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When was he born?
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6 November 1494
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Where was he born?
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Trabzon, Türkiye
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Who was his father?
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Selim I
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Who was his mother?
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Hafsa Sultan
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Where was he educated?
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Topkapı Palace, Constantinople
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Who did he befriend in his early years, who slept in the same bed as Suleiman (he was later executed on Suleiman's orders in 1536)?
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Pargalı Ibrahim
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Who was Suleiman's first known consort?
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Mahidevran Hatun
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When did his father die?
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22 September 1520
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How many Sultans of the Ottoman Empire preceded him?
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nine
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What nickname is Suleiman known as in the West?
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Suleiman 'the Magnificent'
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What nickname is Suleiman known as in the Ottoman Empire?
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Suleiman 'the Lawgiver'
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What is the name of the reformed legislation Suleiman made that was very popular, earning him the nickname above, it lasted more than three hundred years?
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Kanun laws
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What Mughal emperor did Suleiman exchange documents with?
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Akbar I
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What important city in the kingdom of Hungary did Suleiman's forces capture, in 1521?
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Belgrade
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What island, which was the base of the Knight's Hospitaller, did Suleiman's forces capture after five months of laying siege?
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Rhodes
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Who was the Shah of Persia, 1524-1576?
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Tahmasp I
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What battle against the kingdom of Hungary, resulted in the death of Louis II of Hungary, on 29 August 1526?
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Battle of Mohács
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Who did the nobles of Hungary elect to be king of Hungary, who Suleiman supported?
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John Zápolya
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What Austrian city did Suleiman's forces fail to capture in a siege in 1529?
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Vienna (siege of Vienna)
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What German successfully led the Landsknechts in the siege above?
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Count Niklas Salm
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Who was Suleiman's second known and favourite concubine, who he married in c.1533?
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Hürrem Sultan
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What truce was signed in 1533 that ended the Habsburg-Ottoman war of 1529-33 and recognised Suleiman as higher in rank than Ferdinand I?
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Truce of Constantinople
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Who did Suleiman appoint Kapudan Pasha (grand admiral) of the Ottoman Navy in 1533?
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Hayreddin Pasha (Barbarossa)
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What city on the barbary coast did above capture in 1534, however it was retaken by Charles V the next year?
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Tunis
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In 1535, after two years of battles with Persia, what city did he restore the tomb of Abu Hanifa?
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Baghdad
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What French king did Suleiman form an alliance with to rival Charles V (H.R.E), in 1536?
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Francis I
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What port city in Yemen was captured by the Ottomans in 1538?
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Aden
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What battle, against the Christians, resulted in Ottoman dominance in Eastern Mediterranean in September 1538?
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Battle of Preveza
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After two consecutive campaigns in 1541 and 1544, what five year truce forced Ferdinand and Charles to renounce their claims to the kingdom of Hungary?
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Treaty of Adrianople
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What year did the second campaign against the Persian Shah begin?
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1548
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What province in Türkiye did the Shah of Persia's son invade, which led to the third campaign against Persia, in 1553?
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Erzurum
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What treaty was signed, which defined the borders of the Persia and Ottoman Empires?
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Treaty of Amasya
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What city held by the Portuguese did the Ottomans fail to capture in September 1538?
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Diu (Siege of Diu)
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What city in Libya did Suleiman's naval commander Turgut Reis capture in August 1551?
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Tripoli
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What religion did Suleiman protect in his empire - such as issuing a firman in 1555 denouncing blood libels?
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Judaism
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What sultanate did the Ottoman Empire absorb into its domain after it was weakened from wars against Portugal, in 1559?
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Adal Sultanate
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What battle in 1560, was a Christian attempt to retake the Libyan city, mentioned earlier, but failed?
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Battle of Djerba
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Who was Suleiman's eldest son, who he he had executed on 6 October 1563 to prevent a succession war upon his death as he favoured his eldest son from his wife?
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Şehzade Mustafa
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What island in the Mediterranean was invaded by the Ottomans in 1565, because the Knights Hospitallers were treating Muslims badly, resulted in a Ottoman defeat?
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Malta (Great Siege of Malta)
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When did he die?
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6 September 1566
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What siege did he die in, however it still ended in a Ottoman victory?
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siege of Szigetvár
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Who succeeded him?
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his son, Selim II
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Suleiman is credited with the large-scale cultivation of what flower?
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tulip
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Where is his body buried?
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Istanbul
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Where is his organs - such as his heart - buried?
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Turbék, outside Szigetvár
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