How did Suleiman The Magnificent create a World Superpower?
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How did Suleiman The Magnificent create a World Superpower?
In a time defined by the rise and fall of empires, where the clash of civilizations echoed through the ages, there emerged a singular figure. In the heart of this vibrant era stood a man, both visionary and warrior, whose name would become synonymous with magnificence - Suleiman the Magnificent.
Suleiman, born in 1494, followed the customary path of succession within the Ottoman Empire. Educated in various disciplines, including poetry, philosophy, and the military arts, he honed his skills under the guidance of tutors. Before stepping into the role of Sultan in 1520, Suleiman had already proven himself as a commanding military leader during his father Selim I's reign.
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He is not Batman, he is not Superman. He… is…. SULEIMAN!!!
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He wasn't such a big deal. He was simply the last in the row of 10 successful rulers. His father was a much bigger soldier and expanded the empire much more.
It's not about allah, it's about ill-ah😂spoken
Hi, Hungarian here, really liked the video. One correction: Budapest not existed as one city until 1873, Buda and Pest was separate cities.
Keep up the good work though!
I actually knew this from bloody Europe 2 and I thought it was just a way to add more provinces D:
👏👏👏
You're right. We Turks call the Buda part as ''Budin'' and also after Zapolja died with an infant heir the Hungary was officially annexed except for Erdel(Transylvania) in case of possible Habsburg attacks afterwards.
@@AbuzerKadayif A Hungarian historian here. All of Hungary wasn't annexed, only the "middle part" of it (it would be later called as "Conquered parts"). Half of Croatia, Slavonia, Dalmacia and a great chunk of West Hungary and most of Upper Hungary (today's Slovakia) remained in the "Hungarian Kingdom" under the Habsburg dynasty
@@csoki1998 yes I was referring to non-Habsburg territory as Kingdom of Hungary in the scope of Ottomans. Geographically speaking, all the territory of Hungary wasn't controlled by a single ruler throughout the history.
"In June 1533 Ferdinand of Austria signed a truce with Suleiman i in which he recognized the Ottoman sultan as his 'father and suzerain,' agreed to pay an annual tribute"
Erasmus, Desiderius. The Correspondence of Erasmus: Letters 2635 to 2802 April 1532-April 1533. Vol. 19. University of Toronto Press, 2019
Even Byzantine emperor recognized Tamerlane as his suzerain, but it doesn't make Timur a Roman Emperor!
@@user-pc3ts8yc5bTimur called himself a Mongol ruler, even gave himself and his dynasty the title of gurakanis,"royal son in laws of genghis khan"
@@crzahmed9707 Timur called himself "Biz kim - mulki Turon, amiri Turkistonimiz, Biz kim - millatlarning eng buyugi, turkning bosh bo'ginimiz". I haven't come across with any historical document regarding mongol title.
Only by marrying mongol princess, Timur could establish the legitimacy for his dynasty! Hence, Timurids were the last legitimate steppe dynasty to rule.
This royal blood and high culture, made the house of Timur, a source of admiration for ottomans, safavids.
Thanks for mentioning me in your video!! ❤
We need you today Suleiman
ottoman never win against skanderbeg czcams.com/video/ojlbANzZSBc/video.htmlsi=5SOACPVhcgqkuFNj
*Muhteşemsin Süleyman* 😉😉💙💙
Shah Abbas the Great >>>> Suleiman I the Magnificent
@@yaqubleis6311 Caliph Suleiman the Magnificent >>>> Shah Abbas the Not so Great
A ruler from Constantinople, that controlled the eastern part of the Mediteranian Sea, wants to conquer Western Europe, then didn't manage to do it because he had to fight the Persian's threats from the east, then went back to conquer the west again, and had a best friend that almost likely tried to seize power from the ruler......Guys, he is basically just a Turkic Islamic Emperor Justinian.
But his Theodora was not qualified
But he is himself Belisarius and Justinian combined
ottoman never win against skanderbeg czcams.com/video/ojlbANzZSBc/video.htmlsi=5SOACPVhcgqkuFNj
Yes the difference is Sulieman was more globally important like he conquered more lands and he himself was involved in campaigns. Sulieman conquered,infrastructure/military/economy/navy was flourishing etc. Sulieman was like Justinian but better.
