Turkish Sultan Suleiman, whose biography is inseparably associated with great contemporaries century Ottoman Empire, is undoubtedly the greatest monarch of his country for all its long history.It is in his reign the Ottoman port reached its greatest territorial expansion and political success.
Sultan Suleiman: biography of the early period
future emperor was born in the city of Trabzon, in the north-east coast of Asia Minor.His father was the then ruler Selim I, as a mother - daughter of the Crimean Khan.Before reaching the age of eighteen the young man his father was governor of Kaffa.And then I was sent to perform the same functions in Manisa.There have traditionally been brought up and practiced in public affairs heir to the throne of the Ottoman state.
By the way, this is where the sultan Suleiman, whose biography is closely connected with the peak flowering of the empire, met with two slaves of European origin, who later played a very significant role in his personal life and the fate of the entire country.It is about a beautiful future Vizier Ibrahim Pasha, and glittering Slavyanka Roksolana.In 1520, the current monarch dies Selim I, and in the hands of our hero is the whole Ottoman Empire.
Biography Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his reign
He was the ninth in a row the state governor.As soon as he ascended the throne, the new monarch starts a large-scale preparations for a grand external conquest.In a year in power, declared the first military campaign - in Hungary.Turkish army invaded the Balkans, resulting in large areas of the empire depart on the left bank of the Danube.
After the invasion of the Balkans should be the siege and conquest of the island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean Sea.The fact that the latter has long been a haven of the Knights Hospitaller, who held off the Turkish expansion.The fight started with them still Selim I, but then the Ottoman assault was repulsed.Only his son managed to get the island in 1522.
Already in 1526 Suleiman once again from the 80 thousand army opposes Hungary.The result of this campaign was the actual destruction of the Hungarian state.Turks are getting to close to the borders of the Habsburg Empire.Their armies were forced to shake all the continental powers.
next campaign unfolded after only three years against Austria.From September 27 until October 14, a crescent continued siege of Vienna.But solidly fortified city of the invaders were unable to take.As later history has shown, this city became the last line in the territorial expansion of the Ottoman port in Europe.Do not they have it now, and do not take more than a century later, and then begin a slow European reconquista in the Balkans.
the next three decades the sultan Suleiman, whose biography in this period is represented by continuous wars, conflicts unleashed three more times with the Habsburgs, as a result of which the newly redistributed territory destroyed Hungary.
addition to the permanent struggle in Europe, the sultan had a political interest in the east, resulting in constant conflicts with Safavid Persia.This opposition has also proved very successful for the Turks.Persian dynasty was destroyed and Ports troops under his irrepressible captain made bold hikes later to Arabia and India.As a result of these campaigns, the Turkish state has significantly expanded its territorial possessions, reaching the highest power.
Sultan Suleiman, whose biography is presented countless battles, so all my life and spent in campaigns.He died on May 1, 1566 during a regular siege of a town in the Balkans.
