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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's march to Vienna was also an attempt to assist his vassal, John Szapolyai who claimed the throne of Hungary. Suleiman sent his army of 120,000 strong north on the 10 May 1529. His campaign was marked by speedy success, on September 8 Buda surrendered to the Ottomans and John Szapolyai was installed as King of Hungary.
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)
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.
The city withstood the first siege in November 1540 and the second siege in May 1541 was lifted by Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. [13] She did not receive help from her father Sigismund I the Old. [14] Suleiman preferred a fragmented Hungary but understood that only he could protect it from the Habsburgs.
On 26–27 August Suleiman had Buda encircled and the siege began. [1] The walls were destroyed by intensive cannon and gun fire of the Ottoman artillery between 5 and 7 September. [ 1 ] The military preparedness, uninterrupted attacks and physical and psychological destruction that was caused by the Ottoman artillery had the desired effect. [ 1 ]
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 ...