Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty

Mongol–Jin War
Mongol–Jin War
Traditional Chinese	蒙金戰爭
Simplified Chinese	蒙金战争
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Méng Jīn zhànzhēng

Asia
Central Asia	Qara Khitai; Khwarezm;
West Asia	Georgia; Anatolia; Persia Nizari state; ; Baghdad; Levant Palestine; ;
East Asia	China Western Xia; Jin; Eastern Xia; Song; ; Tibet; Korea; Sakhalin; Japan;
Southeast Asia	Vietnam; Burma (First, Second); Java;
Other invasions	India; Siberia;
Europe (list)
	Kievan Rus; Volga Bulgaria; Cumania; Durdzuketi; Circassia; Alania; Poland (First, Second, Third); Hungary (First, Second); Holy Roman Empire; Bulgaria and Serbia; Latin Empire; Lithuania; Byzantine Thrace; Serbia; Gazaria;

Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty
	Part of the Mongol conquest of China
	; An illustration of the Battle of Yehuling
Date	1211–1234
Location	North China
Result	Mongol–Song victory
Belligerents
Mongol Empire Eastern Liao; Western Xia (until 1219); ; Song dynasty (from 1233); ;	Jin dynasty; Western Xia (1225–1227);
Commanders and leaders
Genghis Khan (DOW); Jebe; Muqali; Doqolqu [ja]; Tolui; Ögedei; Subutai; Shi Tianze; Zhang Rou [zh; ja]; Yan Shi [zh; ja]; Liu Heima; Xiao Zhala;	Wanyan Yongji X; Emperor Xuanzong of Jin; Li Ying; Moran Jinzhong; Emperor Aizong of Jin †; Wanyan Chenheshang †; Wanyan Heda ; Pucha Guannu ; Ma Yong †; Emperor Mo of Jin †;
Strength
Total: 180,000–210,000 c. 90,000–120,000 horse archers ; 40,000 Han Chinese defectors ; 30,000 Liao defectors ; 20,000 Song soldiers ; 1212: 90,000; 1231: 50,000; 1233: 15,000;	Total: 950,000 800,000 infantry ; 150,000 cavalry ; 1212: 30,000–50,000; 1231: 200,000; 1233: 100,000;

The Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty, also known as the Mongol–Jin War, was fought between the Mongol Empire and the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty in Manchuria and North China. The war, which started in 1211, lasted over 23 years and ended with the complete conquest of the Jin dynasty by the Mongols in 1234.

^ Haywood, John; Jotischky, Andrew; McGlynn, Sean (1998). Historical Atlas of the Medieval World, AD 600–1492. Barnes & Noble. p. 3.21. ISBN 978-0-760-71976-3.
^ Mongol Warrior 1200–1350 Publisher: Osprey Publishing
^ ^a ^b Sverdrup, Carl (2010). "Numbers in Mongol Warfare". Journal of Medieval Military History. 8. Boydell Press: 109–117. doi:10.1515/9781846159022-004. ISBN 978-1-843-83596-7.

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[1] Haywood, John; Jotischky, Andrew; McGlynn, Sean (1998). Historical Atlas of the Medieval World, AD 600–1492. Barnes & Noble. p. 3.21. ISBN 978-0-760-71976-3.

[2] Mongol Warrior 1200–1350 Publisher: Osprey Publishing

[Sverdrup-4] Sverdrup, Carl (2010). "Numbers in Mongol Warfare". Journal of Medieval Military History. 8. Boydell Press: 109–117. doi:10.1515/9781846159022-004. ISBN 978-1-843-83596-7.

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