What the records say
- When
- 1215 – 8 Jun 1215
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 39.91° N, 116.39° E
- Description
- siege in 1215 between the Mongols and the Jurchen Jin Dynasty
Sieges of Zhongdu
Mongol conquest of Zhongdu, now modern-day Bejing
The Sieges of Zhongdu took place in 1214 and 1215 during the Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty. Zhongdu, the capital of the Jin dynasty and located in present-day Beijing, was progressively isolated by the forces of the Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan. After earlier Mongol incursions and the relocation of the Jin court to Kaifeng, the city endured prolonged blockade and famine before surrendering in June 1215.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Mongol conquest of Jin China: After the long Battle of Zhongdu, the Mongol forces capture Zhongdu (modern-day Beijing)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Belagerung von Peking endet mit der Einnahme der Stadt durch die Mongolen unter Dschingis Khan”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “元太祖成吉思汗麾下大將石抹明安攻下金朝首都中都（今北京），1217年太师、国王木华黎改中都为燕京”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page