Sarai Batu

E344018
archaeological site city former capital

Sarai Batu was the early capital city of the Golden Horde, a major Mongol khanate that dominated parts of Eastern Europe and the Eurasian steppe in the 13th–14th centuries.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sarai Batu canonical 6
Old Sarai 2
New Sarai 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
city ⓘ
former capital ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sarai Batu ⓘ
surface form: Old Sarai

Sarai Batu (Old Sarai) ⓘ
Sarai al-Jadid ⓘ
surface form: Sarai-al-Mahrūsa
archaeologicalStatus excavated site ⓘ
associatedWith Batu Khan ⓘ
Khan of the Golden Horde ⓘ
surface form: Golden Horde khans
capitalOf Golden Horde ⓘ
countryDuringExistence Golden Horde ⓘ
culture Mongol ⓘ
Turkic ⓘ
currentState ruins ⓘ
declinePeriod late 14th century ⓘ
destroyedBy Timurid conquests ⓘ
surface form: Timurid invasions (traditionally attributed)
economyBasedOn long-distance trade ⓘ
tribute collection ⓘ
flourishedIn 13th century ⓘ
14th century ⓘ
foundedBy Batu Khan ⓘ
governmentType seat of khanate ⓘ
historicalEra Middle Ages ⓘ
Mongol period ⓘ
inception 13th century ⓘ
languageCommon Kipchak languages ⓘ
surface form: Kipchak Turkic

Mongolian ⓘ
locatedIn Golden Horde ⓘ
Lower Volga region ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Russia ⓘ
locatedNear Volga River ⓘ
namedAfter Batu Khan ⓘ
partOf Eurasian Steppe ⓘ
surface form: Eurasian steppe

Mongol Empire ⓘ
partOfTradeRoute Silk Road routes ⓘ
surface form: Silk Road network

Volga trade route ⓘ
politicalRole seat of the khan of the Golden Horde ⓘ
regionInfluenced Eastern Europe ⓘ
Eurasian Steppe ⓘ
surface form: Eurasian steppe
religionDominant Islam ⓘ
replacedBy Sarai Batu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: New Sarai
significance early capital of the Golden Horde ⓘ
important node on Eurasian trade routes ⓘ
major political center of the Mongol Empire ⓘ
typeOfSettlement riverine city ⓘ
usedAsCapitalFrom mid-13th century ⓘ
usedAsCapitalUntil 14th century ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Batu Khan → founded → Sarai Batu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sarai
Golden Horde → capital → Sarai Batu ⓘ
Sarai → hasVariantName → Sarai Batu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Sarai
Sarai → hasVariantName → Sarai Batu ⓘ
Sarai Batu → replacedBy → Sarai Batu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Sarai
Sarai Batu → alsoKnownAs → Sarai Batu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Sarai
Jochid dynasty → capital → Sarai Batu ⓘ
Kipchak Khanate → capital → Sarai Batu ⓘ
Jochid → hasCapital → Sarai Batu ⓘ
Khan of the Golden Horde → capital → Sarai Batu ⓘ