

Other uses

  • Saray Masjid, is a mosque of the 15th century, which is included in Shirvanshah's palace complex in Baku, Azerbaijan
  • Saray helva, a popular Turkish confectionery

See also

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