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Yara AlBakri Date_________________________

22-3-2024
Suleiman the Magnificent
The Ottoman
Empire was the
Muslim Caliphate
that defeated the
Byzantine Empire
in 1453 when they
conquered
Constantinople.

They continued to
conquer Eastern
Europe, North
Africa, and the
Middle East.

The most
successful “I am God’s slave and sultan of this world. By the grace of God I am head
Ottoman sultan of Muhammad’s community. God’s might and Muhammad’s miracles are
was Suleiman the my companions. I am Suleiman, in whose name the hutbe [sermon] is read
Magnificent. After in Mecca and Medina. In Baghdad I am the shah, in Byzantine realms the
conquering vast Caesar, and in Egypt the sultan; who sends his fleets to the seas of Europe,
territory for the the Maghrib and India. I am the sultan who took the crown and throne of
Ottoman state, he Hungary and granted them to a humble slave. The voivoda Petru raised his
had this inscribed head in revolt, but my horse’s hoofs ground into the dust, and I conquered
on the side of a the land of Moldavia.”
citadel (the main
fortress in a city). Source: An inscription by Suleiman the Magnificent on a Turkish Citadel of Bender

Based on this document, how did Suleiman the Magnificent represent the theory of divine right?
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Suleiman the Magnificent believed he was the one chosen to lead Muhammad's community, being God's
slave and sultan of the world. He also believed that he meant to spread the miracles of the Muslim God and
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the prophet Muhammad PBUH.
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How would Suleiman’s actions have impacted the Ottoman Empire?

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Süleiman the Magnificent established Constantinople (Istanbul) as the capital of the Ottoman Empire,
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increased the empire's territory and revenue, and codified a centralised legal system (kanun) for the
Ottoman state.
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