سليمان القانوني

Sultan Suleiman al-Qanuni, whose name was Suleiman ibn Selim I, one of the sultans of the Ottoman state. He ruled from 926 to 974 AH (1520-1566 CE) and was the son of Selim I ².

He was born in Trabzon, where his father was governor. al-Salabi reports that his father took great care of him, and he grew up loving knowledge, literature, scholars and jurists. He came to the throne at the age of twenty-six, and he was deliberate in his affairs, and once he had made a decision he did not go back on it ².

al-Salabi counts four revolts in his first years: the revolt of Jan-Berdi al-Ghazali, governor of Syria; the revolt of Ahmad Shah in Egypt in the year 930 AH, when he declared himself sultan and was killed by the state's soldiers; the revolt of Baba Dhu al-Nun, a Shi'i, in the year 926 AH; and the revolt of Qalandar Jalabi at Konya and Marash with some thirty thousand men, which was defeated after the grand vizier Ibrahim Pasha won over some of his men ².

He conquered the island of Rhodes in the year 1522 CE after a great war, and gave the Knights of Saint John the right to move to Malta. He then launched a great raid on Hungary and won the victory at the battle of Mohács in the year 1526 CE, entered Buda on 11 September, and continued his pressure until the siege of Vienna ².