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The growth of the Ottoman Empire. The map is showing Suleiman's conquests in comparison with his predecessors and successors. The imperial campaigns (Ottoman Turkish: سفر همايون, romanized: sefer-i humāyūn) [Note 1] were a series of campaigns led by Suleiman, who was the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
Suleiman I (Ottoman Turkish: سليمان اول, romanized: Süleyman-ı Evvel; Turkish: I. Süleyman, pronounced; 6 November 1494 – 6 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in Western Europe and Suleiman the Lawgiver (Ottoman Turkish: قانونى سلطان سليمان, romanized: Ḳānūnī Sulṭān Süleymān) in his Ottoman realm, was the longest-reigning sultan ...
S. Selim I; Siege of Belgrade (1521) Siege of Buda (1541) Siege of Castelnuovo; Siege of Corfu (1537) Siege of Diu (1538) Siege of Eger (1552) Siege of Esztergom (1543)
Still supporting Alqas, Suleiman sent him to conquer Iraq-e Ajam. As a result, Alqas successfully captured Hamadan and seized his brother Bahram Mirza's family on 5 November 1548. Going further, he conquered Qom, raided Ray, besieged Isfahan, captured Izad-Khast Castle, went as far as Shiraz before returning to Behbahan. Alqas finally returned ...
[39] In 1537, Suleiman attacked Venetian-held Corfu and pondered invading Italy to capture Rome itself. [32] The contemporary Italian writer Paolo Giovio believed that Suleiman thought all of Western Europe was rightfully his as the legitimate successor of Constantine I. [ 36 ] In Constantinople, Suleiman arranged parades modelled on the ...
Ottoman forces captured Yerevan, Karabakh and Nakhjuwan and destroyed palaces, villas and gardens. Although Sulieman threatened Ardabil, the military situation was essentially a stalemate by the end of the 1554 campaign season. [12] Tahmasp sent an ambassador to Suleiman's winter quarters in Erzurum in September 1554 to sue for peace. [13]
Suleiman's army killed Canberdi Gazali near Damascus on 27 January 1521. [1] 2 1523–1524 Egypt: Revolt by the so-called the Sultan of Egypt Hain Ahmed Pasha. [1] 3 1526–1528 Anatolia: Disturbances in eastern Anatolia. [1] 5 1555 Thessaloniki: Revolt by a false Prince Mustafa. [1] 6 1559 Konya: Revolt by his son Şehzade Beyazıt.
Suleiman himself was interested in ending the hostilities, as he had a campaign going on in Persia as well, the Ottoman–Safavid War (1532–1555). [3] In 1544, Suleiman was called east by another conflict, as war with Persia resumed. However, the military superiority of the Turks prevailed even without the sultan.