Caizhou

Cai Prefecture

Cai Prefecture

Historical administrative division in Henan, China

Caizhou or Cai Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Henan, China, seated in modern Runan County. It existed (intermittently) from 606 until 1293.

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Caizhou was the location of the Siege of Caizhou, the last major battle of the Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty, which took place in 1233.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Mote, Frederick W. (1999). Imperial China: 900–1800. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-44515-5. (hardcover); ISBN 978-0-674-01212-7 (paperback).
  • Shi Weile, ed. (2005). Zhongguo Lishi Diming Da Cidian (中国历史地名大词典) [Large Dictionary of Chinese Historical Place Names] (in Chinese). China Social Sciences Press. p. 2785. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.


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