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Names: Suleiman I (سليمان اول) (10th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire)
· Suleiman the Magnificent (in the West)
· Suleiman the Lawgiver (قانونى سلطان سليمان )
Birth: 6 November 1494 (Trabzon, Ottoman Empire (SE Black Sea))
Death: 6 September 1566 (Szigetvár, Kingdom of Hungary)
Reign: 30 September 1520 – 6 September 1566 (nearly 46 years)
Family:
· Father: Selim I or Selim the Grim (Resolute) (ruled from 1512-1520)
· Defeated the Safavids at the Battle of Chaldiran in 1514
· Defeated the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt in 1517 (controlling Damascus, Mecca, and Medina)
· Declared himself Caliph of Islam
· Two primary concubines (wives) with 17 women in his harem
· Favorite wife – Hurrem Sultan (also known as Roxelana) (m. 1533 or 1534) – first Haseki Sultan
· 8 sons, 5 daughters (executed 2 sons)
· Succeeded by Selim II (son #6) (1524-1574) (ruled from 1566-1574)
Key Military Chronology:
· 1521 – Siege of Belgrade (Mehmed II (the Conqueror) had failed here in 1456)
· 1522 – Siege of Rhodes (5 month siege, heavy costs 50,000-60,000 Ottoman dead)
· 1526 – Battle of Mohács (55-70,000 against 25-40,000) (14-24,000 Hungarian dead including the King)
· 1529 – Siege of Vienna (120-150,000 against 17-21,000) (first military defeat for Suleiman I)
· 1532 – Siege of Vienna (somewhat aborted as the artillery failed to arrive because of the Siege of Güns)
· 1532-1555 – Ottoman-Safavid War
· 1535 – Suleiman I entered Baghdad
· 1555 – Peace of Amaysa signed
· 1536 – Franco-Ottoman Alliance established
· 1542-1546 – Italian War (France and the Ottoman Empire against the Holy Roman Empire and England)
· 1548 – Captured Aden
· 1565 – Great Siege of Malta
Key Influences in Life:
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· Islam
· Ottoman History
· His family, Grand Vizier Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, and his wife
· The longest reigning Ottoman Sultan.
· Collected, condensed, and codified practical law to become the “Ottoman Law” lasting more than 300 years
· Patron and contributor to the arts and poetry
· Established a lasting political and military alliance with France
· One of three “gunpowder empires” (Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal)
· Controlled all Caliphal Capitals (Mecca, Damascus, Baghdad, Cairo, and Constantinople)
So What:
· The apex of Ottoman dominance and empire
· The Ottoman Turk was the boogeyman of Europe in the 1500s
Sources:
· Wikipedia entries: Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim I, Battle of Mohacs, Ottoman-Safavid War
· Suleiman the Magnificent - Extra History - #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, Lies
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