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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 ...
Suleiman-Shah (died 1161), Sultan of the Great Seljuq Empire; Suleiman ibn Qutulmish (died 1086), founder of the Sultanate of Rum; Süleyman Pasha (son of Orhan) (died 1357), Ottoman prince and commander; Süleyman Çelebi (1377–1411), de facto Ottoman ruler during the interregnum; Suleiman the Magnificent (1494–1566), also known as Suleiman I
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.
In Turkish, Suleiman the Magnificent is known as "Kanuni", the "Lawgiver", for his contribution to the formulation of Ottoman sultanic code. [2] Reform efforts
The siege of Vienna, in 1529, was the first attempt by the Ottoman Empire to capture the city of Vienna in the Archduchy of Austria, part of the Holy Roman Empire. Suleiman the Magnificent, sultan of the Ottomans, attacked the city with over 100,000 men, while the defenders, led by Niklas Graf Salm, numbered no more than 21,000.
Suleiman the Magnificent became a prominent monarch of 16th-century Europe, presiding over the apex of the Ottoman Empire's power. During this period in the 15th and 16th centuries, the Ottoman Empire entered a long period of conquest and expansion , extending its borders deep into Europe and North Africa.
The 10th sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Suleiman was known in the Ottoman Empire as Suleiman Kanuni ("the Lawgiver"), due to the laws he promulgated. After the fall of the Abbasid Caliphate in 1258, a practice known to the Turks and Mongols transformed itself into Qanun, which gave power to caliphs , governors , and sultans alike to "make their ...
Suleiman's drunken states often led into unpleasant consequences, such when he ordered the blinding of one of his brothers. [71] As for lasciviousness, Suleiman's harem included at least 500 women. [13] Suleiman was generally described as mild-mannered, yet, there were times when he showed great rage, and even cruelty, especially when drunk. [13]