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Suleiman I

Type Figure Region Ottoman Empire Time 1494–1566 Also known as Suleiman the Great

Tenth sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1520–1566), known in the West as "the Magnificent" and in Ottoman tradition as "the Lawgiver.…

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  1. 1494–1513Constantinople · Ottoman EmpireReceived Islamic, Persian literary, and military training at Topkapı Palace; as Selim I's only son he was designated heir, and participated in court politics and administrative observation from an early age.
  2. 1513–1520Manisa · Ottoman EmpireServed as governor of western Anatolia per the Ottoman tradition of princely training, learning local administration, taxation, and military mobilization, accumulating governing experience and assembling a circle of trusted aides there from 1511–1520.
  3. 1520Constantinople · Ottoman EmpireAfter Selim I's death in September 1520, Suleiman hurried from Thrace to Constantinople to accede, beginning an era of rule lasting forty-six years.

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