Suleyman+the+Magnificent

 Suleyman I, also written as Suleiman, was the greatest sultan of the Ottomans and one of the 16th century's most formidable conquerors. He became sultan in 1520 and soon began expanding the empire, conquering Belgrade in 1521 and Rhodes in 1522 before turning his attention to Persia in the 1530s. Suleyman also captured Baghdad and Tabriz and battled Emperor Charles V for control over Hungary and Austria in the 1540s. He sent naval forces to North Africa and conquered Tripoli in 1551. Suleyman transformed Istanbul into a model of human achievement in architecture and the arts and changed the Ottoman legal system, and he is also considered one of Islam's great poets.