Suleiman the magnificent

Conqueror of 3 Continents Reigned: 1520-1566 A.D. Suleiman the Magnificent

Sultan Suleiman I (1494 – 1520 – 1566) “The Magnificent” and “The Law Giver” reigned for 46 years from 1520 as the tenth and greatest ruler of the Ottoman Empire. His father, Selim “the Grim”, who ruled from 1512 to 1520, had conquered Egypt and become the first Ottoman Sultan to also take the title of Caliph. Selim had all of Suleiman’s brother’s and close male relatives put to death , thus ensuring a smooth succession (this practice was legally recognized in the Ottoman Empire). Luckily, he chose the right guy to keep alive. Suleiman the Magnificent ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

During Suleiman’s long rule (which was also the time in which the Nation State structure of Europe was firming up) the geographic bounds of the Ottoman Empire reached what proved to be their maximum extent . The Ottomans controlled the Mediterranean and in the North their armies knocked on the gates of Vienna (but did not get in) after overrunning Hungary, and Habsburg Emperor Charles V was humiliated into signing the Treaty of Constantinople. In the East he reached Tabriz and conquered Baghdad in 1534 – the Baghdad Pavilion in the Topkapi Palace was built to celebrate this victory. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Suleiman the Magnificent

Outside of hands-on generalship, Suleiman “The Law Giver” drove the development of a legal system which codified the rights and duties of all the citizens of his huge domains. He promoted art and architecture, and was himself an accomplished poet, often writing of his love for his chief wife – Roxelana. Credit: Paradoxplace Insight Pages: http://www.paradoxplace.com/Insights/Topkapi/Suleiman%20Topkapi%20Ottomans.htm ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Suleiman the Magnificent

"Throne of my lonely niche, my wealth, my love, my moonlight. My most sincere friend, my confidant, my very existence, my Sultan The most beautiful among the beautiful… My springtime, my merry faced love, my daytime, my sweetheart, laughing leaf… My plants, my sweet, my rose, the one only who does not distress me in this world… My Istanbul, my Caraman, the earth of my Anatolia My Badakhshan, my Baghdad and Khorasan My woman of the beautiful hair, my love of the slanted brow, my love of eyes full of mischief… I'll sing your praises always I, lover of the tormented heart, Muhibbi of the eyes full of tears, I am happy." Roxelana Credit: Paradoxplace Insight Pages: http://www.paradoxplace.com/Insights/Topkapi/Suleiman%20Topkapi%20Ottomans.htm Poem written to her from her husband

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