Exactly
Even during his time, Barbarossa conquered North Africa for the Ottomans, like Belisarius, which unfortunately was not mentioned in this video.
You are gaining more patreons and members. I was one of the first patreon on this channel.
The Mughal Emperor Humayun in a letter to Sultan Suleiman stressed that Sultan Suleiman was Caliph of not just the Ottoman domains but that of Hind as well. Humayun was reported to have written the following: "Truly, Sultan Suleiman is the only Emperor of the world".
Oh that traitor to Islam humayun.
@@Nixo77akbar the great is better than any ottoman ruler
@@Nixo77i have some conclusion .did suleyman had several relations with girls without knot
@@PSLGODSEdits9775 you know ottomans gave weaponary to mughals . Without ottoman meddling in india , mughals wouldhave never survived
@@ZeeshanStates-ww7su but that was babar akbar aurangzeb build different 🗿🔥 both refused to accept ottoman as caliph
Greetings from Morocco aka Fes to our old neighbours the Turks 🇲🇦❤️🇹🇷
Old neighbours 😂lol cry
@@user-uv8sb8td6p you’re hilarious 😂😂😂
@@SunsetNova 1578 AD OTTOMAN ALGERİAN BEYLİK CONQUEST FEZ MORROCO.
Thank you, greetings from Türkiye to Morocco
History will recorded the Battle of Mohacs as the quickest victory the world has ever seen - Sultan Suleiman
*_Domination does not come with gold or jewels. It can only happen with a sword. A land won by the right of the sword can only be preserved with the sword._* - _Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Han_
It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage video about infamous Suleman magnificent as one of the most successful Ottoman empire caliphate... bout orchestrating financial and administration of Ottoman empire regions.
Pargalı İbrahim Pasha is not mentioned at all in the video. He is Suleiman's closest friend and someone who suddenly became grand vizier without having anything to do with being a vizier. Ibrahim Pasha was the commander of the Battle of Mohács and played a major role in winning the war in a short time. He reached such a level that he overshadowed even Sultan Suleiman. Thereupon, Sultan Suleiman had his best friend, Ibrahim Pasha, who could be called closer than a brother, strangled after a meal they had together in 1536. It would not be wrong to say that Solomon's conquests ended thereupon. Before the murder of Prince Mustafa, the murder of Pargalı İbrahim Pasha had already started to turn everything upside down.
Both killing are mistakes for the great sultan the one of his Grand Vizier a formidable tactician on the battlefield ( Ibrahim Pargali Pacha ) and the killing of his heir Mustafa which the Janissairies loved very much during the ottoman it was crazy the way father would kill a son or brother who killed a brother for the throne
Suleyman is said to have written more than three thousand poems under the pseudonym Mühibbi
There is nothing as valuable in the eyes of the people as the state (bliss).
However, there is no state (bliss) in this world like a breath of health.
What they call reign is only a fight for the world.
There can be no greater happiness in this world, like closeness to Allah.
Stop this entertainment, stop eating and drinking, the end is bad.
If you want an eternal lover, there is nothing like worship.
Even if your life is as limitless as the sands
He does not even come like an hour in this mortal's fan.
O Muhibbi, if you want to be in peace, have renunciation
There can be no getting closer to God, like retreating into a corner of solitude in the world.
This is amazing MashALLAH TabarkALLAH.
Him and his father were the goats, W dad and W son, also they’re in AC revelations🗣️🔥🔥💯 great video keep it up!
Marvelous vid about this great Sultan! Thank you knowledgia. Greetings from The Netherlands!!
Suleyman The Magnificent Was An Afghan 🇦🇫
He was extremely intelligent & very diplomatic. Fascinating.
There was no Belgrade, the name was Nándorfehérvár back then. There was no Budapest, the name was Buda, and Pest back then..
That's just the Hungarian name for it though. The city has retained the name Beligrad ever since the 9th century onwards
Hungarian revisionism strikes again 😂
You hungaryans think everything was yours😂😂😂
C'mon, for lay audiences, it is easier to understand today's name area/city than older name.
