Suleiman the Magnificent

Born

November 6, 1494

Died

September 6, 1566 (aged 71)

Known as

ruler, legislator, military leader, politician, sultan

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.

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