Suleyman I was born on 27th April 1495, Monday in Trabzon. His father was Sultan Selim I and his mother was Hafsa Sultan. Suleyman I was a tall man with a round face, hazel eyes broad forehead and a thin beard. Suleyman the Magnificent had reigned for forty six years (1520-1566) and this is the most memorable epoch of the empire, when it reached a pitch of grandeur and prosperity which was never afterwards surpassed, and from which it soon began to decline.Suleyman is commonly designated by European writers the "great" or the "magnificent". But the native historians style him the "lawgiver"(Kanuni), "the lord of his century" and "completor of the perfect ten". His father Sultan Selim I put great emphasis on Suleyman's education, he took his first education from his grandmother Gulbahar Hatun. When he reached the age of seven, he was sent to Istanbul to his grandfather Sultan Bayezid II where he was educated by famous scholar Karakızoglu Hayreddin Hızır Efendi.
He studied history, science, literature, and theology besides the lessons of war tactics and techniques. Afterwards, he went to his father in Trabzon again and stayed there until he reached 15. At the age of 15, he wanted to be a governor, and he was sent to Sarki province and then to Karahisar and to Bolu, after a short while he was sent to Kefe. After Sultan Selim I ascended to the throne in 1512, Shehzade Suleyman was invited to Istanbul as the regent of his father Selim whom was dealing with throne struggles with his brothers. At the same time he was the governor of Saruhan province. After Selim I had passed away, Suleyman succeeded him without any rejection as everbody knew he was a very serious and confident man. He never hesitated and never broken the commands he gave. He obliged people according to their capacities and abilities. He died on 7th September 1566, in his 71, while he was commanding the siege of Sziget. Because he made written laws and applied them strictly he was called as 'Kanuni' (Law giver). He was a very gracious ruler, very fair and he never tyrannised his people.
For example; he found the tax coming from Egypt so much and he had made a research there and found that the people were overcharged, and discovered the governor was tyrannising them, so he immediately changed the governor. Suleyman's poetry is among the best poetry in Islam, and he sponsored an army of artists, religious thinkers, and philosophers that outshone the most educated courts of Europe. Süleyman the Magnificent had a handsome and bright face, dark brown eyes, a ram-nose and thick and Iong moustache. His black eyebrows were joined together, his chest was broad and his arms were long and muscular. He resembled a lion with his majestic bearing and had a beautiful and clear voice. He was heroic, determined, and powerful, and was blessed with good fortune and luck for both for himself and for those around him
He studied history, science, literature, and theology besides the lessons of war tactics and techniques. Afterwards, he went to his father in Trabzon again and stayed there until he reached 15. At the age of 15, he wanted to be a governor, and he was sent to Sarki province and then to Karahisar and to Bolu, after a short while he was sent to Kefe. After Sultan Selim I ascended to the throne in 1512, Shehzade Suleyman was invited to Istanbul as the regent of his father Selim whom was dealing with throne struggles with his brothers. At the same time he was the governor of Saruhan province. After Selim I had passed away, Suleyman succeeded him without any rejection as everbody knew he was a very serious and confident man. He never hesitated and never broken the commands he gave. He obliged people according to their capacities and abilities. He died on 7th September 1566, in his 71, while he was commanding the siege of Sziget. Because he made written laws and applied them strictly he was called as 'Kanuni' (Law giver). He was a very gracious ruler, very fair and he never tyrannised his people.
For example; he found the tax coming from Egypt so much and he had made a research there and found that the people were overcharged, and discovered the governor was tyrannising them, so he immediately changed the governor. Suleyman's poetry is among the best poetry in Islam, and he sponsored an army of artists, religious thinkers, and philosophers that outshone the most educated courts of Europe. Süleyman the Magnificent had a handsome and bright face, dark brown eyes, a ram-nose and thick and Iong moustache. His black eyebrows were joined together, his chest was broad and his arms were long and muscular. He resembled a lion with his majestic bearing and had a beautiful and clear voice. He was heroic, determined, and powerful, and was blessed with good fortune and luck for both for himself and for those around him
A. What I like best about this work- This work is rather a consolidation of my past experience as a graphic designer and the new knowledge gained regarding the independent research that was assigned. It is an opportunity to explore many aspects of the facts there were not written in the book. It is a work that requires alot of effort and creativity in doing since there is no fixed outline and criteria; it merely depends on how individual students digest this project and their level of comprehension together with the ability to condense the long boring Wikipedia articles into a short and concise Timeline.
B. The most significant thing I learned in this activity
- I took rather a short moment to finish the work, but the effect and the knowledge gained from this work is drastic and very practical. I am currently taking "AP English" and in the class we are talking about History as Suleiman I was mention about his love of Ottoman Literature that causes the advent of Ottoman Empire. I was able to display my mastery at the subject and impressed the teacher to the point of she complimenting me.
C. If I were to do this again, I would
- One thing I regret about this activity is that I did not read the rubric and the guideline clearly. I was not well-informed that there is a criteria about brief information thus I was in a hurry to a meeting and left out a short detail. I expected to be punished severely for that. My reckoning will not be just normal whips and crown of thorns but rather humiliation on a scaffold awaiting to be lynched.
D. I would like to learn more
- I pretty much is an empty cup (or at least trying to be) and is hungry for knowledge. I want to know more about Suleiman and his impact to the Persian Literature. Not only does my thirst be quench by just knowing that, I also wanted to know how does his actions and his "Turban" affects other countries and other literature in an international (global) level. This is more like a brief overture about this interesting king. I would prefer to dig deeper into his past and psychoanalyze him from a non-judgmental point of view.
B. The most significant thing I learned in this activity
- I took rather a short moment to finish the work, but the effect and the knowledge gained from this work is drastic and very practical. I am currently taking "AP English" and in the class we are talking about History as Suleiman I was mention about his love of Ottoman Literature that causes the advent of Ottoman Empire. I was able to display my mastery at the subject and impressed the teacher to the point of she complimenting me.
C. If I were to do this again, I would
- One thing I regret about this activity is that I did not read the rubric and the guideline clearly. I was not well-informed that there is a criteria about brief information thus I was in a hurry to a meeting and left out a short detail. I expected to be punished severely for that. My reckoning will not be just normal whips and crown of thorns but rather humiliation on a scaffold awaiting to be lynched.
D. I would like to learn more
- I pretty much is an empty cup (or at least trying to be) and is hungry for knowledge. I want to know more about Suleiman and his impact to the Persian Literature. Not only does my thirst be quench by just knowing that, I also wanted to know how does his actions and his "Turban" affects other countries and other literature in an international (global) level. This is more like a brief overture about this interesting king. I would prefer to dig deeper into his past and psychoanalyze him from a non-judgmental point of view.