#selim i

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Katie Maria I used to be a hole in the ground

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Family of Yavuz Sultan Selim.

Hanim Sultan maybe ws the same as Hatice Sultan but there was a Şehzade Sultan who was surely alive during Süleyman I’s late reign between 1555 November and 1556 November, since she is mentioned in Old Palace regiter with a daily stipend of 200 apsers. The same register also mentions her daughter, Ayşe with a daily stipend of 100 aspers.

The same register mentions an Esmehan with the same 100 asprs stipend, so she probably was one of Süleyman’s neices, probably the daughter of Şah-i Huban.

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the Ottoman Empire and Europe: events that happened at the same time

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Concept artwork of Selim I, from Assassin’s Creed: Revelations.

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Salim I: Mengembalikan Supremasi

Sultan Salim naik menggantikan ayahnya, Bayazid, pada tahun 1512 M dan menjadi sultan kesembilan Kesultanan Utsmani.

Masanya terkenal dengan perubahan arah fokus jihad Utsmani, dari yang sebelumnya ke Barat, menjadi ke Timur, untuk menyelamatkan daerah-daerah yang sudah mereka kuasai di sana.

Untuk itu, ia memerangi Safawid yang beraliran Syiah, dan menumpas pasukan mereka di Jaladeran. Berkat kemenangan di tempat itu, Tibriz–ibukota Safawid, dialihfungsikan menjadi markas militer.

Safawid tidak mau menyerah, mereka terus-menerus mencari sekutu untuk menghadapi Utsmani, salah satunya Portugis.

Pun, ia juga mengakhiri umur Kesultanan Mamluk di Perang Marj Dabiq. Daerah yang tadinya dikuasai Mamluk, berpindah tangan ke genggaman Utsmani.

Di masanya, juga terjadi serah terima jabatan khalifah dari Al Mutawakkil III dari Abbasiyah Kairo, kepadanya di Istanbul. Namun, pembicaraan tentang sebutan khalifah untuk para sultan baru hangat ketika kesultanan ini sudah mendekati keruntuhan.

Usai wafatnya, Sulaiman I “The Magnificent” naik menggantikannya.

(Sumber: Wikipedia (Selim I), Bangkit dan Runtuhnya Khilafah Utsmaniyyah, dengan pengubahan)

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On 22 Jan 1517, the Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeated the Mamluk Sultanate at the Battle of Ridaniya, thus capturing Egypt.

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Who do you think was the greatest Ottoman military commander and which sultan do you think was the best?

It’s tempting to say Mehmed II or Suleiman I for best military sultan, but actually, I’d say Selim the Grim was a better, more consistent military commander than either of those two. Mehmed and Suleiman had several high-profile losses and threw tens of thousands of lives away in ill-conceived debacles. Selim I’s conquest of the Mamluks was very well done, and despite his rather frightening turnover rate for his viziers, expanded the empire significantly during his short reign.

Where Mehmed and Suleiman deserve the real props is in their state-building endeavors. The millet system and Suleiman’s Kanun were two of the cornerstones of Ottoman longevity. I think Mehmed gets the nod over Suleiman because Suleiman set the stage for a decline by pushing for Selim the Sot, his least-capable son, over any of the others, and this caused an internal rot that stagnated the empire and began promoting worthless sultans who were incapable of leading the Ottoman Empire.

Thanks for the question, Anon.

SomethingLikeALawyer, Hand of the King

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