Suleiman the Magnificent

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Muslim Ottoman sultan monarch political leader

Suleiman the Magnificent was the 16th-century sultan who led the Ottoman Empire to its peak of territorial expansion, legal reform, and cultural flourishing.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Suleiman the Magnificent canonical 85
Suleiman I 15
Kanuni Sultan Suleiman 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Muslim ⓘ
Ottoman sultan ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
political leader ⓘ
architecturalPatron Mimar Sinan ⓘ
birthDate 1494-11-06 ⓘ
1495-04-27 ⓘ
birthPlace Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Trabzon ⓘ
burialPlace Suleymaniye Mosque ⓘ
surface form: Süleymaniye Mosque
campaign Battle of Mohács (1526) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Mohács

Siege of Rhodes (1522) ⓘ
surface form: Siege of Rhodes

Siege of Szigetvár ⓘ
Siege of Vienna (1529) ⓘ
capitalDuringReign Istanbul ⓘ
child Mihrimah Sultan ⓘ
Selim II ⓘ
Şehzade Mehmed ⓘ
Şehzade Mustafa ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire ⓘ
deathDate 1566-09-06 ⓘ
deathPlace Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
Szigetvár ⓘ
dynasty Ottoman dynasty ⓘ
era 16th century ⓘ
father Selim I ⓘ
fullName Suleiman the Magnificent self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Suleiman I
honorificTitle Suleiman the Magnificent self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kanuni Sultan Süleyman

the Magnificent ⓘ
honorificTitleMeaning the Lawgiver ⓘ
knownFor leading the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power ⓘ
languageSpoken Arabic ⓘ
Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
mother Ayşe Hafsa Sultan ⓘ
nativeName Suleiman the Magnificent self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Süleyman
notableFor Ottoman territorial expansion ⓘ
codification of Ottoman law ⓘ
cultural patronage ⓘ
legal reforms ⓘ
naval expansion in the Mediterranean ⓘ
patronage of architecture ⓘ
positionHeld Ottoman sultan ⓘ
surface form: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
predecessor Selim I ⓘ
reignEnd 1566 ⓘ
reignStart 1520 ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
spouse Hürrem Sultan ⓘ
Mahidevran Sultan ⓘ
successor Selim II ⓘ
territorialExpansion conquest of Belgrade ⓘ
conquest of Rhodes ⓘ
conquest of most of Hungary ⓘ
expansion into North Africa ⓘ
expansion into the Middle East ⓘ

Referenced by (107)

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

Ottoman Empire → notableRuler → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Diwani script → developedUnder → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent
Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site → builderOfWalls → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Ottoman dynasty → notableRuler → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Selim I → child → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Selim I → successor → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Suleiman the Magnificent → fullName → Suleiman the Magnificent self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Suleiman I
Suleiman the Magnificent → nativeName → Suleiman the Magnificent self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Süleyman
Suleiman the Magnificent → honorificTitle → Suleiman the Magnificent self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanuni Sultan Süleyman
Suleymaniye Mosque → commissionedBy → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Suleymaniye Mosque → namedAfter → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Suleymaniye Mosque → patron → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Ottoman sultan → significantFigure → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Lions' Gate → builtUnderRuleOf → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Dung Gate → rebuiltUnder → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Şehzade Mosque → commissionedBy → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Şehzade Mosque → patron → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Mihrimah Sultan Mosque → father → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
subject surface form: Mihrimah Sultan
Mihrimah Sultan Mosque → associatedWith → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Francis I of France → alliedWith → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Zion Gate → builtDuringReignOf → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Shah Tahmasp I → opponent → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Shah Tahmasp I → treatyPartner → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Mimar Sinan → employer → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Ottoman Sunni Islamic institutions → developedUnder → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Süleyman the Magnificent
Jaffa Gate → constructionReignOf → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Herod's Gate → builtDuringReignOf → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Baki → servedUnder → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Mostar Bridge → commissionedBy → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Siege of Vienna (1529) → hasCommander → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Ottoman House → notableRuler → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
imperial council of the Ottoman Empire → reformedUnder → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
subject surface form: Imperial Council of the Ottoman Empire
Battle of Mohács (1526) → commander → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Kayser-i Rûm → usedBy → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
the Magnificent → refersTo → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
subject surface form: The Magnificent
this entity surface form: Suleiman I
the Magnificent → usedFor → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
subject surface form: The Magnificent
the Magnificent → associatedWithMilitaryConquests → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
subject surface form: The Magnificent
this entity surface form: Suleiman I
the Magnificent → associatedWithLegalReforms → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
subject surface form: The Magnificent
this entity surface form: Suleiman I
the Magnificent → associatedWithCulturalPatronage → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
subject surface form: The Magnificent
this entity surface form: Suleiman I
the Magnificent → epithetForRuler → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
subject surface form: The Magnificent
this entity surface form: Suleiman I
the Magnificent → usedInHistoriographyOf → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
subject surface form: The Magnificent
this entity surface form: Suleiman I
the Magnificent → appliedToMonarch → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
subject surface form: The Magnificent
this entity surface form: Suleiman I
the Lawgiver → refersTo → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Suleiman I
the Lawgiver → refersTo → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
the Lawgiver → refersTo → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanuni Sultan Suleiman
the Lawgiver → culturalEquivalent → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Ayşe Hafsa Sultan → motherOf → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Ayşe Hafsa Sultan → child → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Ottoman territorial expansion → hasMajorRuler → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ
Ottoman territorial expansion → hasGoldenAgeRuler → Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