There was no Blegrade.. was Beograd 😜
Damn a lot of buthurt ottoman hater 😂
Drink your shot every time narrator said "Suleiman".
😅
you got me
or "strategic"
Beat me to it. 😏
The campaign also convinced Süleyman that large-scale operations of this kind could not secure more territory for him under the existing conditions of trans portation and warfare. He therefore agreed to a peace, mediated by Poland: Ferdi nand recognized the sultan as "father and suzerain." accepted the grand vezir as "brother" and equal in rank, and abandoned his claims to rule in Hungary other than those border areas that he had occupied since the original Ottoman conquest.
Just cannot get over that headgear!!!
Süleyman the Magnificent one of my favorites Sultan in Ottoman Empire Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰❤🇹🇷
Allah hu Akbar 🌹 Labbaik Ya Rasool Allahﷺ
Enough of commenting on CZcams, go clean the toilets of your Arab masters.
Do the aztecs and incas next
Another great video keep up the great work
that's crazy how many people have died over the course of history just because those in power wanna fight
they didn't fight just for the sake of it. they had the people's appraisal if they conquered foreign lands to settle
Still happening today
Every nation has that one person in their history that can be pointed to as being the one who gave their people some form of golden age, be it a time of prosperity or territorial supremacy or any other metric you can think of. For the Ottomans, it was definitely Suleiman 😊
There was no Russia in 15-16th centuries, only Moscovia.
Rossian Empire was created by Peter I only in 1721 when Moscovia finally managed to incorporate Rus' territory (Kyiv and other Ukrainian lands around it) and decided to create an empire on the basis of Kyiv herritage.
Also, *Kyiv* on your map is spelled wrong - Kiyv.
The empire was already a superpower but he, Suleiman, he took it to great heights.
The netherlands wanst part of the hre at this point. It was under spanish habsburg rule
8:40 what’s the name of that song?
Revelations depicted him as a soft spoken gentleman. I would not have expected that young man to become an empire
I just came back from Istanbul been there for Easter I couldn’t miss the opportunity to go and see his grave in the Suleyman mosque it was something seeing his grave next to his family members
Can you please make a video about nader shah of persia?
Actually empire became super power in 1400's, already before the suleiman emperor, empire wasnt losing war for so long time. Suleiman just made it magnificent like hisself
Ottoman empire was the muslim version of roman empire
52 seconds ago is crazy
Please dont start it here
Brain rot
New video suggestion; How local languages of Ancient Anatolia (Lydian, Lycian, Carian, Psidian, Sidetic, Phrygian, Isuarian, Galatian, Thracian etc) were start to extinct after Great Alexander’s conquest and in Roman Empire period?
The Ottoman Empire was at it's Zenith while Suleiman The Magnificent ruled. I wonder how different history would've been had he not had his sone Mustafa killed?
Look at Selim Yavuz. He had the balls to take the throne by force! Thus, he proved to be a determined monarch to push borders towards Muslim lands. But Mustafa didn't have that courage to take the throne from his old fart father. Life puts everything at its best place. Obviously, Mustafa was a weak one since he failed to become a king!
Great times.
I like how a small Montenegro stands outside of its borders completely surrounded.
YOU CAN SAY THAT HE WAS MAGNIFICENT
If Matthias Corvinus would have been any successors it would have delayed expansion for at least 50 yrs.
Assumptions
Some things have changed with your video i can't point out the specefics but they have
Chat gpt
It was The Magnificent Century!
Answer is clear…
ONION HATS!!!
It was the style at the time.
A big brain was under that hat
I find it weird that the western expansion was motivated by christianity threatening the islamic religion they held. Suleyman was known to allow freedom of religion in the ottoman empire. I don’t think he said this in real life but a quote by him in Assassin’s Creed Revelations was «The world is a tapestry of many colours and patterns. A just leader would celebrate this, not seek to unravel it.» which sums up his real view on the topic.
Edit: Albeit under the «millet system». I see now that religions other than Islam were tolerated but under certain restrictions, and in reality faced a lot of discrimination unfortunately.
