![]() ![]() He was simply called “Caesar” by his people. Suleyman was “the master of the lands of Caesar and Iskandar / Alexander the Great. OF ARABS AND PERSIANS, CONQUEROR OF HUNGARY MY NAME IS READ IN ALL THE PRAYERS IN ALL THE CITIES OF ISLAM SULTAN OF SULTANS IN ALL THE LANDS SLAVE OF GOD, MASTER OF THE WORLD PROTECTOR OF MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS AND JEWS. In all documents, he signed the following: Western historians know Suleyman primarily as a Conqueror, for he made Europe know fear, as it had never known of any Islamic State before or since. To me he has been a lifelong inspiration. The Europeans knew him as "Suleyman the Magnificent" a title they bestowed on him Interestingly – if you were to tour the US House of Representatives in the US Capitol Building – you would find a painting of Suleyman the Magnificent. The Ottoman's know him as Suleyman Kanuni (Lawgiver). In his time he was regarded as the most significant ruler in the world at his time … and his impact has long been felt. Suleyman was a man of exceptional insight and was most beloved by the people he ruled. Suleyman would make him Ambassador Plenipotentiary to Yugoslavia and Hungary. Prince Ludovico Gritti, natural son of the Doge of Venice, Andrea Gritti, had been his Christian preceptor. ![]() Mordekai, an exalted Jewish physician, often accompanied Suleyman on his military campaigns to oversee the health and hygiene of one hundred and fifty thousand men.ĭ. Khaled al Karash, would become a Sufi mystic. His childhood mentors were men of exceptional learning:Ī. ![]() Suleyman became a scholar of the Qu’ran, chanting its enthralling classical Arabic - of the Torah, mastering it in Hebrew, and of the Bible, from the Latin Vulgate of Saint Jerome. They were Muslim Arabs, from Arabia and Yemen, Sephardic Jews from Spain and Morocco, and Italian Christians from Venice. Princess Hafsa chose her son’s tutors and preceptors with discernment. LAND, ARMY, PROPERTY, LAWS - IF ONE OF THESE LACKS, ALL FOUR WILL SOON LACK. ONLY BY JUST LAWS CAN YOU DISTRIBUTE THE WEALTH. TO HAVE PROPERTY, YOU NEED PROSPEROUS PEOPLE. TO KEEP AN ARMY, YOU MUST SHARE OUT PROPERTY. Suleyman’s mother, the Princess Hafsa, a Russian from Kiev, Instilled in her four-year-old child prodigy the following aphorism which he would repeat this frequently throughout his long and glorious reign, many years after his beloved mother ‘s death. To understand Suleyman (Novem– September 5/6, 1566) – it is perhaps best to start with his mother. Starting with today's blog … I want to share some of the considerable work I have done to date on a truly great man - Suleyman the Magnificent. ![]()
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