List of campaigns of Suleiman the Magnificent information
List of the campaigns carried out by the Ottoman sultan Suleiman I
Some of this article's listed sources may not be reliable. Please help improve this article by looking for better, more reliable sources. Unreliable citations may be challenged and removed.(September 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Campaigns of Suleiman the Magnificent
Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe and the Ottoman wars in the Near East
Date
18 May 1521 – 6 September 1566
Location
Europe and Near East
The growth of the Ottoman Empire. The map is showing Suleiman's conquests in comparison with his predecessors and successors.
The imperial campaigns (Ottoman Turkish: سفر همايون, romanized: sefer-i humāyūn)[Note 1] were a series of campaigns led by Suleiman, who was the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.[1]
In 1520, Suleiman became the Sultan at the age of 25, succeeding his father Selim I (who had himself more than doubled the size of the Empire through his own campaigns), and began a series of military conquests.[2] In addition to campaigns led by his viziers and admirals, Suleiman personally led 13 campaigns.[3][Note 2] The total duration of these campaigns was ten years and three months.[4] The details of the first eight campaigns were preserved in Suleiman's diary.[3] His main opponents were Ferdinand I from the House of Habsburg (later the Holy Roman Emperor), and Tahmasp I of Safavid Persia. Most of Suleiman's campaigns were directed to the west.[5] In 1521 the Ottomans captured Belgrade, which had been besieged unsuccessfully by Mehmed the Conqueror, and in 1526 the Battle of Mohács ended with the defeat of Louis II of Hungary.[5] But Suleiman did not annex most of Hungary till 1541. In 1529 Suleiman's conquests were checked at the siege of Vienna. Although from 1529 to 1566 the borders of the Ottoman Empire moved further west, none of the later campaigns achieved the decisive victory that would secure the new Ottoman possessions.[6] He annexed most of the Near East in his conflict with the Safavids.[4] Under Suleiman's rule, the Ottoman annexed large swathes of North Africa as far west as Algeria, while the Ottoman fleet dominated the Mediterranean Sea.[7]
In January 1566 Suleiman, who had ruled the Ottoman Empire for 46 years, went to war for the last time.[8] Although he was 72 years old and suffered gout to the extent that he was carried on a litter, he nominally commanded his thirteenth military campaign.[8] On 1 May 1566, the Sultan left Constantinople at the head of one of the largest armies he had ever commanded.[8] Nikola Šubić Zrinski's success in an attack upon an Ottoman encampment at Siklós, and as a consequence Suleiman's siege of Szigetvár, blocked Ottoman's line of advance towards Vienna.[9] Although an Ottoman victory, the battle stopped the Ottoman push for Vienna that year, since Suleiman died during the siege.[10]
Cite error: There are <ref group=Note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=Note}} template (see the help page).
^Zürcher (1999), p. 38.
^Turnbull (2003), p. 45.
^ abPitcher (1972), p. 111.
^ abPitcher (1972), p. 112.
^ abFaroqhi (2008), p. 62.
^Uyar and Erickson (2009), p. 74.
^Mansel (2006), p. 61.
^ abcTurnbull (2003), p. 55.
^Turnbull (2003), p. 56.
^Turnbull (2003), p. 57.
and 19 Related for: List of campaigns of Suleiman the Magnificent information
The imperial campaigns (Ottoman Turkish: سفر همايون, romanized: sefer-i humāyūn) were a series ofcampaigns led by Suleiman, who was the tenth and longest-reigning...
During Suleiman's reign there were few major and several minor revolts throughout the Ottoman Empire. This is a listofthe few major revolts. Citations...
of sultan SuleimantheMagnificent and the mother of Şehzade Mustafa ofthe Ottoman Empire. Mahidevran was the mother of Şehzade Mustafa, the eldest surviving...
was the chief consort and legal wife ofthe Ottoman Sultan SuleimantheMagnificent. She became one ofthe most powerful and influential women in Ottoman...
Magnificent (1494–1566), also known as Suleiman I Suleiman I of Persia (died 1694) Suleiman II of Persia (died 1750) Sulayman ibn al-Hakam (Suleiman II...
Malacca. The expedition followed an envoy sent by the Acehnese Sultan Alauddin Riayat Syah al-Kahhar (1539–71) to SuleimantheMagnificent in 1564, and...
("Sinan Agha the Grand Architect" or "Grand Sinan") was the chief Ottoman architect, engineer and mathematician for sultans SuleimantheMagnificent, Selim...
its zenith under the reign of his son and successor, SuleimantheMagnificent. Selim was bilingual in Turkish and Persian, with the Ottoman literary critic...
on to become the second-longest-reigning sultan in Ottoman history after SuleimantheMagnificent. While the initial and final years of his reign were...
Algiers from the Spaniards. In 1533, Barbarossa was appointed Kapudan Pasha (grand admiral) ofthe Ottoman Navy by SuleimantheMagnificent. He led an embassy...
chronological listof Muslim military leaders are accompanied by dates of birth and death, branch of Islam, country of birth, field of study, campaigns fought...
Habsburg soldiers), following in the footsteps ofSuleimantheMagnificent in 1529. By September, he had taken a portion ofthe walls and appeared to be on...
coalitions and the Muslim Turks for many years. By the end of 1522, SuleimantheMagnificent, the Ottoman Sultan, had forcibly ejected the Knights from...
with the Ottoman Empire, which was divided into three phases. The Ottoman sultan, SuleimantheMagnificent, tried to install his own candidates on the Safavid...
Vizier. The honorific "Lala" means "tutor to the Sultan"; he was tutor to Sultan SuleimantheMagnificent's sons, including Şehzade Bayezid. He also had...
and the Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–17). During 1520–1521 he was beylerbey of Anatolia Eyalet and governor of Damascus. During the reign ofSuleimanthe Magnificent...
Grand Vizier (1565–1579, for a total of 14 years, three months, 17 days) under three sultans: SuleimantheMagnificent, Selim II, and Murad III. He was assassinated...
Global Information