Suleiman the great leader and Sultan
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He and Justinian are pretty much alike
Bro this video feels like it was written by an ai
Soliman the King of Ottoman Empire was very popular
Turkich the biggest nation of the world,....turkey,Azerbaijan, turkiministan,Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan,.... In Russian Tatar, Dagestan,all Siberia Chechnya, in China ughur,in Iran azari,in Iraq, Syria, northern Cyprus etc....Turkic is the world big nation..one language one religion they are all Muslim... This is a god gift
Why does the script of this video read like it was made in ChatGPT?
It was
Muhteşem Süleyman
the Ottman never enter morocco morocco is there before Ottman start enter countries , so be clearl about what you say❤
You write Persian for the Safavids, but you do not write Turks for the Ottoman Empire. From where?
There is a small mistake which is that algiers was an ottoman vassal
Idk why lots of people hate including us into the ottoman territories even though Algiers didnt become fully independent until 1671 ( yes they were still an ottoman vassal but they were technically independent since there was no ottoman intervention in making decisions )
The ruling class were Turks so you were still subservient to the Ottomans thus you were never really independent until 1962 when you gained independence from France.
@@SunsetNova ❌
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regency_of_Algiers
Status : autonomous eyalet
*Defacto* independent
@@achourfreepalestine Putting aside your Wiki page was last edited within 5 minutes 😂 you still haven’t addressed my point that you were subservient to Ottoman Turks thus you never really had independence. Creating Wikipedia pages does not change history son.
@@SunsetNova ?
I give you sources and you say "oGh BuT yOu EdItEd It" I didn't edit it really but if you wanna believe in that dumb shit sure
Iam not here to argue with a wall 🧱 I was just pointing something out
Have a good day
@@achourfreepalestine Since when Wikipeadia regarded as an authoritative source? And even then the article says regency of Algiers was ruled by Turks which just proves my point that you were subservient to Turks. Son accept your history and stop faking it.
Sounds like a lot of the script is AI written. I liked your videos for a while and they're still well done graphically and contain some good information, but it seems to be copied and pasted from a ChatGPT response.
But the important thing is that he had an onion on his head, which was the style at the time…
So intellectual that he destroyed the Corvinus library and plunged Hungary into the early Middle Ages again.
His most impressive achievement was that his neck could support that enormous garlic that grew on his head.
Kafası ile çok ilgilisin.
Finally found something to make fun of huh?
good boy! You made a joke huh? So funny, your parents must be proud of you
9:24 / 13:07
Chatgpt wrote this.
*Suleman did something*
The video: this left a lasting legacy....
It's not well written
We can see that "lasting legacy" in film industry🤣
The Turks were considered as the best warriors due to their horsemanship and skill in archery.
Kaushik Roy., n.d. Military Transition in Early Modern Asia, 1400-1750: Cavalry, Guns, Government and Ships (Bloomsbury Studies in Military History). p.24.
While there is much more than this to the Turks, it is true that Turks rank among history’s great empire-builders and rulers. Under the Ottomans they conquered vast territories in the Balkans and the Middle East and ruled for six hundred years.
Turkey Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments pp.30
The Turks can be killed, but they can never be conquered.
Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut p.44
Shah Ismail I of Persia created an superpower Empire in 12 years all by himself
Persian: please talk about our history 😩😢😢😩😩
Found the jealous persian😂
Whaaaat???? Superpower in Persians???😂 A superpower, who was kicked by a nomadic ottoman raider in Chaldiran battle? WOW!
@@user-pc3ts8yc5b yes he lost because artillery because of guns and cannons he lost in unfair battle
@@yaqubleis6311 Since when a technological advancement is considered as "unfair battle"?
Did you forget how Ismael Qizilbas lured Uzbek Sheybani Khan into a trap in 1510?
The battle of real men is not for this dervish poet! No way!
@@user-pc3ts8yc5b Shah Ismail beat him with sword what trap you talking about it kid Selim use artillery to beat Shah Ismail LOL 😂 he had no heart to fight faire
Hello
Osmanlı Sultan Süleymandan sonra eskisi kadar etkin kalamadı.
Unwatchable by so many and long interruptions of commercials!!
Ad-blockers work. I don't see any ads
@@fresh-eggs No CZcams detects them and asks me to shut it down by blocking the whole screen
@@Ghostrex101 There are ad-blockers around that by-pass the trigger. I am not going to post which ad-blockers they are.
