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Selim I (Ottoman Turkish: سليم اول; Turkish: I. Selim; 10 October 1470 – 22 September 1520), known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute (Turkish: Yavuz Sultan Selim), was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520.
Apr 8, 2024 · Title / Office: sultan (1512-1520), Ottoman Empire. Role In: Battle of Chāldirān. Selim I (born 1470, Amasya, Ottoman Empire [now in Turkey]—died September 22, 1520, Çorlu) was an Ottoman sultan (1512–20) who extended the empire to Syria, Egypt, Palestine, and the Hejaz and raised the Ottomans to leadership of the Muslim world.
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Ottoman Empire - Selim I, Expansion, Reforms: Whereas Bayezid had been put on the throne by the Janissaries despite his pacific nature and carried out military activities with reluctance, Selim I (ruled 1512–20) shared their desire to return to Mehmed II’s aggressive policy of conquest.
May 9, 2018 · Selim I >Selim I (ca. 1470-1520), the ninth Ottoman sultan, was the instigator of >large-scale conquest and administrative consolidation in Asia that left the >Ottomans dominant in the Middle East [1].
Sep 1, 2020 · In his recent book, God’s Shadow (Liveright, 2020), he offers a new history of the modern world through the dramatic biography of Sultan Selim I (1470-1520) and his Ottoman Empire. The MacMillan Center recently spoke with Professor Mikhail about the revisionist account he chronicles in God’s Shadow .
Selim I, also known as “Selim the Grim,” or “Selim the Resolute” (Yavuz Sultan Selim in Turkish), was an Ottoman sultan who ruled from 1512 to 1520. Selim, through his policy of annexation, extended his kingdom to Syria, Egypt, and the Hejaz. He was responsible for strengthening the Ottoman leadership in the Islamic world.
Feb 23, 2017 · Selim I (known also by his epithet ‘Yavuz’, which, translated from Turkish, means ‘the Grim’) was the 9th sultan of the Ottoman Empire who lived during the second half of the 15th century and the first half of the following one. He is remembered today as a conqueror who significantly extended the domains of the Ottoman Empire.
