Northern Han

Han 漢
951–979
The Northern Han in 951
Capital	Taiyuan
Common languages	Chinese
Religion	Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Chinese folk religion
Government	Monarchy
Emperor
• 951–954	Emperor Shizu
• 954–968	Emperor Ruizong
• 968	Emperor Shaozhu
• 968–979	Emperor Yingwu
Historical era	Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period
• Established	951
• Ended by the Song dynasty	979
Currency	Chinese cash, Chinese coin, copper coins etc.
Preceded by Succeeded by Later Han (Five Dynasties) Song dynasty
Today part of	China

The Northern Han (simplified Chinese: 北汉; traditional Chinese: 北漢; pinyin: Běi Hàn) was a dynastic state of China and one of the Ten Kingdoms during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. It was founded by Liu Min (Emperor Shizu) as a continuation of the Later Han dynasty founded by his brother Liu Zhiyuan (Emperor Gaozu). The Northern Han lasted from 951 to 979, when it was conquered by the Northern Song dynasty.