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SULEIMAN I? the " Magnificent " (1494-1566), sultan of Turkey, succeeded his father Selim I. in 1520. Ilis birth
Akbar
gift of taking full advantage of the talents of the able generals, admirals and' Suleiman, eldest son of Bayazid I., who maintained himself as sultan at Adrianople from 1402 to 1410, is not reckoned as legitimate by the Ottoman historiographers, who reckon Suleiman the Magnificent as the first of the name. By others, however, the latter is sometimes styled Suleiman II.viziers who illustrated his reign. If his campaigns were not always so wisely and prudently planned as those of some of his predecessors, they were in the main eminently fortunate, and resulted in adding to his dominions Belgrade, Budapest, Temesvar
glory
The alliance concluded by him with France reveals him at once as rising superior to the narrow prejudices of his race and faith, which rejected with scorn any union with the unbeliever, and as gifted with sufficient political insight to appreciate the advantage of combining with Francis I. against Charles V. His Persian campaign was doubtless an error, but was due in part to a desire to find occupation, distant if possible, for his janissaries, who were always prone to turbulence while inactive at the capital . He was perhaps wanting in firmness of character, and the undue influence exercised over him by unscrupulous ministers, or by the seductions of fairer but no less ambitious votaries of statecraft, led him to make concessions which tarnished the glory
Suleiman's claims to renown as a legislator rest mainly on his organization of the Ulema, or clerical class, in its hierarchical order from the Sheikh-ul-Islam downwards. He reformed and improved the administration of the country both civil and military, inaugurated a new and improved system for the feudal tenures of limitary fiefs, and his amelioration of the lot of his Christian subjects is net his least title to fame. He was also not unknown to fame as a poet, under the pseudonym of " Muhibbr " (see Hammer -Purgstall, Gesch. d. Osman. Reichs, ii. 331; and further TURKEY: History).Suleiman died on the 5th of September 1566, at the age of 72, while conducting the siege of Szigetvar. End of Article: SULEIMAN If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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