Solyman
Britishnoun
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The first siege was commanded by Solyman, that Sultan who was surnamed Magnificent by western nations; to Turks he was known as the Lord of his Age and the Lawgiver.
From On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
And for the satisfiyng of hir ambicious entents, there wanted but only a meane and occasion, that after the death of Solyman, one of hir own children might obtayne the Empire.
From The Palace of Pleasure Volume 3 by Painter, William
At length, in 1522, Solyman the Second led an expedition in person against Rhodes.
From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling
Solyman the Magnificent succeeded his father Selymus on the Ottoman throne in the year 1520.
From The Village Notary by E?tv?s, J?zsef
Almost at the same time that Charles was crowned at Aix, the most enterprising and accomplished of the Turkish sultans, Solyman the Magnificent, ascended the Ottoman throne.
From The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Tremayne, Eleanor E.
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