Tagged: Suleiman the Magnificent
Popularly known in Europe as Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Emperor Suleiman I was the 10th and longest-reigning sultan who ruled for 46 years. Son of Sultan Selim I, Suleiman the...
Sinan, born around 1490 in Ağırnaz, Turkey, was an Ottoman architect and civil engineer famed for designing and building a number of famous buildings of the classical Ottoman era, particularly...
Fast facts about the Ottoman Empire Name in Turkish: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu (“The Ottoman Empire”) or Osmanlı Devleti (“The Ottoman State”) Other names: The Supreme Ottoman State Territories: southeastern Europe, Western Asia, and...