AI script writings hell ain’t it
Why people keep talk about selim in the comments.this video about Suleiman. His father doesn't conquer hungry,half of safavid, rhodes or expand all the way to yemen and indian ocean?
There are a reason why European historian called him magnificent
And Not his father 😂
I guess it’s because people think Sulieman was lucky as his father had built the empire massively but I agree with you Sulieman shouldn’t be shadowed by his father.
His decisions regarding his family and close ones are a personal issue and has no bearing on his administrative capabilities. He was an ambitious ruler , A strong authoritarian who further strengthened ottoman dominance in the balkans and had his great rivals venice and the habsburgs on the backfoot. His conquest of crucial Hungarian towns and border fortresses would see unquestioned ottoman rule over these volatile regions over the next 150 years . Unfortunately, his successors would not follow up with his success making it seem all for nothing
Ruler from Constantinople see greatest extent under byzentine emperor Justinian and in second era under ottoman emperor/sultan Suleiman
Suleyman The Magnificent Was Syrian 🇸🇾
@@TheGnome21 😂😂😂 biggest joke
@@mirbalochkhan6380 it’s the truth Suleyman was born in Syria in 1494 and moved to Turkey in 1517
How did Suleiman create a world superpower?Very efficiently!
Selim II were valed " drunker " ' cause he were everyday drunk by wine and Greit vezit Mehmed-Paša Sokolovic rulled!
I like Omar souleyman... that is my response to this video
*Selim
Selim I the grim is the one who left Suleiman this massive empire.
And suleiman managed to maintain and expand it
And Suleiman failed to materialize the acquired resources by his ancestors, which was the beginning of ottoman downfall
@Fun_Facts7212 not really, he is known as the law giver sure but made little to no effort in improving investments and reforms, he in his very long reign made the empire slow in its development and advancement. Thus in the long term it caused the empire to stop its cultural, administrative, scientific advancement thus opening the way for religious cults gaining power, the empire starting to decay in infastructure, education, commerce, tech and other areas for future sultans.
@Fun_Facts7212 the only sultan that completely revolutionised and actually made the ottomans into an empire was Mehmet II
@@sirspamalot3 yes, Mehmet did revolutionise the ottomans but the main reason people dont like Suleiman is because he executed his more competent and ambitious sons. If Suleiman had died 15 years earlier. Everyone would've loved him. He lived long enough to see himself become the villain. But you can't deny that he conquered Hungary, yemen, Mesopotamia/iraq, libya, Algeria, Rhodes island and Belgrade
I am Suleiman Khan
Elin yabancısı bile dünyanın süper gücü derken Celâl Şengör merak ediyorum😂
THE TURKS AND THE WEST from 11 days. Europe stood in awe of the Ottomans who crushed many states and conquered vast territories, going, as all patriotic Turks will proudly point out, "all the way to the gates of Vienna." European literature is replete with the depictions of the Turk as the hated enemy. The English often thought of the Turk as awe-inspiring and destructive. Thomas Fuller wrote in The Holy Warre (1639): "The Turkish Empire is the greatest... the sun ever saw. ...Grass springeth not where the grand signior's horse setteth his foot."
During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , understanding the Turks ‘ military organization , given the credit for the greatest empire since antiquity , became a major European preoccupation .
Speake, J., n.d. Literature of travel and exploration. p.891.
By the middle of the 16th century, the Turks arguably possessed the greatest empire in the world.
A History of the Middle East Paperback - March 15, 2006 by Saul S. Friedman (Author) p.181
Su is de man
Hello, I have a Question. Why are the Romanian principalitys(Wallachia and Moldova) a part of the Empire on this mapp, becouse the principalitys were never a part of the Empire, there were just vassal states of the Empire but there were kind a Indeplendent in their way with many revolts againts the Empire. P.S.: Im from Romania this is why I am asking! But anyway expect this mistake the Video is Good I like it. Keep doing what you do!👏👏
Greetings from a Serbian Wallachian!
