السلطان سليمان القانوني
Sulayman al-Qanuni (RH)
Sultan Sulayman al-Qanuni
Also known as: Suleiman the Magnificent, Kanuni Sultan Süleyman, Sulaiman al-Qanuni
900–974 AH · 1494–1566 CE
Reigned 1520–1566 CE
Rulers Ottoman Empire
The longest-reigning Ottoman sultan, 'the Lawgiver', under whom the empire reached its height.
Sulayman ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1566, its longest reign and its height. His campaigns took Belgrade, Rhodes, Baghdad and much of Hungary, and twice reached Vienna.
Muslims call him al-Qanuni, 'the Lawgiver', for the codes of state law issued in his name, which his Shaykh al-Islam, Ebussuud Efendi, worked to bring into harmony with the Shari'a. He rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem, restored works at the Haramayn, and had the architect Sinan build the Süleymaniye mosque and its madrasas in Istanbul.
Life journey
- 1494 CE Trabzon طرابزون
- 1520 CE Constantinople (Istanbul) القسطنطينيةRuled from Istanbul for 46 years.
- 1566 CE Szigetvár سيكتوارDied 1566 CE · 974 AHDied in his tent during the siege of Szigetvár in Hungary; he was buried at the Süleymaniye in Istanbul.
Places in their life
Photo: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sources
- Halil İnalcık, The Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age, 1300–1600 (1973)
- Colin Imber, Ebu's-su'ud: The Islamic Legal Tradition (1997)