That destiny — and her future king — was crowned sultan in 1520. Known today as Suleiman the Magnificent, his moniker was well-earned. Ruling over a golden age in Ottoman history, Suleiman is ...

Learn how Suleiman the Magnificent transformed the Ottoman Empire into a dominant world superpower, expanding its territory and influence across three continents. This video explores his military ...

The tughra (insignia) of the 16th-century Ottoman emperor Süleiman the Magnificent. A tughra generally includes the name of the sultan and his father along with the phrase "the eternally victorious." ...

We should pity, then, the Grand Vizier Ibrahim, for years the sultan’s most trusted minister. As a boy, he had been captured by slavers in Albania, brought to Istanbul and gifted to Suleyman ...

Most of my readers are quite familiar with the great rulers of the Renaissance: Henry VIII and his consecutive marital ...

Suleiman The Magnificent (1494-1566) Occupation: Ruler of the Ottoman Empire Source of wealth: Taxes Assets: ... rubies, diamonds, pearls and emeralds. Even the sultan's horses were richly attired.

40 x 32.5 cm. (15.7 x 12.8 in.) The present painting relates to the portrait of Suleiman the Magnificent, painted by Cristofano dell’Altissimo for the celebrated ‘Series of Illustrious men’ ...

Known as the "Lawgiver" among Turks, Suleiman is regarded as a sacred character, whose rule from 1520 to 1566 marked the height of the Ottoman military, political and economic power, when it ...

C rammed with trinkets, eunuchs, wine, giggly harem girls, seduction and intrigue, Magnificent Century — a Turkish soap opera based on the life and reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, the 16th ...

The chief markers of Ottoman rise and decline were great battles and sieges: the brief but terrifying Ottoman occupation of the southern Italian town of Otranto in 1480; the Battle of Mohács in 1526, ...

Books & the Arts; September 7, 2006; Ottoman Ghosts Ottoman Ghosts Caroline Finkel’s new book, Osman’s Dream, explores the rise and calamitous fall of the Ottoman Empire.

A hit TV show about the Ottoman Empire's longest-reigning Sultan has raised a political storm in Turkey, with Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan urging legal action over historical inaccuracies and the ...