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Empire · January 30, 2023 · 46m

Suleiman the Magnificent

The Ottoman golden age under Suleiman the Magnificent. Dalrymple examines the longest and most successful reign in Ottoman history — 46 years of military conquest, legal reform, and cultural achievement that made the Ottomans the world's premier power.

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Canon

Suleiman lost the siege of Vienna (1529) but didn't let military setbacks derail his administrative achievements. He controlled what he could (legal reform, institutional building) and accepted what he could not (the limits of military expansion).

Highlights

Legal reform is more lasting than military conquest
Suleiman is known in the West as 'the Magnificent' for his military conquests. In the Ottoman world he is 'the Lawgiver' for his legal reforms. The laws outlasted every military gain.
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