Portrait of Suleyman I (1520-1566), 10th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Leemage/Corbis. It’s said that when Suleiman the Magnificent died on a Hungarian battlefield, his followers built a tomb on ...

Suleiman the Magnificent laid his beloved wife to rest in a magnificent mosque. Following the sultan’s own death nearly a decade later, Hürrem Sultana’s son Selim II took the throne.

Suleiman the Magnificent is often considered one of history's greatest rulers.He rose to the throne in 1520 at the tender age of 26 and quickly began a series of military campaigns, expanding ...

Henry VIII and Suleiman the Magnificent were contemporaries that had dramatically different approaches to succession management. In theory, an English king had one wife whose first-born son would ...

The golden age of the Ottomans. At school we read about Suleiman the Magnificent, you know, his life. Nevertheless in history books I don’t think we get to understand the feelings of the human ...

Learn how Suleiman the Magnificent transformed the Ottoman Empire into a dominant world superpower, expanding its territory and influence across three continents. This video explores his military ...

Suleiman the Magnificent arrived here with up to 100,000 crack Ottoman troops in early August 1566. The castle was on his route to Vienna, which he confidently expected to capture, ...

Suleyman the Magnificent had his hand on Christendom’s throat. He could paralyze all of Europe’s trade at the drop of a Turkish turban and had more Christian subjects massed under his rule ...

In “The Lion House”, Suleiman the Magnificent comes to life Christopher de Bellaigue’s book reveals the allure and burden of power. Share. Mar 12th 2022 | 4 min read. Listen to this story.