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Death of Selim I

Type Event Region Ottoman Empire Time 1520

On September 22, 1520, Ottoman sultan Selim I died of illness at Çorlu in Thrace while on campaign, aged about fifty.…

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  1. 1520Çorlu · TurkeySelim I contracted cancer while preparing a new campaign against Hungary and died at Çorlu, a major city in Thrace. Historians called him "Selim the Grim," but his conquests made the Ottoman Empire the dominant power in the Middle East and the Islamic world.
  2. 1520Constantinople · IstanbulSelim's only surviving son Suleiman ascended the throne at Topkapi Palace, becoming Suleiman I (Suleiman the Magnificent). The new sultan inherited a vast empire spanning three continents and immediately set about consolidating internal affairs and planning the Belgrade campaign against Hungary.

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