Selim I
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Selim I, also 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 o
16th-century miniature of Selim I by Nakkaş Osman
Selim I at the Battle of Chaldiran: artwork at the Chehel Sotoun Pavilion in Isfahan
A modern painting depicting Selim I during the Egypt campaign, located in Army Museum, Istanbul
Outline of the Ottoman Empire, from the Theatro d'el Orbe de la Tierra de Abraham Ortelius, Antwerp, 1602, updated from the 1570 edition
Ottoman Caliphate
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The Ottoman Caliphate was the claim of the heads of the Turkish Ottoman dynasty, rulers of the Ottoman Empire, to be the caliphs of Islam during the late medieval and early modern era.
Commemorative plaque where the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca was signed
Card issued in memory of Sultan Abdul Hamid II's accession to the Ottoman throne
Mehmed V's proclamation as sultan in 1909, from Le Petit Journal
Ottoman proclamation of jihad against the Entente in 1914, Constantinople