๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ: ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ญ!
On this day, Ottoman Caliph Suleyman, who had set out from Constantinople to command an expedition to Hungary, died before an Ottoman victory at the siege of Szigetvรกr in Hungary at the age of 71. Caliph Suleyman was known as Kanuni (lawgiver) in the East while West gave him the title of Magnificent. Suleyman was an extremely able administrator and military commander who conquered Tabriz, Belgrade, Rhodes, and Hungarian areas. He was very much respected and feared by contemporaries.
๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ป๐ถ ๐ฆ๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐
“Suleyman was one of the greatest Ottoman rulers. He would define Ottoman Civilization, he brought the state to its territorial zenith, and presided over a great cultural flourishing and codification of laws which made Ottoman Civilization co-terminous with Sunni Islam. ”
Quote by: Professor Kenneth W Harl (Phd historian from Yale university USA ๐บ๐ธ)
๐จ๐ฆ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ต ๐ฆ๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป
Below is the official portrait of Ottoman Sultan-Caliph Suleyman 1 which hangs inside the chamber of US Capitol (senate). Suleyman is one of the 23 historical figures upon whose reforms American ๐บ๐ธ laws have been based.
Official link of US Capitol website:
https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/art/suleiman-relief-portrait
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