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<p> Surnamed </p> <p> he tenth and greatest of the Ottoman sultans, the son and successor of Selim I.; succeeded his father at 24; set himself at once to reform abuses and place the internal administration on a strict basis, and after making peace with [[Persia]] and allaying tumult in Syria, turned his arms westwards, captured Belgrade, and wrested the island of [[Rhodes]] from the Knights of St. John; he twice over led his army into Hungary; in connection with the latter invasion laid siege to Vienna, from which he was obliged to retire after the loss of 40,000 men, after which he turned his arms to the east, adding to his territory, and finally to the North of Africa, to the conquest of the greater part of it; he died at Szigeth while opening a new campaign against Hungary; <i> d </i> . 1566. </p> | Solyman Ii. <ref name="term_79815" /> | ||
==References == | <p> [[Surnamed]] </p> <p> he tenth and greatest of the Ottoman sultans, the son and successor of Selim I.; succeeded his father at 24; set himself at once to reform abuses and place the internal administration on a strict basis, and after making peace with [[Persia]] and allaying tumult in Syria, turned his arms westwards, captured Belgrade, and wrested the island of [[Rhodes]] from the Knights of St. John; he twice over led his army into Hungary; in connection with the latter invasion laid siege to Vienna, from which he was obliged to retire after the loss of 40,000 men, after which he turned his arms to the east, adding to his territory, and finally to the North of Africa, to the conquest of the greater part of it; he died at Szigeth while opening a new campaign against Hungary; <i> d </i> . 1566. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_79815"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/solyman+ii. Solyman Ii. from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_79815"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/solyman+ii. Solyman Ii. from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:00, 15 October 2021
Solyman Ii. [1]
he tenth and greatest of the Ottoman sultans, the son and successor of Selim I.; succeeded his father at 24; set himself at once to reform abuses and place the internal administration on a strict basis, and after making peace with Persia and allaying tumult in Syria, turned his arms westwards, captured Belgrade, and wrested the island of Rhodes from the Knights of St. John; he twice over led his army into Hungary; in connection with the latter invasion laid siege to Vienna, from which he was obliged to retire after the loss of 40,000 men, after which he turned his arms to the east, adding to his territory, and finally to the North of Africa, to the conquest of the greater part of it; he died at Szigeth while opening a new campaign against Hungary; d . 1566.
