Siege of Kaifeng (1232)

When

8 Apr 1232 – 26 Feb 1233

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

34.79° N, 114.34° E

Description

capture of Kaifeng, the capital of the Jurchen Jin Dynasty, by the Mongol Empire

1232–33 battle of the Mongol-Jin War

In the siege of Kaifeng from 1232 to 1233, the Mongol Empire captured Kaifeng, the capital of the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty. The Mongol Empire and the Jin dynasty had been at war for nearly two decades, beginning in 1211 after the Jin dynasty refused the Mongol offer to submit as a vassal. Ögedei Khan sent two armies to besiege Kaifeng, one led by himself, and the other by his brother Tolui.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Mongol–Jin War: The Mongol army led by Ögedei Khan and his brother Tolui begins the Siege of Kaifeng (1232), capital of the Chinese Jin dynasty”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “début du siège de Kaifeng, dernière capitale des Jin et conquête du Henan, en Chine, par les Mongols (fin en 1233)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “開封攻囲戦”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty1211 · War