Suleiman the Magnificent

✶November 6, 1494

†September 6, 1566

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About their life

Suleiman I, commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent, was the Ottoman sultan from 1520 to 1566. The longest reign among the Ottoman sultans, his rule brought about a notable peak in the Ottoman Empire's economic, military and political power, and raised the number of the empire's subjects to at least 25 million people.

the tenth and greatest Sultan of Ottoman Empire (1520–1566)

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Biography from the article Suleiman the Magnificent on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.