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Selim I Selim I ( 1465 – September 22 , 1520 ; also known as "the Grim", nicknamed Yavuz , 'the Brave' in Turkish ) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520 . He dethroned his father Beyazid II in 1512 . He signalled his accession by putting his brothers and nephews to death. This was after the custom of his grandfather Fatih Mehmed II . There had been civil war between his father Beyazid and his uncle Cem , and between Selim himself and his brother Ahmed. Selim was determined not to have the same problems with his other brothers. He attacked and destroyed the Mamluk Sultanate at the Battles of Marj Dabiq and al-Raydaniyya, which led to the annexation of Syria , Palestine and Egypt . He also extended Ottoman power to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina . These are the holiest places in Islam. Like his grandfather Fatih, he also claimed to be the Caliph (in Arabic meaning "successor" of Muhammad ); the "guardian of Islam", considered to be the chief civil and religious ruler of all Islam , both Shi'ite and Sunni. Selim determined on war with Persia , whose ruler Shah Ismail I claimed to be caliph as well. The campaign which followed was a triumph for Selim, whose firmness and courage overcame the pusillanimity and insubordination of the Janissaries , the household troops of the Ottoman dynasty. After Selim became master of the holy cities of Islam and captured Egypt along with the person of Al-Mutawakkil III , the last Caliph of the Abbasid dynasty who resided there, Selim induced him to formally surrender the title of caliph as well as its outward emblems, the sword and the mantle of the prophet. After Selim's return from his Egyptian campaign, he was preparing an expedition against Rhodes when he was overtaken by sickness and died in the ninth year of his reign. He was about fifty-five years of age. He died from sirpence, a skin infection, which he developed during his eight year rule on horseback. He also was a poet and wrote with the nickname [mahla] Selimi In one of his poems, he wrote: the whole world does not form a sovereignty vast enough for one monarch. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Chisholm, Hugh , ed. Cambridge University Press. : Missing or empty |title= ( help ) Sultan¹

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Ottoman Sultan Selim I ( Ottoman Turkish : سليم اوّل , Modern Turkish : I.Selim ), also known as "the Excellent," "the Brave" or the best translation "the Grim", Yavuz in Turkish , the long name is Yavuz Sultan Selim ; (October 10, 1465/1466/1470 – September 22, 1520) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. He was also the first Ottoman Sultan to assume the title of Caliph of Islam . Selim carried the empire to the leadership of the Sunni branch of Islam by his conquest of the Middle East . He represents a sudden change in the expansion policy of the empire , which was working mostly against the West and the Beyliks before his reign. On the eve of his death in 1520, the Ottoman empire spanned almost 1 billion acres (trebling during Selim's reign).

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Ottoman Turkish text Selim I ( Ottoman Turkish : سليم اوّل, Modern Turkish : I.Selim or Yavuz Sultan Selim ), nicknamed Yavuz (traditionally translated as "grim," but closer to "stern" or "implacable" in meaning) (October 10, 1465/1466/1470 – September 22, 1520), was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. His reign is notable for the enormous expansion of the Empire, particularly his conquest between 1516 and 1517 of the entire Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt , which included all of Sham , Hejaz , Tihamah , and Egypt itself. He was also granted the title of "Khâdim ül Haramain ish Sharifain" (Servant of the Holy Cities of Mecca and Medina) by the Sharif of Mecca in 1517. Through conquering and unification of Muslim lands, Selim became the defender of the Holy Cities of Mecca and Medina which strengthened the Ottoman claim to caliphate in the Muslim world . Selim's expansion into the Middle East represented a sudden change in the expansion policy of the empire , which, before his reign, had mostly been within the Balkans ( Southeast Europe ) and Anatolia ( Asia Minor ). On the eve of his death in 1520, the Ottoman Empire spanned almost 1 billion acres (about 4 million square kilometers), having tripled in size during Selim's reign.

