Later Zhao

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Zhao 趙
319–351
Later Zhao in northern China
Capital	Xiangguo (319–335, 350–351) Yecheng (335–350)
Government	Monarchy
Emperor
• 319–333	Shi Le
• 333–334	Shi Hong
• 334–349	Shi Hu
• 349	Shi Shi
• 349	Shi Zun
• 349–350	Shi Jian
• 350–351	Shi Zhi
History
• Established	319
• Destruction of Han-Zhao	329
• Shi Le's claim of imperial title	330
• Shi Hu's seizing the throne from Shi Hong	335
• Ran Min's establishment of Ran Wei	350
• Disestablished	351
Area
329 est.[1]	2,500,000 km2 (970,000 sq mi)
Preceded by Succeeded by Han-Zhao Jin dynasty (266–420) Ran Wei Former Qin Former Yan Jin dynasty (266–420) Duan Qi
Today part of	China

Zhao, briefly known officially as Wei (衛) in 350, known in historiography as the Later Zhao (simplified Chinese: 后赵; traditional Chinese: 後趙; pinyin: Hòu Zhào; 319–351) or Shi Zhao (石趙), was a dynasty of China ruled by the Shi family of Jie ethnicity during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. Among the Sixteen Kingdoms, the Later Zhao was the second in territorial size to the Former Qin dynasty that once unified northern China under Fu Jian.

When the Later Zhao was founded by former Han-Zhao general Shi Le,^[2] the capital was at Xiangguo (襄國, in modern Xingtai, Hebei), but in 335 Shi Hu moved the capital to Yecheng (鄴城, in modern Handan, Hebei), where it would remain for the rest of the state's history (except for Shi Zhi's brief attempt to revive the state at Xiangguo).