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The Ultimate Suleiman I Quiz - Statistics

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Question Answer % Correct
How many Sultans of the Ottoman Empire preceded him? nine
67%
What nickname is Suleiman known as in the West? Suleiman 'the Magnificent'
67%
What battle against the kingdom of Hungary, resulted in the death of Louis II of Hungary, on 29 August 1526? Battle of Mohács
50%
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? Malta (Great Siege of Malta)
50%
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)? Pargalı Ibrahim
50%
What island, which was the base of the Knight's Hospitaller, did Suleiman's forces capture after five months of laying siege? Rhodes
50%
Who was his father? Selim I
50%
What nickname is Suleiman known as in the Ottoman Empire? Suleiman 'the Lawgiver'
50%
Suleiman is credited with the large-scale cultivation of what flower? tulip
50%
When did his father die? 22 September 1520
33%
What Mughal emperor did Suleiman exchange documents with? Akbar I
33%
Who was his mother? Hafsa Sultan
33%
Who did the nobles of Hungary elect to be king of Hungary, who Suleiman supported? John Zápolya
33%
What religion did Suleiman protect in his empire - such as issuing a firman in 1555 denouncing blood libels? Judaism
33%
Who was Suleiman's first known consort? Mahidevran Hatun
33%
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? Şehzade Mustafa
33%
Where was he educated? Topkapı Palace, Constantinople
33%
Where was he born? Trabzon, Türkiye
33%
What city in Libya did Suleiman's naval commander Turgut Reis capture in August 1551? Tripoli
33%
What Austrian city did Suleiman's forces fail to capture in a siege in 1529? Vienna (siege of Vienna)
33%
When was he born? 6 November 1494
17%
When did he die? 6 September 1566
17%
In 1535, after two years of battles with Persia, what city did he restore the tomb of Abu Hanifa? Baghdad
17%
Who did Suleiman appoint Kapudan Pasha (grand admiral) of the Ottoman Navy in 1533? Hayreddin Pasha (Barbarossa)
17%
Who succeeded him? his son, Selim II
17%
Who was Suleiman's second known and favourite concubine, who he married in c.1533? Hürrem Sultan
17%
Where is his body buried? Istanbul
17%
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? Kanun laws
17%
What siege did he die in, however it still ended in a Ottoman victory? siege of Szigetvár
17%
Who was the Shah of Persia, 1524-1576? Tahmasp I
17%
What city on the barbary coast did above capture in 1534, however it was retaken by Charles V the next year? Tunis
17%
Where is his organs - such as his heart - buried? Turbék, outside Szigetvár
17%
What year did the second campaign against the Persian Shah begin? 1548
0%
What sultanate did the Ottoman Empire absorb into its domain after it was weakened from wars against Portugal, in 1559? Adal Sultanate
0%
What port city in Yemen was captured by the Ottomans in 1538? Aden
0%
What battle in 1560, was a Christian attempt to retake the Libyan city, mentioned earlier, but failed? Battle of Djerba
0%
What battle, against the Christians, resulted in Ottoman dominance in Eastern Mediterranean in September 1538? Battle of Preveza
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What important city in the kingdom of Hungary did Suleiman's forces capture, in 1521? Belgrade
0%
What German successfully led the Landsknechts in the siege above? Count Niklas Salm
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What city held by the Portuguese did the Ottomans fail to capture in September 1538? Diu (Siege of Diu)
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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? Erzurum
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What French king did Suleiman form an alliance with to rival Charles V (H.R.E), in 1536? Francis I
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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? Treaty of Adrianople
0%
What treaty was signed, which defined the borders of the Persia and Ottoman Empires? Treaty of Amasya
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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? Truce of Constantinople
0%
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