Selim I (Ottoman Turkish: سليم الأول; Turkish: I. Selim; 10 October 1470 – 22 September 1520), also known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute[3] (Turkish: Yavuz Sultan Selim), was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. [4]
Selim I (born 1470, Amasya, Ottoman Empire [now in Turkey]—died , Çorlu) was an Ottoman sultan (1512–20) who extended the empire to Syria, Egypt, Palestine, and the Hejaz and raised the Ottomans to leadership of the Muslim world.
Selim I, also known as “Selim the Grim” or “Selim the Resolute,” was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. He is renowned for his military prowess and significant territorial expansion.
History of Ottoman Sultan Selim I: Why was he called “the Grim”?
Selim was born in Amasya, a city in modern-day northern Türkiye, on . His father was not sultan at the time of his birth, but he would go on to rule as Sultan Bayezid II.
Selim II (Ottoman Turkish: سليم ثانى, romanized: Selīm-i s ānī; Turkish: II. Selim; 28 May 1524 – 15 December 1574), also known as Selim the Blond (Turkish: Sarı Selim) or Selim the Drunkard[3] (Sarhoş Selim), was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1566 until his death in 1574.
Ottoman Empire - Selim I, Expansion, Reforms: Whereas Bayezid had been put on the throne by the Janissaries despite his pacific nature and carried out military activities with reluctance, Selim I (ruled 1512–20) shared their desire to return to Mehmed II’s aggressive policy of conquest.
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