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Sultan of the Ottoman Empire This article contains Ottoman Turkish text , written from right to left with some Arabic letters and additional symbols joined. Without proper rendering support , you may see unjoined letters or other symbols. Selim I ( Ottoman Turkish : سليم اول, Turkish : Birinci Selim ; 10 October 1470 – 22 September 1520), known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute ( ), was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. His reign is notable for the enormous expansion of the Empire, particularly his conquest between 1516 and 1517 of the entire Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt , which included all of the Levant , Hejaz , Tihamah , and Egypt itself. On the eve of his death in 1520, the Ottoman Empire spanned about 576,900 mi (1,494,000 km ), having grown by seventy percent during Selim's reign. Selim's conquest of the Middle Eastern heartlands of the Muslim world, and particularly his assumption of the role of guardian of the pilgrimage routes to Mecca and Medina , established the Ottoman Empire as the most prestigious of all Muslim states. His conquests dramatically shifted the empire's geographical and cultural center of gravity away from the Balkans and toward the Middle East. By the eighteenth century, Selim's conquest of the Mamluk Sultanate had come to be romanticized as the moment when the Ottomans seized leadership over the rest of the Muslim world, and consequently Selim is popularly remembered as the first legitimate Ottoman Caliph , although stories of an official transfer of the caliphal office from the Abbasid Dynasty of Cairo to the Ottomans were a later invention. Constantinople: City of the World's Desire, 1453-1924 . p. In Ágoston, Gábor; Bruce Masters (eds.).

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9th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520 This article is about the Ottoman sultan. This article contains Ottoman Turkish text , written from right to left with some Arabic letters and additional symbols joined. Without proper rendering support , you may see unjoined letters or other symbols. Selim I ( ; ; 10 October 1470 – 22 September 1520), known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute ( ), was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. Despite lasting only eight years, his reign is notable for the enormous expansion of the Empire, particularly his conquest between 1516 and 1517 of the entire Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, which included all of the Levant , Hejaz , Tihamah and Egypt itself. On the eve of his death in 1520, the Ottoman Empire spanned about 3.4 million km (1.3 million sq mi), having grown by seventy percent during Selim's reign. Selim I with a mace Selim's conquest of the Middle Eastern heartlands of the Muslim world , and particularly his assumption of the role of guardian of the pilgrimage routes to Mecca and Medina , established the Ottoman Empire as the pre-eminent Muslim state. His conquests dramatically shifted the empire's geographical and cultural center of gravity away from the Balkans and toward the Middle East. By the eighteenth century, Selim's conquest of the Mamluk Sultanate had come to be romanticized as the moment when the Ottomans seized leadership over the rest of the Muslim world, and consequently Selim is popularly remembered as the first legitimate Ottoman Caliph , although stories of an official transfer of the caliphal office from the Mamluk Abbasid dynasty to the Ottomans were a later invention. Constantinople: City of the World's Desire, 1453–1924 . In Ágoston, Gábor; Bruce Masters (eds.). Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire .

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Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520 This article is about the Ottoman sultan. This article contains Ottoman Turkish text , written from right to left with some Arabic letters and additional symbols joined. Without proper rendering support , you may see unjoined letters or other symbols. Selim ; 10 October 1470 – 22 September 1520), known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute (Turkish: Yavuz Sultan Selim ), was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. Despite lasting only eight years, his reign is notable for the enormous expansion of the Empire, particularly his conquest between 1516 and 1517 of the entire Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt , which included all of the Levant , Hejaz , Tihamah and Egypt itself. On the eve of his death in 1520, the Ottoman Empire spanned about 3.4 million km (1.3 million sq mi), having grown by seventy percent during Selim's reign. Selim I with a mace Selim's conquest of the Middle Eastern heartlands of the Muslim world , and particularly his assumption of the role of guardian of the pilgrimage routes to Mecca and Medina , established the Ottoman Empire as the pre-eminent Muslim state. His conquests dramatically shifted the empire's geographical and cultural center of gravity away from the Balkans and toward the Middle East. By the eighteenth century, Selim's conquest of the Mamluk Sultanate had come to be romanticized as the moment when the Ottomans seized leadership over the rest of the Muslim world, and consequently Selim is popularly remembered as the first legitimate Ottoman Caliph , although stories of an official transfer of the caliphal office from the Mamluk Abbasid dynasty to the Ottomans were a later invention. Constantinople: City of the World's Desire, 1453–1924 . In Ágoston, Gábor; Bruce Masters (eds.). Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire .

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