no. 3051). Suleiman the Magnificent, the tenth Ottoman sultan, is depicted in profile, dressed in a white turban and ermine coat. The epithet ‘Magnificent’ was given him by Western sources for his ...

The profile image of a man dressed in richly decorated clothes and a large turban is entrancing ... you learn more. With Suleiman the Magnificent, you learn more about him in a physical way ...

On Suleiman's mammoth estate were 10 mosques, 14 steam baths and two hospitals. The head cook, with 50 sous-chefs, 30 confectioners and 100 tasters, worked magic with dates, plums and prunes from ...

Suleyman the Magnificent had his hand on Christendom’s throat. He could paralyze all of Europe’s trade at the drop of a Turkish turban and had more Christian subjects massed under his rule ...

An undated portrait of the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.Credit ... aigrettes for the sultan’s turban, fastenings, ivory belts with links like squares on a chessboard, mirrors ...

In the 15th century, Topkapi Palace boasted a kitchen staff of 100 people, a number that grew to 500 during the 16th-century reign of Suleiman the Magnificent. Before 1600, the kitchen staff ...

Suleiman the Magnificent was the leader of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1566, during his rule, he launched three separate invasions against Persia to defeat the rival Muslim Safavid dynasty.

Much of Ottoman history reads like a soap opera. In the 16th century Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent killed anyone whom he suspected of trying to rival him, including two brothers-in-law ...