HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Mehmed the Conqueror
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Muhammad II
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Mustafa IV
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Suleyman I
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Detailed explanation-1: -While Sultan Suleiman was known as “the Magnificent” in the West, he was always Kanuni Suleiman or “The Lawgiver” () to his Ottoman subjects.
Detailed explanation-2: -The chief leader, known as the Sultan, was given absolute religious and political authority over his people.
Detailed explanation-3: -Suleiman the Magnificent, known more formally as Suleiman I, or Suleiman the Lawgiver in Turkish, was the tenth Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. His reign spanned 45 years, from 1520-66, and he oversaw a crucial era of the Ottoman Empire’s history in the mid-sixteenth century.
Detailed explanation-4: -Süleyman I was called the “lawgiver” (kanuni ) by his Muslim subjects because of a new codification of seriat undertaken during his reign.