← Explore on the interactive map

Selim I

Type Figure Region Ottoman Empire Time 1470–1520 Also known as Selim the Stern

Ninth sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1512–1520), known as "the Grim"; he defeated the Safavid and Mamluk states and took the caliphal title after conq…

Timeline

  1. 1470–1512Amasya · Ottoman EmpireSon of Bayezid II, he received military and administrative training in Anatolia and later served as governor of Trabzon and other provinces, gradually accumulating military strength and political capital during the succession struggles among his brothers.
  2. 1512–1517Constantinople · Ottoman EmpireAfter acceding in 1512 he fought the Safavids at Chaldiran (1514), then campaigned east against the Mamluks, occupying Syria and Egypt in 1516–1517 and ending Mamluk rule.
  3. 1517–1520Cairo · Ottoman EmpireAfter conquering Egypt he claimed the legacy of the Abbasid caliphs, uniting religious authority with imperial administration, reorganized the Egyptian province, and prepared further military operations against Rhodes and elsewhere, dying of illness in 1520 on the eve of a campaign.

Sources