Selim I Yavuz

سليم الأول

Selim I Yavuz, the caliph of the Ottoman caliphate, ruling 1512–1520 CE. 1

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  • RulertowardOttoman Empire · 1512 CE · 918 AH† – 1520 CE · 926 AH†Historical

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Selim I Yavuz — Selim I Yavuz, the caliph of the Ottoman caliphate, ruling 1512–1520 CE. 1 1.

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Ruled over
Ottoman Empire
Predecessor of
سليمان القانوني
His reign saw
Algiers enters Ottoman sovereignty (1519)· The battle of Chaldiran and the entry into Tabriz· Battle of Beirut· Battle of Dabil (1517)· Battle of Dubica· Battle of Kerh (1516)· Battle of Koçhisar· Battle of Ovacık· Battle of Sinjar (1516)· Battle of Turnadag· Battle of Yaunis Khan· Battle of Yenişehir (1513)· Battles for Diyarbakir (1514)· Capture of Aleppo· Capture of Damascus· Fall of Tlemcen· Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War· The Battle of Marj Dabiq and Selim's Entry into Egypt· Mir Muhammad’s conquest of East Anatolia· Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1516–17· Selim I's accession, 918/1512· Serbian–Ottoman Wars· Siege of Bayburt (1514)· Siege of Gwalior (1518)· Siege of Harput (1516)· Siege of Kemah (1515)· Siege of Mardin (1516)· Siege of Mosul· Yenibahce Uprising (1512)

People and things also explored

سليمان القانوني· Selim I· Selim II· مراد الثالث· Abd al-Aziz (Ottoman)· Abd al-Hamid I· Abd al-Hamid II· Abd al-Majid I

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
  • Sicill-i Osmani — Mehmed Süreyya (ed. Nuri Akbayar, transcr. Seyit Ali Kahraman)
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سليمان القانوني

The tenth and most illustrious Ottoman sultan, who reigned 926–974 AH / 1520–1566 CE, the longest reign in Ottoman history. Born in Trabzon, he came to the throne without a rival and led thirteen imperial campaigns in person, ten of them in Europe, taking Belgrade and Rhodes, defeating the Hungarians at Mohács and besieging Vienna. Turkish tradition remembers him as Kanuni, the lawgiver, for ordering the sultanic kanun beside the shari'a with the help of the mufti Abu al-Su'ud, while the West called him the Magnificent; the architect Sinan built the Süleymaniye complex for him. He died in his tent during the siege of Szigetvár in 974 AH / 1566 CE.