Caizhou or Cai Prefecture was a '' zhou'' (prefecture) in

imperial China The earliest known written records of the history of China date from as early as 1250 BC, from the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC), during the reign of king Wu Ding. Ancient historical texts such as the '' Book of Documents'' (early chapte ...

in modern

Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

, seated in modern

Runan County Runan County () is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhumadian, in the southeast of Henan Province, China. History In ancient times, this area was called "the middle of the world" (), since it was the center of ...

. It existed (intermittently) from 606 until 1293. Caizhou was the location of the

Siege of Caizhou The siege of Caizhou between 1233 and 1234 was fought between the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty and the allied forces of the Mongol Empire and Southern Song dynasty. It was the last major battle in the Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty. Backgroun ...

, the last major battle of the Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty, which took place in 1233.

References

* Prefectures of the Sui dynasty Prefectures of the Tang dynasty Prefectures of Later Zhou Prefectures of Later Tang Prefectures of Later Liang (Five Dynasties) Prefectures of Later Jin (Five Dynasties) Prefectures of Later Han (Five Dynasties) Prefectures of the Song dynasty Prefectures of the Yuan dynasty Prefectures of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234) Former prefectures in Henan {{China-hist-stub