Selim I

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Ottoman sultan human monarch

Selim I was a 16th-century Ottoman sultan who dramatically expanded the empire by conquering the Mamluk Sultanate and bringing the holy cities of Mecca and Medina under Ottoman control.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Selim 1
Selim the Grim 1
Yavuz Sultan Selim 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman sultan ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Selim I ⓘ
surface form: Selim the Grim

Selim I ⓘ
surface form: Yavuz Sultan Selim
battle Battle of Chaldiran ⓘ
Battle of Marj Dabiq ⓘ
Battle of Ridaniya ⓘ
broughtUnderControl Mecca ⓘ
Medina ⓘ
burialPlace Yavuz Selim Mosque ⓘ
child Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
conflict Battle of Chaldiran ⓘ
Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–1517) ⓘ
Ottoman–Safavid conflict ⓘ
conquered Egypt Eyalet ⓘ
surface form: Egypt

Hejaz ⓘ
Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1470 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1520 ⓘ
era 16th century ⓘ
expandedInto Anatolia ⓘ
Arab lands ⓘ
father Bayezid II ⓘ
givenName Selim I self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Selim
house Ottoman dynasty ⓘ
knownFor defeating the Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
rapid territorial expansion of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
victory over Safavid Iran at Chaldiran ⓘ
languageSpoken Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
monarchOf Ottoman Empire ⓘ
mother Gülbahar Hatun ⓘ
nativeLanguage Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
notableWork conquest of the Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
placeOfBirth Amasya ⓘ
placeOfDeath Çorlu ⓘ
politicalIdeology centralized absolutist monarchy ⓘ
positionHeld Ottoman sultan ⓘ
surface form: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
predecessor Bayezid II ⓘ
reignEnd 1520 ⓘ
reignStart 1512 ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
residence Topkapi Palace ⓘ
surface form: Topkapı Palace
sexOrGender male ⓘ
significantEvent annexation of the holy cities of Mecca and Medina ⓘ
transfer of the caliphal title to the Ottoman sultans ⓘ
successor Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Selim I → alsoKnownAs → Selim I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yavuz Sultan Selim
Selim I → alsoKnownAs → Selim I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Selim the Grim
al-Mutawakkil III → deposedBy → Selim I ⓘ
Selim I → givenName → Selim I self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Selim
Ottoman Empire → notableRuler → Selim I ⓘ
Ottoman dynasty → notableRuler → Selim I ⓘ