40 x 32.5 cm. (15.7 x 12.8 in.) The present painting relates to the portrait of Suleiman the Magnificent, painted by Cristofano dell’Altissimo for the celebrated ‘Series of Illustrious men’ ...

Learn how Suleiman the Magnificent transformed the Ottoman Empire into a dominant world superpower, expanding its territory and influence across three continents. This video explores his military ...

Reprint of work first published in 1913. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!885754~!0#focus ...

Crammed with trinkets, eunuchs, wine, giggly harem girls, seduction and intrigue, Magnificent Century — a Turkish soap opera based on the life and reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, the 16th century ...

1. The House of Osman -- 2. Mehmet the Conqueror -- 3. The House of Felicity -- 4. Suleyman the Magnificent -- 5. Sultanate of Women -- 6. An Organ for the Sultan -- 7. Regicide -- 8. The Procession ...

Much of Ottoman history reads like a soap opera. In the 16th century Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent killed anyone whom he suspected of trying to rival him, including two brothers-in-law, two sons and ...