@@sbj1277 Greeting our Serb Brothers!🇷🇴❤🇷🇸
They were paying taxes and were subservient. If we don't count them as ottomans land then mongolia never conquered anywhere
@@furkanfy3444 I understand, I know that the principalytis were paying tribute to the ottoman empire(The Gate) but I was refering to the thing that they never were a fully incorporate part of the empire.
They were not a ,,Pasalâc" this is what it's called in Romanian a teritory that was incorporated in the Empire.
But the video was great, so I don't really mind that Wallachia and Moldavia is not on the map.
So Suleiman actually made todays border between Iran and Iraq. This dude ignited wars 400 after his death, that's quiet interesting.
Ottoman empire come back
In the last few months Knowledgia made many mistakes on their maps. like Cold beach instead of Gold beach in D-day video.
But this is video takes the cake. It is full of inaccurate things...
What happened? You have a new animator who didn't learn History? Or you fired your proofreader?
Su lei man
His role in history was great but you describe him as a God.. it is kinda too much
I am Emporer
They said 100,000 Ottomans died at Rhodes and that the sultan said he would gladly sacrifice 100,000 more to win that tells you alot
Thats just a Western hogwash to show theirselves as heroes, they always try to show Ottomans over 100.000 men against European forces. While the reality wasn't like that, Ottomans fought against Crusades all the time which bringt whole Europe together.
it said that there was 25,000 deaths due to mostly disease that spread at that time but in ottoman sources it's way less then that.
Wtf what is the source for that?
Source trust me bro, in ottoman sources it's couple thousend and most if them it's due to disease. Lmao if it's 100000 then the ottoman empire would have fall
But soulaiman he didn’t enter Morocco and our military was so powerful we did massacre in the military of ottomans that’s why we are here
I feel like the script for this video was written by an A.I.
Feels a bit off
Wrong map immediately at the beginnig... ALL of Hungary had never beeen annexed by the Ottoman Empire...
Turks, whom the European people saw as barbarians, brought peace to Europe. It is an honor for me to be a Turk 🇹🇷🇹🇷💪🏻
Your kind brings nothing but chaos
@@JoshuaReadsKJV My kind does not bring chaos. If you're talking about bigots, that's different. Of course, there are still those who curse Europe, some are still trying to take Europe back, but I am quite normal, don't judge us by looking at them, we call them ignorant
@@JoshuaReadsKJV How are the states that promised you freedom? Russia provoked the Balkan people against the Ottomans, but now there is no one behind Russia except Serbia, who is the barbarian? Also, we gave everyone the right to live freely during the Ottoman period
Normally I respect your videos mate but Romania is missing from the picture and as far as I know, Romania was alive and well despite being smaller... I'm a Romanian with Hungarian and Italian background but raised in Portugal.... Check out your facts mate..... I smell something rotten in your story 😊😢
Old Big Hat
I think I'm an NPC
Suley man 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Sultan Suleyman had great mistakes which started the decline after him.
I dont think ottomans with less than 27 million people could bw superpower as their economy wasn't great compared yo Qing, ming and mughals.
500 sene önceki 27 milyon dan bahsediyoruz. Dünya nüfusu son 100 yılda fazla artış gösterdi. Ayrıca babası Yavuz Sultan Selim Han Hazretleri Memlük leri yıkıp Mısır ı fethettiğinde 40 gemi altın 10,12 gemi gümüş ve İslamin Resulullah efendimizin ve sahabeler in bütün kutsal emanetlerini İstanbul a getirdi. Baharat yolları bizim Osmanlı nın eline geçti. Sence bunlar yeterli değil mi?
Why always the Persians Are the jealous ones 😂 it is so embarassing
They were superpowers
From 13 century-16 century
said a Shia Persian. talk about yourself you but hurt shia
We in the West are very fortunate that Suleiman's forces suffered many major defeats from Western forces including the Austrians, Portuguese and the Knights of Malta.
Shortly after his death the Turkish navy was utterly annihilated at Lepanto by the forces of Venice, Genoa, the Knights of Malta, the Papacy and Spain. These heroic forces from Catholic Europe saved the West from becoming as repressive, violent, divided, unhappy and impoverished as the Islamic world is today. Suleiman and the Ottoman empire stood not for progress but for absolute regress.
I have lived in many countries and economically life in Turkey is better than almost all the Balkan countries.