At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Anatolia
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Sultan Selim II, son of Suleiman the Magnificent and his successor in rule. He came to the throne on the ninth of Rabi' al-Awwal in the year 974 AH 1.
His reign
The source says that he was not qualified to preserve his father's conquests, and that the vizier Muhammad Pasha Sokollu restored the state's prestige. In the year 975 AH he made a peace with Austria, in which Austria kept its possessions in Hungary 1.
In his time Cyprus was conquered in the year 978 AH, the battle of Lepanto took place, and Tunis was returned to Ottoman influence in the year 981 AH 1.
He died in the year 982 AH (1574 CE) 2.
Connections
- Studied under
- 'Ata' Allah, Sultan Selim II's teacher
- Parent of
- مراد الثالث
- Predecessor of
- مراد الثالث
- Child of
- سليمان القانوني
- Successor of
- سليمان القانوني
- Participated in
- The Astrakhan campaign and the Don–Volga canal project
People and things also explored
The battle of Mohács and the conquest of Buda· Franco-Ottoman Capitulations· Capture of Baghdad· Siege of Belgrade (1521)· The Ottoman Conquest of Rhodes· Murad III's offer of an alliance with the Sa'dids to recover al-Andalus· Great Siege of Malta (973/1565)· The first siege of Vienna
Sources
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 277-285
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001)
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “سليم الثاني”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/selim-ii-uthmani/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.