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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 ...
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 the earliest narrative involving Sulayman, the Quran briefly alludes to a story that Sulayman was in the company of his father, when two men came to ask David to judge between them regarding a ḥarth (حَرْث, field). [5] Later Muslim commentators expanded on the allusion, including al-Tabari, Baidawi, and Ibn Kathir.
After the death of Suleiman's mother, Hafsa Sultan, in 1534, Hürrem became Suleiman's most trusted news source. In one of her letters to Suleiman, she informs him about the situation of the plague in the capital. She wrote, "My dearest Sultan! If you ask about Istanbul, the city still suffers from the plague; however, it is not like the ...
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 Grand Master of the Hospitaller Order invites Suleiman's cousin, a Christian from birth, to leave the island, but he rejects the offer, considering Rhodes his home. Nigar advises Hürrem to behave with more restraint. Mahidevran tells Nigar that she needs to choose who she wants to serve. Suleiman's army captures the Rhodes fortress.
Mihrimah was born in Constantinople on 1522 [9] [10] during the reign of her father, Suleiman the Magnificent. Her mother was Hürrem Sultan , [ 9 ] [ 11 ] [ 10 ] an Orthodox priest's daughter, [ 12 ] who was the Sultan's concubine but was freed in 1533 or 1534 and became Suleyman's legal wife. [ 13 ]
Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha [a] (c. 1495–5 March 1536), was the first Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire appointed by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.. Ibrahim, born as Orthodox Christian, was enslaved during his youth.