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
Ferdinand I. gave up half of Hungary to Sultan Solyman, and purchased the right to rule the other half by an annual payment of 300,000 ducats.
From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard
Finally, it was arranged that Henry should invite the Sultan Solyman to renew his former alliance with France, and make a descent with his galleys on the coast of Calabria.
From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling
The fall of Rhodes left Sultan Solyman for the time being sole master of the eastern basin of the Mediterranean.
From The Story of Malta by Ballou, Maturin Murray
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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