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Suleiman the Magnificent (aka Süleyman I or Suleiman I, r. 1520-1566) was the tenth and longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Hailed as a skilled military commander, a just ruler, and a divinely anointed monarch during his lifetime...

Join World History Encyclopedia as they chat with Kaya Şahin about his new book Peerless among Princes, the Life and Times of Sultan Süleyman, published by Oxford University Press. Kelly: Thank you so much for joining me today. It is a pleasure...

Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I the Magnificent (r. 1520-1566), also known as Suleiman the Lawgiver, oil on canvas by Tiziano, c. 1530 CE. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.

Circumcision festival of Bayezid and Cihangir, illustration from the Süleymanname, F.412a, 1558. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.

Suleiman I (reigned 1520–1566), known in Europe as “the Magnificent” and within the empire as Kanuni (“the Lawgiver”), presided over the Ottoman Empire at the height of its territorial reach and administrative sophistication. As the tenth...

Spanning across three continents and holding dominance over the Black and Mediterranean Seas, the Ottoman Sultanate (1299-1922) was a global military superpower between the 15th and 17th centuries. From the point of its inception in 1299...

An Ottoman court artist's impression of the Hungarian King John Sigismund Szapolyai (r. 1540-1551 CE; 1556-1570 CE) paying homage to the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I the Magnificient (r. 1520-1566 CE), in 1556 CE at Zemun (part of modern-day...

Tughra traditionally functioned as the signature or seal of the Ottoman sultans in a calligraphic way. Placed at the beginning of any official correspondence, it symbolized the sultanic authority. This monogram is the tughra of Suleiman the...

Sultan Suleiman Marries Hurrem | Magnificent Century Click to watch full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cooAiT3JY8k The golden years of the Ottoman Empire come to life in a television series. The life of Suleiman the Magnificent...

The Ottoman Sultanate (1299-1922 as an empire; 1922-1924 as caliphate only), also referred to as the Ottoman Empire, written in Turkish as Osmanlı Devleti, was a Turkic imperial state that was conceived by and named after Osman (l. 1258-1326...