Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Caliph
Place in the story
- RulertowardOttoman Empire · 1512 CE · 918 AH† – 1520 CE · 926 AH†Historical
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Selim I Yavuz — Selim I Yavuz, the caliph of the Ottoman caliphate, ruling 1512–1520 CE. 1 1.
Sources
Connections
- Ruled over
- Ottoman Empire
- Predecessor of
- سليمان القانوني
- His reign saw
- Algiers enters Ottoman sovereignty (1519)· The battle of Chaldiran and the entry into Tabriz· Battle of Beirut· Battle of Dabil (1517)· Battle of Dubica· Battle of Kerh (1516)· Battle of Koçhisar· Battle of Ovacık· Battle of Sinjar (1516)· Battle of Turnadag· Battle of Yaunis Khan· Battle of Yenişehir (1513)· Battles for Diyarbakir (1514)· Capture of Aleppo· Capture of Damascus· Fall of Tlemcen· Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War· The Battle of Marj Dabiq and Selim's Entry into Egypt· Mir Muhammad’s conquest of East Anatolia· Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1516–17· Selim I's accession, 918/1512· Serbian–Ottoman Wars· Siege of Bayburt (1514)· Siege of Gwalior (1518)· Siege of Harput (1516)· Siege of Kemah (1515)· Siege of Mardin (1516)· Siege of Mosul· Yenibahce Uprising (1512)
People and things also explored
سليمان القانوني· Selim I· Selim II· مراد الثالث· Abd al-Aziz (Ottoman)· Abd al-Hamid I· Abd al-Hamid II· Abd al-Majid I
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
- Sicill-i Osmani — Mehmed Süreyya (ed. Nuri Akbayar, transcr. Seyit Ali Kahraman)
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islam.museum contributors. “Selim I Yavuz”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/selim-i-uthmani/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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