Suleiman the Magnificent
1494 – 1566 Ottoman Turkish sultan, lawgiver
Longest-reigning Ottoman sultan, presiding over the empire's peak.
- Religion
- Sunni Islam
- Affiliations
- House of Osman
Suleiman I ruled for 46 years, the longest of any Ottoman sultan, and led campaigns from Belgrade and Rhodes to the gates of Vienna. Ottomans call him the Lawgiver for reworking the empire's legal system, while Europeans called him the Magnificent. His reign is often seen as the height of Ottoman power and culture.
In the timeline
- 1520 Suleiman the Magnificent takes the throne central figure