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Turkey: Suleiman I (1494-1566), better known as Suleiman the Magnificent.

Turkey: Suleiman I (1494-1566), better known as Suleiman the Magnificent.

Suleiman I was the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1520 to his death in 1566. He is known in the West as Suleiman the Magnificent and in the East, as the Lawmaker for his complete reconstruction of the Ottoman legal system. Suleiman became a prominent monarch of 16th century Europe, presiding over the apex of the Ottoman Empire's military, political and economic power.

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